AFRICA LEAD II PERFORMANCE INDICATOR REFERENCE SHEET

CAADP/FTF Goal: Sustainably Reduced Global Poverty and Hunger

Africa Lead II Goal: Better prioritized, designed, managed and measured agriculture policies, programs, and enterprises in Africa

Africa Lead II Strategic Objective: Improved institutional effectiveness for increased sustainable agriculture productivity and food security

Intermediate Result 2 (IR2): Enhanced capacity to manage policy change and reform across Africa

INDICATOR 2.2: Number of events supported by Africa Lead II to improve institutional effectiveness of food security actors in managing agricultural transformation across Africa

DEFINITION:

This is a count of the number of food security events such as training, workshop, conference, meeting, etc., organized per year with Africa Lead II support. Where relevant, event data will also indicate which thematic areas of institutional effectiveness the event is contributing to.

RATIONALE:

Measures the extent of the Program support. The various food security events provide learning and experience sharing opportunities in addition to serving as a platform for individuals and organizations to work together on food security challenges.

UNIT:

Number

DISAGGREGATE BY:

Country, thematic area

TYPE (Impact/Outcome/Output):

Output

DIRECTION OF CHANGE:

Higher is better

DATA SOURCE:

Program record

MEASUREMENT NOTES:

LEVEL OF COLLECTION: Africa Lead II

WHO COLLECTS DATA FOR THIS INDICATOR: Africa Lead II M&E staff

HOW SHOULD IT BE COLLECTED: Record keeping supported by TAMIS database

FREQUENCY OF COLLECTION: Quarterly

REPORTING: Quarterly

AFRICA LEAD II PERFORMANCE INDICATOR REFERENCE SHEET

CAADP/FTF Goal: Sustainably Reduced Global Poverty and Hunger

Africa Lead II Goal: Better prioritized, designed, managed and measured agriculture policies, programs, and enterprises in Africa

Africa Lead II Strategic Objective: Improved institutional effectiveness for increased sustainable agriculture productivity and food security

Intermediate Result 2 (IR2): Enhanced capacity to manage policy change and reform across Africa

INDICATOR 2.3 (EG.3.1-12): Number of agricultural and nutritional enabling environment policies analyzed, consulted on, drafted or revised, approved and implemented with USG assistance

DEFINITION:

The indicator counts the number of agriculture and nutrition policies related to the institutional architecture for improved policy formulation, the enabling environment for private sector investment, agricultural trade, agriculture input provision, land and natural resource management, or food and nutrition that have completed one or several of the following 5 steps or processes:

1. Underwent analysis (review of existing policy and/or proposal of new policy);
2. Underwent public debate and/or consultation with stakeholders on the proposed new or revised policy. This can also include proposed repeal of an existing policy;
3. Were newly drafted or revised;
4. Received official approval (legislation/decree) by the relevant authority (legislative or executive body) of a new, revised, or repealed policy;
5. Were fully and effectively implemented by the relevant authority (this includes U.S. Government support to implementing the effective repeal of a policy).

Policies can include laws, legal frameworks, regulations, administrative procedures, or institutional arrangements.

Note that the indicator has been revised to acknowledge that these processes are not always linear: newly drafted laws can be defeated by a legislative body and require redrafting or new analysis; or approved regulations can prove difficult to implement and need to be revised. Because of this nonlinear approach, double-counting is no longer a concern and is in fact appropriate: Operating Units should indicate if multiple processes/steps were completed in a given year, as this more accurately represents work under a given activity. The disaggregate “Total policies passing through one or more processes/steps of policy change” will count the total number of policies that completed any process/step, regardless of the number of processes/steps each policy completed during the reporting year.
 

Full and effective implementation must meet the following criteria: (1) The policy must be in force in all intended geographic locations and at all intended administrative levels with all intended regulations/rules in place (“full”); (2) Any ongoing activities or tasks required by the policy (e.g., various kinds of inspection, enforcement, collection of documents/information/fees) are being executed with minimal disruptions (“effective”). For example, a new business registration procedure that has been rolled out to just four of six intended provinces would not meet these criteria (not full), nor would a new customs law that is on the books but is not being regularly enforced at the border (not effective).
 

For regional Missions, approval (step 4) counts any regionally agreed policies that have been regionally approved (i.e., reached the minimum number of signatory countries to be passed) during the reporting year. Full and effective implementation (step 5) would count any regionally agreed policy for which all countries falling under the policy’s jurisdiction have fully and effectively implemented the policy. To capture individual countries’ progress toward full and effective implementation of regional policies, use FTFMS-only indicator EG.3.1-b.

RATIONALE:

This indicator measures the number of policies (disaggregated by policy area) completing the various

Processes / steps required to create an enhanced enabling environment for agriculture and nutrition. This indicator is easily aggregated upward from all operating units. On the Feed the Future (FTF) Results Framework, this indicator contributes to Intermediate Result (IR) 1: Improved Agriculture Productivity and Sub IR 1.3: Improved Agricultural Policy Environment.

