PR OJECT TITLE: Scaling Up Sweetpotato Through Agriculture and Nutrition (SUSTAIN)
Assumptions
IMPACT
Indicator
Baseline 2013/2014
Milestone 1
(Aug 2015)
Milestone 2
(Aug 2016)
Target + July 2018
Improved nutritional
security and vitamin A
intakes by women and
young children in 4 subSaharan (SSA) African
countries
1)
% of children age 623 months meeting
the minimum
standard with respect
to IYCF:
Kenya: 38%
Rwanda: 17%
Malawi: 19%
Mozambique: 13%
30% improvement of
index of frequency of
consumption of
vitamin A rich foods
among
implementation
households
40% improvement of
index of frequency of
consumption of
vitamin A rich foods
among
implementation
households
50% improvement of
index of frequency of
consumption of
vitamin A rich foods
among
implementation
households
25% of
implementation
households
practices minimum
level of IYCF
practices
30% of
implementation
households practices
minimum level of
IYCF practices
40% of
implementation
households practices
minimum level of
IYCF practices
25% increase in
production of
sweetpotato by the
intervention
households as
OFSP since 2014
50% increase in
production of
sweetpotato by the
intervention
households as OFSP
since 2014
75% increase in
production of
sweetpotato by the
intervention
households as OFSP
since 2014
2)
3)
Semi-quantitative
index of frequency of
consumption of all
vitamin A rich foods
during past 7 days
among women and
children <2 yrs and
children 3-5 yrs of
age in rural & urban
households,
disaggregated by
gender of household
head
Minimum level of
infant and young child
feeding practices
(IYCF)* attained
among 6-23 month
old children,
disaggregated by
gender of household
head
Estimate of
production (tons) of
OFSP, disaggregated
by gender of
household head
The first two of these
indicators are from
national level
Demographic &
Health Surveys that
are often repeated
every 5 years; only
Mozambique includes
OFSP (as distinct
% of children 6-23
months of age
consuming vitamin
rich foods in last 24
hrs:
Kenya: 67%
Rwanda: 73%
Malawi: 73%
Mozambique: 58%
National production
of OFSP:
Mozambique (2012):
133,162 tons
Other countries..
unknown; would have
to be established
during project
baseline
OFSP varieties in
use yield at least as
well as local
sweetpotato
varieties in
expansion area
Infrastructure and
staff available at
country level to
support increase in
output of foundation
planting material
Policies for
integrating
agriculture with
nutritional concerns
remain favourable
at the country and
regional level.
At national level in
DHS surveys, expect
to see significant
improvement in key
indicators
Source: External evaluation team will collect indicators at the project level 3 times: at
baseline (expected data collection from Jan-Mar 2014); at milestone 2, and at endline
(July 2018)
Demographic & Health Surveys: Rwanda (2010), Malawi (2010), Mozambique (2011), Kenya
(2008-2009) and Project annual reports.
*Breastfed children are considered to be fed within the minimum standards if they consume at
least four food groups and receive food other than breast milk two to three times per day in the
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from other
sweetpotato) in its
national agriculture
survey.
case of infants 6-8 months and three to four times per day in the case of children 9-23 months.
Non-breastfed children are considered to be fed in accordance with the minimum standards if
they consume milk or milk products at least twice a day, are fed four food groups each day, and
are fed at least four to five times per day (including milk feeds).
OUTCOME
Indicator
Baseline
2013/2014
Milestone (Aug
2015)
Milestone (Aug
2016)
Target + 2018
Assumptions
1.2 million small-farming
households with at least
one under-five child (U5) in
the household growing and
consuming OFSP by 2018.
