A lack of learning in the monitoring and evaluation of agriculture projects
Why are systems supposedly designed to help us learn from experience been so reluctant to learn from their own experience?
Ongoing discussions
What type of evaluator are you?
We invite you to take this quick and fun quiz and see what type of evaluator profile emerges. Let us know what you think!
Previous discussions
How to define and identify lessons learned?
Please share your definition of lessons learned, how you identify them and any useful resource you may have.
Developing effective, inclusive and gender responsive MEAL systems
MEL – Monitoring Evaluation and Learning or MEAL - Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning systems rarely include cross cutting issues such as gender and leave-no-one behind principles. How can we develop effective and inclusive systems and what are the constraints in doing so?
Do you have examples on reviewing Theories of Change?
As an evaluator, several times I got a task to perform a review of the Theory of Change / Intervention logic. I was wondering if you have some experiences to share in this respect.
Evaluating agroecology: what is your experience?
Members are invited to share their experiences in evaluating the sustainability of agricultural, and specifically agroecological, programmes.
How to evaluate science, technology and innovation in a development context?
Evaluating the quality of science, technology and innovation requires appropriate criteria and methodologies: what do you think are the challenges, the methods and indicators that could work?
Monitoring and evaluation: is this the perfect combination to meet the needs of decision-makers?
What is your experience and opinion on the use of evidence from monitoring and from evaluation by decision-makers?
Neutrality-impartiality-independence. At which stage of the evaluation is each concept important?
You are invited to share your view on the importance of neutrality, impartiality and independence of the evaluator.
Are you considering social and environmental criteria in your evaluations?
You are invited to share experiences and ideas on how to integrate environmental and social considerations in evaluation and what are the challenges in doing so.
Reporting and supporting evaluation use and influence
This discussion invites you to share methods, approaches, tools, and techniques that can be used to develop and present findings in ways that are useful for the intended users of the evaluation, and support them to make use of them.
Making data collection meaningful and useful to farmers: what is your experience?
This discussion invites to share experiences and good practices in reducing the burden of M&E activities on farmers on the one hand and on ways to ensure that results are useful and meaningful.
Making more use of local institutions in evaluation
With the Covid pandemic, more of the evaluation load has shifted to local specialists. What is the experience and what are the success stories from this change?