UNIT:

Number

DISAGGREGATE BY:

Policy area:

-Institutional architecture for improved policy formulation

-Enabling environment for private sector investment - Agricultural trade policy

-Agricultural input policy (e.g. seed, fertilizer) -Land and natural resources tenure, rights, and policy

-Resilience and agricultural risk management policy

-Nutrition (e.g., fortification, food safety)

-Other

Process/Step:

-Analysis

-Stakeholder consultation/public debate

-Drafting or revision

-Approval (legislative or regulatory)

-Full and effective implementation

Total policies passing through one or more processes/steps of policy change

TYPE (Impact/Outcome/Output):

1,2, and 3 = Output

4 and 5 = Outcome

DIRECTION OF CHANGE:

Higher generally represents progress. For process/steps 4 and 5 (approval and implementation), repetition is unusual, though possible. For processes/steps 1-3, repetition may be more frequent.

DATA SOURCE:

Secondary sources, Review of partner countries’ AL II policy papers and documents and AL II Program’s policy analysis reports

MEASUREMENT NOTES:

LEVEL OF COLLECTION: Activity-level; policies specifically addressed with AL II assistance WHO COLLECTS DATA FOR THIS INDICATOR: Africa Lead II M&E staff in collaboration with Ag Policy Advisor

HOW SHOULD IT BE COLLECTED: Observation and analysis of host government legal status of the various policies being addressed, review of secondary sources, country policy papers and documents

FREQUENCY OF COLLECTION: Annual

REPORTING: Annual

AFRICA LEAD II PERFORMANCE INDICATOR REFERENCE SHEET

CAADP/FTF Goal: Sustainably Reduced Global Poverty and Hunger

Africa Lead II Goal: Better prioritized, designed, managed and measured agriculture policies, programs, and enterprises in Africa

Africa Lead II Strategic Objective: Improved institutional effectiveness for increased sustainable agriculture productivity and food security

Intermediate Result 3 (IR3): More inclusive development and implementation of agriculture and food security policies and programs through greater engagement of NSAs

INDICATOR 3.1 (EG.3.2-4): Number of food security private enterprises (for profit), producer organizations, water user associations, women's groups, trade and business associations, and community-based organizations (CBOs) receiving USG assistance

DEFINITION:

This indicator counts the number of private enterprises, producers’ associations, cooperatives, producer organizations, fishing associations, water user associations, women’s groups, trade and business associations, and community-based organizations, including those focused on natural resource management, that received U.S. Government assistance related to food security during the reporting year. This assistance includes support that aims at organization functions, such as member services, storage, processing and other downstream techniques, and management, marketing, and accounting. “Organizations assisted” should only include those organizations for which implementing partners have made a targeted effort to build their capacity or enhance their organizational functions. Count the number of organizations and not the number of members, even in the case of training or assistance to farmer’s association or cooperatives, where individual farmers are not counted separately, but as one entity.

RATIONALE:

Tracks private sector and civil society increased capacity that is essential to building agricultural sector productivity. In the Feed the Future (FTF) results framework, this indicator contributes to Intermediate Results (IR) 1 Improved Agricultural Productivity and Sub IR 1.1 Enhanced Human and Institutional Capacity Development for Increased Sustainable Agriculture Sector Productivity.

The number of NSAs receiving assistance indicates the reach of Africa Lead II support and the NSAs’ participation.

UNIT:

Number

DISAGGREGATE BY:

Type of organization: For-profit private enterprises; producer organizations; water user associations; women’s groups; trade and business associations; community-based organizations (CBOs)

New/Continuing:

-New = the entity is receiving USG assistance for the first time during the reporting year

-Continuing = the entity received USG assistance in the previous year and continues to receive it in the

reporting year

TYPE (Impact/Outcome/Output):

Output

DIRECTION OF CHANGE:

Higher is better

DATA SOURCE:

Africa Lead II Program event/technical assistance records

MEASUREMENT NOTES:

LEVEL OF COLLECTION: NSAs

WHO COLLECTS DATA FOR THIS INDICATOR: Africa Lead II M&E staff

HOW SHOULD IT BE COLLECTED: Record keeping supported by TAMIS database

FREQUENCY OF COLLECTION: Quarterly

REPORTING: Quarterly

AFRICA LEAD II PERFORMANCE INDICATOR REFERENCE SHEET

CAADP/FTF Goal: Sustainably Reduced Global Poverty and Hunger

Africa Lead II Goal: Better prioritized, designed, managed and measured agriculture policies, programs, and enterprises in Africa

Africa Lead II Strategic Objective: Improved institutional effectiveness for increased sustainable agriculture productivity and food security

Intermediate Result 3 (IR3): More inclusive development and implementation of agriculture and food security policies and programs through greater engagement of NSAs

INDICATOR 3.2 (EG.3.2-20): Number of private enterprises, producer organizations, water user associations, women's groups, trade and business associations, and community-based organizations (CBOs) that apply improved technologies or management practices as a result of USG assistance

DEFINITION:

Total number of private enterprises (processors, input dealers, storage and transport companies) producer associations, cooperatives, water user associations, fishing associations, women’s groups, trade and business associations and community-based organizations (CBOs), including those focused on natural resource management, that applied improved technologies or management practices at the organization level during the reporting year. Organization-level technologies and management practices include those in areas such as management (financial, planning, human resources), member services, procurement, technical innovations (processing, storage), quality control, marketing, etc. as a result of U.S. Government assistance in the current reporting year. Only count the entity once per reporting year, even if multiple technologies or management practices are applied.