% of those receiving vines
who are producing OFSP
one year later,
disaggregated by gender
of household head
During baseline,
will assess % of
households
already growing
OFSP
At least 70% of
296,000
households with
U5 receiving
OFSP vines in
2014 are still
producing
At least 70% of
576,000
households
receiving OFSP
vines in 2014 and
2015 are still
producing
At least 70% of
households
receiving OFSP
vines in 2014,
2015, and 2016 are
still producing
Adequate quantities of
OFSP vines will be
available for distribution in
a timely fashion, not lost to
floods or droughts
400,000 rural and urban
consumers purchasing an
OFSP-based processed
product
Indicator
Number of consumers
purchasing an OFSP
product in urban and rural
areas
4 countries with
adapted OFSP
varieties available
Women and young children
in particular will like the
taste and performance of
the new OFSP varieties
and the OFSP processed
products
Source: External evaluation team will collect indicators at the project level 3
times: at baseline (Jan-Mar 2014); at milestone 2, and at endline (July 2018)
Project reports. In countries with regular national sample surveys of agriculture,
survey results can serve as a source
Baseline
Milestone (Aug
Milestone (Aug
Target July 2018
2013/2014
2015 )
2016)
Macro-economic and
political stability supports
private sector investment
Number of OFSP
products available
in rural and urban
markets
Sales data from
existing products
& average
frequency of
purchase
At least 40,0000
consumers
purchasing OFSP
products (sales
data & average
frequency of
purchase)
At least 150,0000
consumers
purchasing OFSP
products (sales
data & average
frequency of
purchase)
At least 400,000
urban and rural
households
Value-added taxes do not
drive the cost of the product
beyond it reach of desired
target group
Source: Monitoring data collected in collaboration with private sector
partners from sales records and rapid surveys of product purchasers
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Indicator
Baseline 2012
Milestone (Aug
2015 )
Milestone (Aug
2016)
Target + 2018
Number of young children
and pregnant women
consuming OFSP, either
as boiled roots or in other
processed form by men,
women, children < 5 years
of age, and pregnant
women and frequency of
consumption,
disaggregated by gender
of household head
Will assess
frequency and
amount of
consumption of all
types of
sweetpotato
during baseline (7
day recall)
Number of women
and young
children are
consuming OFSP
on average at
least once per
week (at least
200,000) & more
than 2 X per week;
men at least once
per month.
Number of women
and young
children are
consuming OFSP
on average at
least once per
week (at least
600,000) & more
than 2 X per week;
men at least once
per month.
Women and young
children are
consuming OFSP
on average at least
2 times per week
(at least 1 million) ;
men at least once
per month.
Source
Project reports (1st 2 indicators from monitoring data); last indicator will be collected
by external evaluation team
INPUTS (£)
DFID (£) 12,500,000
Govt (£)
Other (£)
Total (£)
INPUTS (HR)
DFID (FTEs)
Each country will have a value chain specialist & sweetpotato technical specialist, plus administrative
support to assure success. A regional level nutritionist will backstop all countries.
OUTPUT 1
Indicator
Baseline 2013/2014
Access to improved OFSP
varieties by smallholders
scaled up in 4 countries:
Mozambique, Malawi,
Rwanda, Kenya, reaching
at least 1.2 million
household having children
less than children <5 years
old.
# of households receiving
vines or multiplying
improved OFSP varieties,
including % of vine
recipients who were
women, disaggregated by
gender of household head
Through other
projects have
reached since 2009:
Kenya: 11,000
Rwanda: 650
Malawi: 110,000
Mozambique:
182,000
Indicator
Baseline 2013/2014
Milestone 1
(Aug 2015)
Will have
reached an
additional:
Milestone 2
(Aug 2016)
Will have
reached:
Direct
beneficiaries:
40,000
Indirect:
200,000
Milestone 1
(Aug 2015)
Direct
beneficiaries:
120,000
Indirect:
600,000
Milestone 2
(Aug 2016)
DFID SHARE (%)
Target July 2018
Assumptions
Will have reached:
Commitment by
government Ministries of
agriculture, health, and
education to support
integrated food-based
approaches and
contribute at least staff
time in-kind
Direct beneficiaries:
200,000
Indirect:
1,000,000
Target July 2018
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OFSP varieties in use in
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# of decentralized
multiplication sites
established with trained
farmer multipliers,
disaggregated by gender
# existing multipliers
in selected
intervention areas at
baseline
At least 4
multipliers per
district
At least 6
multipliers per
district
At least 8 multipliers
per district
other locations in the
target countries are
acceptable in the new
expansion areas
No major political
upheaval or climatic
shock causing major
interruption in timing of
disseminations
Partners interested in
implementing an
integrated ag-nutrition
approach can be
identified and agree to
adopt common M&E
system
Source
IMPACT WEIGHTING
50%
Multipliers can be
individuals or groups
depending on context
Indicator
Yields of different varieties
will be captured in subsamples to enable better
production estimates
Monitoring system data summarized in annual donor report
Mid-term independent evaluation (Aug 2016) and final independent evaluation (Yr5)
verify reported data
Baseline
Milestone 1
(August 2015)
Milestone 2 (Aug
2016)
Target (July 2018)
Yields from on-farm
trial data
Yield
assessment
updated
Yield assessment
updated
Yield assessment
updated
Source: Monitoring team in collaboration with project partners
RISK RATING
Low
INPUTS (£)
DFID (£) 8,604.221
(68.7% of total budget)
Govt (£)
INPUTS (HR)
DFID (FTEs)
Project agronomist will backstop training & implementation of sub-grantee’s agronomic staff
OUTPUT 2
Indicator
Access to improved
nutritional knowledge &
diversified use of OFSP by
both female and male
caregivers
# of caregivers (female
and male) reached
through nutrition and
diversified use training
administered through
pathways expecting to
achieve behavioral
change
Baseline
2013/2014
Through other
projects have
reached since
2009:
Kenya: 6,000
Rwanda: 490
Malawi: 55,000
Mozambique:
10,000
Other (£)
Total (£)
DFID SHARE (%)
Milestone 1 (Aug
2015)
Milestone 2 (Aug
2016)
Target July 2018
Assumptions
40,000 caregivers
reached
120,000
caregivers
reached
200,000 direct
beneficiary
caregivers reached
Available partner
organizations in target
areas will be willing to test
and adapt innovative
approaches and document
their successes and
failures during
implementation.
