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File:ARBES Data Summary GHA 13Nov2014.pdf

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File:ARBES Data Summary MWI ETH 13Nov2014.pdf

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File:ARBES Data Summary TZA MLI updated03Feb2015.pdf

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File:ARBES Typology Summary 12Nov2014.pdf

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File:Capstone Report on Africa RISING-Babati-April2016.pdf

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File:IFPRI survey TZ report revised 3.pdf

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File:Ghana ARBES 2014 Survey Report.pdf

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File:IFPRI Ethiopia ARBES Tool Community June 2014.pdf

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File:Mali Action and Control Sites Map KoutialafromICRISAT.pdf

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File:Ghana Action and Control Sites Map noroads14March14.pdf

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File:Zambia Action Sites Map 2014.pdf

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File:Malawi Action and Control Sites Map May2013.pdf

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File:KongwaKiteto Action and Control Sites Map Jan2014.pdf

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File:Malawi site selection report 22Mar13.pdf

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File:Site Selection Report Ethiopia Ghana Tanzania2013.pdf

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File:2016 Africa RISING ME Report.pdf

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File:2015 Africa RISING ME Report 2016-02-03.pdf

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File:2014 Africa RISING ME Report.pdf

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File:2013 Africa RISING ME Report 28 April 2014.pdf

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File:AR ME Plan for submission Dec5.pdf

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File:Protocol for Measuring the Success of Africa RISING Program.pdf

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File:Impact Assessment of Africa RISING Note 06March13.pdf

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File:Dataverse metadata template-Africa RISING-2017.docx

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File:Dataverse Guide November2017.pdf

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File:Agtrial template.xlsx

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File:AR scaling template.xlsx

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File:ME Data Requirement Guide IFPRI August 2017.pdf

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'''Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)'''

Approaches and plans
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=About M&E in Africa RISING=
(''The following paragraphs are excerpts from [https:''cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/25079| the program framework], which contains additional details about M&E in Africa RISING//).

The HarvestChoice team at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has been charged with the monitoring and evaluation activities of Africa RISING.
As many operational activities of Africa RISING are still being finalized, the initial M&E plan is subject to further revision and refinement. This plan describes the program’s M&E approach and strategy, the currently understood and agreed intended outcomes and measurable indicators for tracking progress toward and achievement of those outcomes, the M&E methods to be used, and the initial assignment of M&E responsibilities.

Beyond the need to satisfying standard/conventional M&E requirement, this plan also describes activities designed under an expanded Africa RISING M&E scope. These include: (i) a structured stratification schema (by geography and household categories) and action research and control site selection process, (ii) a program-wide, spatially-enabled M&E data management and sharing platform open to program participants and stakeholders, and (iii) initial steps in embedding a farming-system modeling capacity into the program’s M&E toolkit.

The role of modeling is to better integrate and interpret monitoring data in ways that will enhance research design, evaluation and learning as well as, looking forward, research investment targeting and scaling of proven technologies and practices.

While they are highly complementary, monitoring and evaluation are separate both in their purpose and their implementation. Bearing this in mind, the current M&E plan does not describe a single combined activity, but describes each of them separately.

==='''M&E goals and objectives'''===
Monitoring and evaluation of project activities support effective project management, provide the data for timely reporting to project funders, and help all stakeholders learn about the project’s successes and failures. A robust M&E system should provide learning on what did and what did not work that, in turn, should inform the design and implementation of new interventions, as well as catalyze adjustments to ongoing activities that might enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

'''''Critical aid in effective management'''''
Monitoring can be a critical aid in effective management when it provides project managers with timely information on the status of activities and the results they are achieving. This allows managers to assess the need for changes in strategy or implementation.

