A 10-Day Deep Dive into Managing, Analyzing, and Interpreting M&E Data for Development Programmes in Agriculture

FineResults Research Services would like to invite you to take part in our upcoming workshops on Agricultural courses at our FineResults Research Services training facilities in Nairobi, Kenya or online.

29/01/2024-09/02/2024           Managing, Analysing and Interpreting M&E Data for Development Programmes in Agriculture

29/04/2024-10/05/2024           Managing, Analysing and Interpreting M&E Data for Development Programmes in Agriculture

29/07/2024-09/08/2024           Managing, Analysing and Interpreting M&E Data for Development Programmes in Agriculture

28/10/2024-08/11/2024           Managing, Analysing and Interpreting M&E Data for Development Programmes in Agriculture

INTRODUCTION

The key to success in the implementation of any development program relies on quality, reliable and timely data. More so, the progress in eradicating poverty and attaining zero hunger by 2030 as envisioned in Sustainable Development Goals one and Two respectively relies on policies informed by reliable and timely data. This 10-day course aims at equipping the participants in the agricultural sector with adequate skills in developing data collection tools, designing questionnaires in Open Data Kit (ODK), exporting data to data analysis software such as SPSS and Stata, data management and analysis, monitoring and evaluation indicators, and report writing.

DURATION

10 day

COURSE OBJECTIVES

By the end of the training, the participants will be able to;

• Gain skills in research design, data management, and analysis in agriculture and rural development.
• Understand monitoring and evaluation (M&E) for agricultural programs
• Design agricultural projects using a logical framework analysis approach
• Define different project indicators
• Track performance indicators over the life of the project
• Evaluate agricultural programs' achievement against the pre-set objectives and targets
• Conduct impact evaluations of agricultural programs

COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1: Introduction to Research

• Introduction to Research
• Different types of research
• Quantitative Research Approaches
• Qualitative research approaches
• Sampling techniques
• Quantitative data collection methods
• Qualitative data collection
• Developing questionnaire
• Designing questionnaire in ODK
• Exporting data to SPSS and Stata

COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1: Fundamentals of Monitoring and Evaluation

• What is M&E?
• Significance of M&E
• Principles and concepts in M&E
• M&E and the program lifecycle
• M&E in agriculture programme design
• Complementary roles of monitoring and evaluation

Module 2: M&E frameworks

• Basics of M&E frameworks for rural development programs
• M&E in rural me development context
• Development and operationalization of M&E frameworks
• The link between M&E and indicators
• Using data
• Using logical frameworks in monitoring and evaluation of rural and agricultural programs

Module 3: Demand for Data Use in Agriculture

• Data use frameworks and basic concepts
• Data demand
• Information availability
• Information use

Module 4: Introduction to Research approaches for M&E in Agriculture Development Programmes

• Basic statistics concepts
• Research designs
• Data collection techniques and tools advantages and disadvantages
• Descriptive analysis techniques
• Inferential analysis techniques

Module 5: Data Management

• Data management dimensions
• Data management
• Data quality

Module 6: Data Analysis

• Descriptive analysis
• Inferential analysis
• Interpretation of findings

Module 7: Evaluation of Agricultural Development programmes

• Determining evaluation points from the results framework
• Components of evaluations, implementation, and process evaluations
• Evaluation designs
• Performance evaluation process
• Evaluation findings, sharing, and dissemination

Module 8: Impact Assessment of Agricultural Development programmes

• Introduction to impact evaluation
• Impact assessment in design
• Attribution in impact evaluation
• Methods and approaches to assessing impact

Module 9: M&E Results Use

• Measuring results in agriculture and rural development
• Use of M&E results to improve and strengthen agricultural and rural development
• Use of M&E lessons learned and best practices

Module 10 M&E Results Dissemination

• M&E reporting
• Design, monitoring, and evaluation of resilience interventions

TRAINING CUSTOMIZATION

This training can also be customized for your institution upon request. You can also have it delivered to your preferred location.

For further inquiries, please contact us through Mobile: (+254 759 285 295) or Email: [email protected] 

REQUIREMENTS

Participants should be reasonably proficient in English.  During the training, participants should come with their laptops.

TRAINING FEE

Cost:

In-person USD 1600

Online USD 1440

Registration

January in-person/online

April in-person/online

July in-person/online

October in-person/online

Payment should be transferred to FineResults Research Services bank account one week before the training date and proof of payment sent to [email protected]

For any registration of 3 or more participants; we offer a discount of up to 10%.

This course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits for in-person training.

ACCOMMODATION

Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact us by Mobile: (+254 759 285 295) or Email: [email protected] 

PAYMENT

Payment should be transferred to FineResults Research Limited bank before the commencement of training. Send proof of payment through the email: [email protected] 

CANCELLATION POLICY

• All requests for cancellations must be received in writing.
• Changes will become effective on the date of written confirmation being received.

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