Kenya:
35,000
Rwanda:
60,000
Malawi :
70,000
Mozambique:
All partners will be willing
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35,000
Source: Monitoring data
Indicator
# of events (media, field
day, classes) etc. held
that promote the
appropriate use of OFSP
to improve nutrition and
diversify its use
Previous OFSP integrated agriculture-nutrition impact pathways adapted based on
lessons learned and encountered cultural context in new areas
Baseline
Milestone 1 (Aug
Milestone 2 (Aug
Target July 2018
2013/2014
2015)
2016)
Will conduct rapid
assessments of
events held by
other OFSP
promotion efforts
to date.
# events
sponsored by
project, with
participation noted
by gender
whenever possible
# events
sponsored by
project, with
participation noted
by gender
whenever possible
to follow appropriate
coding schemes for
expenditures and share
cost date with cost
analysis experts
# events sponsored
by project, with
participation noted
by gender whenever
possible
Source: Monitoring system data summarized in annual donor report
Mid-term independent evaluation (Aug 2016) and final independent evaluation (Yr5)
will assess degree of exposure to various events
Indicator
Baseline
2013/2014
Milestone 1 (Aug
2015)
Milestone 2 (Aug
2016)
Target + 2018
Change in level of indices
capturing nutritional
knowledge and attitudes
and practices concerning
sweetpotato among
female and male
caregivers
Baseline levels will
be measured in
both intervention
and control areas
Focus groups
discussions to
assure messaging
is on track
At least 20%
improvement in
indices among
female caregivers;
10% among men
At least 50%
improvement in
indices among
female caregivers,
30% among men
IMPACT WEIGHTING
Indicator
Baseline 2013
Milestone 1 (Aug
2015)
Milestone 2 (Aug
2016)
Target +July 2018
20%
Reports of focus group
discussions and other
qualitative data to assess
current practice and ability
to change behaviors
Review of existing
tools for
behavioral change
in the country;
Rapid formative
research will be
conducted to
assure that sociocultural context
Focus groups
discussions to
assure messaging
is on track and
gender & age
considerations are
being fully taken
into account
Focus group
discussions to
pinpoint behaviors
that are and are
not changing
Focus group and
key informant
discussions to
assess degree of
uptake and
diversified utilization
of OFSP and
likelihood of
permanent adoption
Source: External evaluation team for quantitative data at baseline, for
milestone 2 and final target. Monitoring team will conduct qualitative work at
Milestone #1
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captured
Source: Project nutritionist will lead this data collection in collaboration with
implementing partners
RISK RATING
Medium
INPUTS (£)
DFID (£) 1,440,000 (12%
of total budget)
Govt (£)
Other (£)
Total (£)
DFID SHARE (%)
INPUTS (HR)
DFID (FTEs)
OUTPUT 3
Indicator
Baseline 2013
Milestone 1 (Aug
2015)
Milestone 2 (Aug
2016)
Target + 2018
Assumptions
At least one commercially
marketed processed
product that uses OFSP as
a major ingredient in each
target country
# of OFSP value added
products on market
Rwanda: Golden
Power Biscuits
(45% wheat flour
replaced by OFSP
puree) and OFSP
doughnuts
(andazi) on market
made by local
farmer groups;
Research on a
range of potential
products & their
potential socioeconomic target
groups conducted
and report of
findings produced
At least 1 new
OFSP product
under commercial
development in
each country
At least 1 OFSP
products
commercially
available in each
country in major
markets
Economically viable OFSP
based processed products
can be developed that are
liked by different consumer
target groups (young,
women, young children, etc.)
