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M&E LEARNING AND EXCHANGE FORUM 12-14 December, 2011

Root and Tuber Improvement and Marketing Programme (RTIMP). M&E LEARNING AND EXCHANGE FORUM 12-14 December, 2011. Presentation by RTIMP December, 2011. Brief Programmme Background. Goal: To enhance income and food security

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M&E LEARNING AND EXCHANGE FORUM 12-14 December, 2011

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  1. Root and Tuber Improvement and Marketing Programme (RTIMP) M&E LEARNING AND EXCHANGE FORUM 12-14 December, 2011 Presentation by RTIMP December, 2011

  2. Brief Programmme Background Goal: To enhance income and food security Main purpose: To build a competitive market-based R & T Commodity Chains -Component A: Commodity Chain Linkages -Component B: Root and Tuber Crop Production -Component C: Root and Tuber processing Business and Marketing Component D: Programme Management, Monitoring and Evaluation

  3. Programme M&E system Completed the design of M&E System. Core Elements of the System ; • i.) M&E Log Frame, • ii.) M&E Manual including M&E Matrix and • iii.) AWPBs Organisation of the system / Levels of measurement: • Regular Monitoring (Activities and Outputs) • Evaluation (Outcomes and Impact ), • Information Management • Reporting (on crosscutting issues) • Information processing and sharing eg processing of experiences and success stories

  4. Main Results Being Captured / Key Outcomes -Component A: Commodity Chain Linkages Performance of value chains -Component B: Root and Tuber Crop Production Productivity, Adoption Decrease in pest and disease incidence -Component C: Root and Tuber processing Business and Marketing Adoption, Sales, Performance of Businesses

  5. The Initiative—Use of ERB • Emphasises record keeping by the beneficiaries themselves • Used to capture financial transactions by entrepreneurs /actors in the commodity chain • Used to analyse financial performance --profitability --sustainability • Training support from BACs of NBSSI

  6. Peeling Bay at a GPC

  7. Motivation for the use of ERB • Supports business decision making • Determines sustainability of the GPCs • Source of M&E data.

  8. Positive Experiences and Challenges Positive Experience • Data in ERB now the base / source data for financial analysis • Making sound business decisions • Identification of high cost centres Challenges • Low educational background of most actors • Taking much time for actors to appreciate / embrace the concept

  9. Key Lessons and Way Forward Key Lessons • Financial performance is crucial for sustainability of the initiatives of the GPCs • Provides opportunities to develop framework for assessing areas for improvements Way Forward • Use of ERB data to assess sustainability of programme outcomes • Extend ERB to the other actors of the value chain (eg farmers) • Combine financial data with qualitative data (eg from POA) for outcomes of the Programme

  10. Conclusion • Financial performance is key for sustaining outcomes • Combination of qualitative and quantitative data ensures effective assessment of outcomes. • RTIMP now has mechanism in place for measuring / assessing outcomes • From end of 2011, Greater emphasis on outcomes

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