Report
Tracking progress on food and agriculture-related SDG indicators 2020
This year marks the 10-year countdown to the end-date of the 2030 Agenda. According to the data contained in the FAO report, collected before the...
Topics: Agriculture
Blog
How has Covid-19 affected data quality in the agriculture sector? Highlights on a recent e-Panel
Posted on 21/09/2020 by ETHEL SIBANDA An e-Panel, co-hosted by AVANTI and EvalForward, set out to explore this question. Our panellists, Armand Zoa, Joas Tugizimana and Tim Njagi, shared...
Brief
Review of monitoring and evaluation capacities in the agriculture sector
Issued on 2020 by FAO The Review of monitoring and evaluation capacities in the agriculture sector carried out by the Office of Evaluation of FAO with EvalForward aimed at...
Webinar
Data quality in agriculture and food security in the time of COVID-19
AVANTI and EvalForward organized an e-Panel to discuss challenges and explore solutions to data quality production in the agriculture sector in the...
Event
Data quality in agriculture and food security in the time of COVID-19
online, AVANTI and EvalForward will host an e-Panel discussion on “Data quality in agriculture and food security in the time of COVID-19” on Tuesday 21 July...
Blog
Value chain approaches: reaching the very poor
Posted on 05/06/2020 by Fabrizio Felloni A value chain is the full range of activities – including design, production and distribution – required to bring a product or service from conception...
Blog
Importance of leadership in Results-based management. Highlights on a recent e-Panel
Posted on 20/05/2020 by ETHEL SIBANDA In a recent e-Panel, co-hosted by AVANTI and EvalForward, we explored the role of leadership in instilling a culture of Results-based management (RBM)...
Discussion
How can evaluation help improve data quality and policies on food security during Covid-19 pandemic?
Posted on 18/05/2020 by Tim Njagi There has been a huge constraint in collecting data due to Covid-19 pandemic: depending on countries situation, data on food production, prices, trade...
Webinar
e-Panel on Leadership and RBM in the African Agricultural Sector
This e-Panel was held on 6 May 2020 by AVANTI and EvalForward. Experts from Benin, Ghana and South Africa discussed on the importance of leadership...
Report
Measuring what matters in agriculture and food systems
A synthesis of the results and recommendations of TEEB for Agriculture and Food’s Scientific and Economic Foundations Report This report serves as a...
Blog
Evaluation in the age of big data: Opportunities and challenges in agriculture and food security
Posted on 16/04/2020 by Michael Bamberger Most evaluations require adjusting methodology to real-world constraints, whether they be economic, technical, organizational, political, or related...
Guidance Document
Strengthening monitoring and evaluation for adaptation planning in the agriculture sectors
This Guidance Note focuses on how to design a national Monitoring & Evaluation system for tracking adaptation action, policies and plans in...
Blog
Young People in Agriculture – What lessons can we draw from evaluations?
Posted on 01/04/2020 by DOROTHY LUCKS Youth are becoming increasingly disconnected from the agriculture sector, despite the evidence that there have been some efforts over the years to...
Guidance Document
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning – Concepts, principles and tools
This guide serves as a resource for national facilitators, for project stakeholders and for other capacity development and monitoring experts to...
Discussion
The farmer as a key participant of M&E: lessons and experiences from Participatory M&E systems
Posted on 02/03/2020 by Emma Gausi Dear members, It is often bemoaned that Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) is “top-down”, donor-driven and overlooks the views and needs of the farmers who...
Blog
Measuring resilience-building in Karamoja, Uganda
Posted on 04/02/2020 by Rebecca Pietrelli I was recently involved in a mid-term evaluation of a multi-agency 2016-2020 programming to enhance resilience in Karamoja, the least-developed region...
Event
EvalForward webinar on the revised evaluation criteria
Online, - EvalForward is organising the webinar: Evaluation criteria: what's new and what changes for agriculture and food security? 12 February 2020 15:00 - 16...
Discussion
Are agriculture programs supporting women to improve their livelihood?
Posted on 10/12/2019 by Jackie (Jacqueline) Yiptong Avila Dear members, Women constitute the majority of the agricultural labour force in small-scale and subsistence farming. According to FAO, 43% of the...
Blog
Evaluation in the Agriculture sector: what do we know about countries’ capacities?
Posted on 27/11/2019 by Aurelie Larmoyer Evaluation and, more generally, Results-Based Management (RBM) are amongst the best-known instruments to strengthen accountability and learning, and...
Event
Table ronde: L'institutionnalisation de l'evaluation dans le secteur agricole
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, L’objet de cette table ronde est de recueillir les expériences de chacun afin de mieux cerner le rôle du Ministère de l’Agriculture dans l’évaluation...
Discussion
Youth in agriculture: what lessons can we draw from evaluations?
Posted on 31/10/2019 by DOROTHY LUCKS Dear all, Most of us working in agriculture have been aware of the rising average age of farmers, both men and women. There have been efforts over the...