monitoring and evaluation of agriculture and rural development projects

Before we even understand what monitoring and evaluation of agriculture and rural development projects really means, I ask you these series of questions;

>What is Monitoring and Evaluation?
>What is agriculture and rural development projects
>How is M&E applied in agriculture and rural development?

Lets dig in further shall we?

WHAT IS MONITORING AND EVALUATION

Monitoring and Evaluation is all about regular tracking, in order to ensure that objectives of a project are being achieved. For further information you can refer to this article "what is monitoring and evaluation?"

Monitoring and Evaluation has helped millions of people around the world understand the impact of the activities that are being implemented.

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WHAT IS AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

A project is an activity that is undertaken in order to achieve product or service. There are a lot of projects being implemented around the world today and many of these projects are costing governments billions of dollars. When it comes to Agriculture and Rural Development projects, the most common vision we hear is a world free of poverty and injustice. 

The theory of change championing these projects is to use agriculture as a means to reduce poverty and improve incomes of farmers.

HOW IS M&E APPLIED IN AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

It is applied in the same way that M&E is applied in other project. Look here, the most important thing is to fully understand the contents of the Log-frame. The reason why this is important is because it is only in the Log-frame that you can find the indicators. At the end of the day you need SMART indicators.