'''''Reporting requirements'''''
Auditing and monitoring staff require frequent reporting of progress and results (monitoring) from project implementers, in order to provide funders with the evidence they need to both justify the expenditures underway and to maintain a flow of resources. In this regard it is vital to have clarity and consensus on the scope and nature of the expected direct results and beneficiaries, as well as on associated indirect outcomes, be they positive or negative. For example, direct results might include increases in productivity, incomes or nutrition in target smallholder households, whereas increased demand on women’s time or reduction in catchment water yields might be key indirect consequences that need increased monitoring and, possibly, ameliorative action. The selection and/or development of appropriate indicators, as well as the determination of their associated reporting needs (e.g., metrics, frequency, and disaggregation) need to account for all direct and indirect outcomes important to both clients and stakeholders.

The Africa RISING M&E strategy to best meet these needs is of relevance both to USAID and to implementation partners since the data required to satisfy donor needs are also of value to CGIAR and national research scientists and institutions as part of their own internal M&E needs. This plan, therefore, strives to meet the legitimately distinct goals and priorities of both USAID and the CGIAR M&E systems.

'''''Learning'''''
Development projects provide great opportunities to learn what works and what does not. This can be done through rigorous independent impact assessment and/or through evaluation(s) carried out by project staff. Given that the impact of large and highly visible projects will be reported at high levels, USAID’s evaluation policy specifies an independent (and rigorous) evaluation. However, USAID recognizes that much valuable learning can also be achieved through evaluations carried out by the project itself. Africa RISING is likely to collect or make use of large amounts of detailed information, which can support various types of evaluation, especially if the evaluation design is carefully considered at the outset of the project. The key questions that Africa RISING (both at a program and project levels) has set to answer will inform the design of the consequent evaluations, with the latter being probably among the most important challenges that the program faces.

=Monitoring and Evaluation meetings=
* [[moneval3| 13-14 November 2014: Africa RISING Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) meeting]]
* [[Moneval2| 11-13 November 2013: Africa RISING-CSISA Joint Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) meeting]]
* [[moneval_experts_2012| 5-7 September 2012: Africa RISING M&E Expert Meeting, Ethiopia]]

See other [http://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/24408| Africa RISING documents and reports related to Monitoring and Evaluation in the CG Space repository]

=Monitoring data requirement guide and tools=
'''Monitoring data requirement guide:'''
[[:File:ME Data Requirement Guide IFPRI_August_2017.pdf]]

'''Project mapping and monitoring tool (PMMT):''' [http://apps.harvestchoice.org/africarising-data-reports| PMMT-data entry application ]
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'''Beneficiary and Technology Tracking Tool (BTTT):'''
[https://www.dropbox.com/s/e6tbeuojhtvmqf5/Africa_RISING_Ghana_BTTT_Deidentified.xlsx?dl=0| Ghana-BTTT]
[https://www.dropbox.com/s/41ozdsg9sft2pbx/Africa_RISING_Ethiopia_BTTT_Deidentified.xlsx?dl=0| Ethiopia-BTTT]
[https://www.dropbox.com/s/3rlrbbrjoc44xiz/Africa_RISING_Mali_BTTT_Deidentified.xlsx?dl=0| Mali-BTTT]
[https://www.dropbox.com/s/pvyha6wygfrbf8j/Africa_RISING_Malawi_BTTT_Deidentified.xlsx?dl=0| Malawi-BTTT]
[https://www.dropbox.com/s/g8lnkpdm8vzuy0a/Africa_RISING_Tanzania_BTTT_Deidentified.xlsx?dl=0| Tanzania-BTTT]

'''Other monitoring tools'''
Exposure template
[[:File:AR exposure template.xlsx]]
Scaling template
[[:File:AR scaling template.xlsx]]
Ag trial template
[[:File:Agtrial template.xlsx]]
='''Data management'''=

[http://hdl.handle.net/10568/71039| Africa RISING data management plan]

[https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse.xhtml?alias=AfricaRISING| AR data repository platform (Dataverse)]

Dataverse how-to-guide
[[:File:Dataverse_Guide_November2017.pdf]]

Dataverse metadata template
[[:File:Dataverse metadata template-Africa RISING-2017.docx]]
='''Impact evaluation documents'''=

[[:File:Impact Assessment of Africa RISING_Note_06March13.pdf]]
[[:File:Protocol for Measuring the Success of Africa RISING Program.pdf]]