Private sector companies
agree to and continue to be
willing to share sales volume
and value information.
Source: Monitoring data
Project progress reports
Indicator
Baseline 2013
Milestone 1 (Aug
2015)
Milestone 2 (Aug
2016)
Target + 2018
# smallholder farmers
linked to these value
chains
None
Agreements
between agroprocessor and
smallholders
completed
At least 300
smallholders
supplying each
commercial
processor
At least 500
smallholders in
each country are
linked to major
agro-processor
Representative sub-samples
of urban consumers from
different socio-economic
strata can be compiled and
interviewed cost-effectively.
Source: Monitoring data
Project progress reports
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IMPACT WEIGHTING
Indicator
Baseline
2013/March 2014
Milestone 1 (Aug
2015)
30%
Sales levels of OFSP
products and urban and
rural stores and through
ambulant traders
Outlets belonging
to agro-processor
will be mapped as
part of baseline
exercise.
Sales levels for
each company
exceed $20,000
per year for the
product
Milestone 2 (Aug
2016)
Sales levels for
each company
exceed $80,000
per year for the
product
Target July 2018
Sales levels for
each company
exceed $100,000
per year for the
product
Source
RISK RATING
Medium
INPUTS (£)
DFID (£) 1,410,654
(11.3% of total budget)
Govt (£)
Other (£)
Total (£)
DFID SHARE (%)
INPUTS (HR)
DFID (FTEs)
OUTPUT 4
Indicator
Baseline
2013/2014
Milestone 1 (Aug
2015)
Milestone 2 (Aug
2016)
Target July 2018
Assumptions
Evidence of achieving
outcomes & disseminating
findings
# monitoring indicators
and assessment tools,
including qualitative tools,
developed, tested and
published
Indicators from
previous efforts &
literature
reviewed, modified
if needed, and
selected
First set of
indicators
developed and
field-tested (vine
multiplication,
value chains,
nutrition/health)
Indicators
assessed and
published;
qualitative gender
tool implemented
for mid-term
assessment; Exit
strategies for
sustained access
to quality planting
material and
nutrition advise
developed
Additional
assessment tools
for each intervention
area developed with
partners
External evaluation team
will be hired by 15
November 2013
Trained staff of
implementing partners
collect quality monitoring
data
Source: Monitoring team, in consultation with implementing partners
Indicator
Baseline 2013
Milestone 1 (Aug
2015)
Milestone 2 (Aug
2016)
Target July 2018
# of studies that capture
cost-effectiveness and
assess the degree of
sustainability of the
1 completed study
for Uganda and
Mozambique
indicated cost-
Qualitative
assessment of
project impact on
gender roles &
Preliminary costeffectiveness
study in each
country
Evaluation of
adoption of OFSP
and recommended
dietary practices
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different delivery models
(vine multiplication, value
chains, nutrition/health)
effective nutrition
intervention
gender equity
and costeffectiveness of
each country’s
experience,
highlight different
approaches effect
on gender equity
and efficiency
Baseline study will
be conducted in
Early 2014
Source: External evaluation team
Reaching End Users and Mama SASHA studies for methodology
2012 Priority setting exercise on sweetpotato for Roots, Tubers & Bananas program
Indicator
Baseline
2013/2014
Milestone 1 (Aug
2015)
Milestone 2 (Aug
2016)
Target July 2018
# of regional technical
conferences to share and
improve tools &
disseminate findings
Annual attendance
at Sweetpotato for
Profit and Health
Initiative (SPHI)
meeting and at
least one other
regional technical
meeting
Participated in
second
conference,
presenting project
findings; Progress
brief published &
on Sweetpotato
Knowledge Portal
Participated in
third conference,
presenting project
findings; Progress
brief published &
on Sweetpotato
Knowledge Portal
Participated in fifth
conference,
presenting project
findings; Progress
brief published & on
Sweetpotato
Knowledge Portal
Source: Monitoring data, power point presentations; programs from
conferences
INPUTS (£)
DFID (£) DFID (£)
960,000 (8% of total
budget)
INPUTS (HR)
DFID (FTEs)
Govt (£)
Other (£)
Total (£)
DFID SHARE (%)
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