Silva, I can only endorse your concern that an evaluation as to include evaluating the TOR. I would say that is the most important part of an evaluation as only when you evaluate the TOR can you provide guidance for future projects to better serve the beneficiaries. Too often evaluations, particularly when internally, become propaganda tool to promote the TOR and the project. This can then become a major disservice to the intended beneficiaries as it will reinforce TOR and projects that are basically failures and provide no benefits. I think this is the case with the 40 years of reliance on Producer organization to funnel assistance to smallholder farmers. A close look will show these are really a scandal, attracting only a very small percent of the potential participants, and even then the members divert most of their business to other traders. Please review the following webpages:
RE: Are you considering social and environmental criteria in your evaluations?
Silva, I can only endorse your concern that an evaluation as to include evaluating the TOR. I would say that is the most important part of an evaluation as only when you evaluate the TOR can you provide guidance for future projects to better serve the beneficiaries. Too often evaluations, particularly when internally, become propaganda tool to promote the TOR and the project. This can then become a major disservice to the intended beneficiaries as it will reinforce TOR and projects that are basically failures and provide no benefits. I think this is the case with the 40 years of reliance on Producer organization to funnel assistance to smallholder farmers. A close look will show these are really a scandal, attracting only a very small percent of the potential participants, and even then the members divert most of their business to other traders. Please review the following webpages:
https://agsci.colostate.edu/smallholderagriculture/mel-impressive-numbe…;
https://agsci.colostate.edu/smallholderagriculture/appeasement-reportin…
https://agsci.colostate.edu/smallholderagriculture/farmers-organization…
Thank you