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Evaluation of the project “Smallholder Agriculture Development and Commercialization Project of the Ministry of Agriculture”

Project code: UTF/ANG/059/ANG

Year of publication 2023

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 118 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

Series title Project Evaluation Series

Series number No. 15/2023

Synopsis (short abstract) The project, funded by the World Bank, benefited from FAO Technical Assistance under Subcomponent 1.1 on capacity building through the farmer field school (FFS) approach. Despite some weaknesses and missing links in the design and implementation of the project, FAO's intervention has helped to build the capacities of smallholder farmers and farmers' organizations. Among the 11 deliverables of the project, six fully delivered six deliverables and achieved the relevant objectives. Four outputs have been partially delivered or can be improved: new training modules; an integrated monitoring and evaluation (M&E) methodology on FFS; literacy; and a handover strategy. 1 488 facilitators were trained out of the 1 600 expected and should cover the planned 4 000 FFS. The organizational and leadership assets generated by FFS among smallholder farmers are by far the project's most important and effective contributions to better outcomes. This report describes the salient results obtained and identifies the factors and conditions that deserved/deserve to be taken into account to ensure better quality of the products and the sustainability of the results.

Annex 1. Terms of reference

Management response

Follow-up report

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FAO. 2023. Evaluation of the project “Smallholder Agriculture Development and Commercialization Project of the Ministry of Agriculture”. Project Evaluation Series, 15/2023. Rome.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cc7089en

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