Count the organization (enterprise, association, cooperative or CBO) applying an improved technology or management practice as one entity, and not as the number of employees or membership. For example, if a farmers' association incorporates improved maize storage as a part of member services, the application is counted as one association and not multiplied by the number of farmer-members. However, if individual direct beneficiaries then use the association's maize storage service to improve the post-harvest handling of their production, they can be counted under EG.3.2- 17 Number of farmers and others applying improved technologies.

RATIONALE:

This indicator tracks private sector and civil society behavior change to increase agricultural sector productivity and aligns with Intermediate Result (IR) 1 Improved Agricultural Productivity and Sub IR 1.1 Enhanced human and institutional capacity development for increased sustainable agriculture sector productivity in the Feed the Future (FTF) results framework.

UNIT:

Number

DISAGGREGATE BY:

Type of organization (see indicator title for principal types)

TYPE (Impact/Outcome/Output):

Outcome

DIRECTION OF CHANGE:

Higher is better

DATA SOURCE:

Survey of organizations receiving technical assistance and organizational assessment records

MEASUREMENT NOTES:

LEVEL OF COLLECTION: NSAs

WHO COLLECTS DATA FOR THIS INDICATOR: Africa Lead II M&E staff

HOW SHOULD IT BE COLLECTED: Conducting survey of NSAs

FREQUENCY OF COLLECTION: Annual

REPORTING: Reported in Africa Lead II annual reports.

AFRICA LEAD II PERFORMANCE INDICATOR REFERENCE SHEET

CAADP/FTF Goal: Sustainably Reduced Global Poverty and Hunger

Africa Lead II Goal: Better prioritized, designed, managed and measured agriculture policies, programs, and enterprises in Africa

Africa Lead II Strategic Objective: Improved institutional effectiveness for increased sustainable agriculture productivity and food security

Intermediate Result 3 (IR3): More inclusive development and implementation of agriculture and food security policies and programs through greater engagement of NSAs

INDICATOR 3.3: Percentage of NSAs that report satisfaction with their participation in mutual accountability activities supported by AL

DEFINITION:

This is a measure of satisfaction of NSAs who participate in mutual accountability activities supported by AL (i.e. JSR, Biennial Review, and other validation workshops). AL will assess satisfaction through survey of relevant organizations’ leadership.

RATIONALE:

The level of satisfaction indicates that the various NSA groups’ views and opinions are taken into consideration for future support and that national policies are informed by CAADP NSA's policy agenda

UNIT:

Percent

Numerator: Number of NSAs that report satisfaction with their participation in mutual accountability activities

Denominator: Total number NSAs participating in mutual accountability activities

DISAGGREGATE BY:

TYPE (Impact/Outcome/Output):

Outcome

DIRECTION OF CHANGE:

Higher is better

DATA SOURCE:

Periodic survey of Africa Lead II partner NSA organizations

MEASUREMENT NOTES:

LEVEL OF COLLECTION: NSA

WHO COLLECTS DATA FOR THIS INDICATOR: Africa Lead II M&E staff

HOW SHOULD IT BE COLLECTED: Satisfaction survey

FREQUENCY OF COLLECTION: Annual

REPORTING: Analysis and aggregation of data will be reported in the Africa Lead II annual reports.

AFRICA LEAD II PERFORMANCE INDICATOR REFERENCE SHEET

CAADP/FTF Goal: Sustainably Reduced Global Poverty and Hunger

Africa Lead II Goal: Better prioritized, designed, managed and measured agriculture policies, programs, and enterprises in Africa

Africa Lead II Strategic Objective: Improved institutional effectiveness for increased sustainable agriculture productivity and food security

Intermediate Result 3 (IR3): More inclusive development and implementation of agriculture and food security policies and programs through greater engagement of NSAs

INDICATOR 3.4: Number of participants in activities to support greater engagement of NSA in agricultural development and implementation

DEFINITION:

This output indicator tracks the number of individuals participating in Africa Lead II supported events (Indicator 2.2) that support inclusion and greater engagement of NSAs in the policy process. These events include training, workshops, conferences and meetings, which are tagged according to thematic area. If individuals attended multiple events will be counted only once.

RATIONALE:

Africa Lead II supports a number of such events through initiatives that aim to increase inclusion, awareness and coalition building in agriculture and food security. By counting the number of individuals participating in such events, the program determines the level of its reach and contribution to increased engagement of NSAs.

UNIT:

Number

TYPE (Impact/Outcome/Output):

Output

DATA SOURCE:

Event records

MEASUREMENT NOTES:

LEVEL OF COLLECTION: Event attendees

WHO COLLECTS DATA FOR THIS INDICATOR: Africa Lead II M&E Staff

HOW SHOULD IT BE COLLECTED: Record keeping supported by TAMIS database

FREQUENCY OF COLLECTION: Quarterly

REPORTING: Quarterly