='''M&E plans and annual reports'''=
* '''M&E report 2011-2012'''
[[:File:AR ME Plan for submission_Dec5.pdf]]
* '''M&E report 2012-2013'''
[[:File:2013 Africa RISING ME Report 28 April 2014.pdf]]
* '''M&E report 2013-2014'''
[[:File:2014 Africa RISING ME Report.pdf]]
* '''M&E report 2014-2015'''
[[:File:2015 Africa RISING ME Report_2016-02-03.pdf]]
* '''M&E report 2015-2016'''
[[:File:2016 Africa RISING ME Report.pdf]]

='''Site selection reports and maps'''=
[[:File:Site Selection Report Ethiopia_Ghana_Tanzania2013.pdf]]
[[:File:Malawi site selection report 22Mar13.pdf]]
[[:File:Tanzania site selection reportJan2013.pdf]]
[[:File:Babati Action and Control Sites Map_Jan2014.pdf]]
[[:File:KongwaKiteto Action and Control Sites Map_Jan2014.pdf]]
[[:File:Malawi Action and Control Sites Map_May2013.pdf]]
[[:File:Zambia Action Sites Map_2014.pdf]]
[[:File:Ghana Action and Control Sites Map_withroads14March14.pdf]]
[[:File:Ghana Action and Control Sites Map_noroads14March14.pdf]]
[[:File:Mali Action and Control Sites Map_KoutialafromICRISAT.pdf]]

='''Africa RISING Baseline Evaluation Surveys (ARBES)'''=

'''Survey instruments'''
* '''Malawi (2013)'''
[[:File:IFPRI Malawi ARBES Tool_Household_June2013.pdf]]
[[:File:IFPRI Malawi ARBES Tool_Community_June2013.pdf]]
* '''Tanzania (2014)'''
[[:File:IFPRI Tanzania ARBES Tool_Household_Feb 2014.pdf]]
[[:File:IFPRI Tanzania ARBES Tool_Community_Feb 2014.pdf]]
* '''Mali (2014)'''
[[:File:IFPRI Mali ARBES Tool_Household_May 2014.pdf]]
[[:File:IFPRI Mali ARBES Tool_Community_May2014.pdf]]
* '''Ghana (2014)'''
[[:File:IFPRI Ghana ARBES Tool_Household_May 2014.pdf]]
[[:File:IFPRI Ghana ARBES Tool_Community_May 2014.pdf]]
* '''Ethiopia (2014)'''
[[:File:IFPRI Ethiopia ARBES Tool_Household_June 2014.pdf]]
[[:File:IFPRI Ethiopia ARBES Tool_Community_June 2014.pdf]]

'''ARBES survey reports:'''
* '''Malawi (2013)'''
[[:File:Malawi ARBES report Dec 2015.pdf]]
* '''Mali (2014)'''
[[:File:MARBES Report_Draft.pdf]]
* '''Ghana (2014)'''
[[:File:Ghana ARBES 2014 Survey Report.pdf]]
* '''Tanzania (2014)'''
[[:File:IFPRI survey TZ_report_revised_3.pdf]]
* '''Tanzania/Babati (2014 & 2015)'''
[[:File:Capstone Report on Africa RISING-Babati-April2016.pdf]]

'''ARBES Data Summary[[#ARBES_Data_Summary]]'''
[[:File:ARBES Typology Summary_12Nov2014.pdf]]
[[:File:ARBES Data Summary_TZA MLI_updated03Feb2015.pdf]]
[[:File:ARBES Data Summary_MWI ETH_13Nov2014.pdf]]
[[:File:ARBES Data Summary_GHA_13Nov2014.pdf]]

Presentations from the January-February 2012 design workshops:
* [[:File:tamale_me_wood.ppt| West Africa plans]] (presentation Stanley Wood)
* [[:File:AddisME_intro_wood.pptx| Ethiopian Highlands plans]] (presentation Stanley Wood)
* [[:File:dar_ME_intro_wood.ppt| East and Southern Africa plans]] (presentation Stanley Wood)