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
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
Programme Management, Monitoring and
Evaluation
Component D:
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
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
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
Peeling Bay at a GPC
Motivation for the use of ERB
• Supports business decision making
• Determines
GPCs
sustainability
• Source of M&E data.
of
the
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
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
Conclusion
• Financial performance is key for
outcomes
sustaining
• Combination of qualitative and quantitative
data
ensures
effective
assessment
of
outcomes.
• RTIMP now has mechanism in
measuring / assessing outcomes
• From end
outcomes
of
2011,
Greater
place
for
emphasis
on