Performance Indicator Reference Sheets (PIRS) ... 7- 12

Performance Indicator Reference Sheets (PIRS) ... 7- 12

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 1 (IR1): Improved capacity among key institutions to achieve their mandates in developing and managing national agricultural and food security programs

INDICATOR 1.2 (EG.3.2-1): Number of individuals receiving USG supported short-term agricultural sector productivity or food security training

 

DEFINITION:

This indicator counts the number of individuals to whom significant knowledge or skills have been imparted through interactions that are intentional, structured and purposed for imparting knowledge or skills. The indicator includes farmers, ranchers, fishers and other primary sector producers who receive training in a variety of best practices in productivity, post-harvest management, linking to markets, etc. It also includes rural entrepreneurs, processors, managers and traders receiving training in application of improved technologies, business management, linking to markets, etc.

Finally, it includes training to extension specialists, researchers, policymakers and others who are engaged in the food, feed and fiber system and natural resources and water management.

 

There is no predefined minimum or maximum length of time for the training; what is key is that the training reflects a planned, structured curriculum designed to strengthen capacities, and there is a reasonable expectation that the training recipient will acquire new knowledge or skills that s/he could translate into action. However, Operating Units may choose to align their definition of short-term training with the TrainNet training definition of 2 consecutive class days or more in duration, or 16 hours or more scheduled intermittently.

 

Count an individual only once, regardless of the number of trainings received during the reporting year and even if the trainings covered different topics. Do not count sensitization meetings or one-off informational trainings.

 

In-country and off-shore training are included. Training should include food security, water resources management/IWRM, sustainable agriculture, and climate change risk analysis, adaptation, mitigation, and vulnerability assessments as they relate to agriculture resilience, but should not include nutrition- related trainings, which should be reported under indicator HL.9-4 instead.

 

Delivery mechanisms can include a variety of extension methods as well as technical assistance activities. An example is a USDA Cochran Fellow.

 

This indicator counts individuals receiving training, for which the outcome, i.e. individuals applying improved practices, might be reported under EG3.1-17.

 

In FTFMS, partners should enter the number of individuals trained disaggregated first by Type of Individual then by Sex. For example, partners should enter for the total number of Male producers trained and the total number of Female Producers trained. FTFMS will automatically calculate the total number of Producers trained. Partners should then enter the total number of Males in Private Sector Firms trained and the total number of Females in Private Sector Firms trained. FTFMS will automatically calculate the total number of People in Private Sector Firms trained. And so on for the other Type of Individual disaggregate categories. FTFMS will then automatically calculate the total number of individuals who received short-term training by summing across the Type of Individual disaggregate

RATIONALE:

Measures enhanced human capacity for improving agriculture productivity, food security, policy formulation and implementation, which is key to transformational development. In the Feed the Future (FTF) results framework, this indicator measures Intermediate Result (IR) 1: Improved

 

Agricultural Productivity and Sub IR 1.1: Enhanced Human and Institutional Capacity Development for Increased Sustainable Agriculture Sector Productivity.

UNIT:

Number

DISAGGREGATE BY:

In FTFMS: Type of individual: -Producers (farmers, fishers, pastoralists, ranchers, etc.)

-People in government (e.g. policy makers, extension workers) -People in private sector firms (e.g. processors, service providers, manufacturers) -People in civil society (e.g. NGOs, CBOs, CSOs, research and academic organizations) Note: While producers are included under MSMEs under indicator EG.3.2-3, only count them under the Producers and not the Private Sector Firms disaggregate to avoid double-counting. While private sector firms are considered part of civil society more broadly, only count them under the Private Sector Firms and not the Civil Society disaggregate to avoid double-counting. Under each Type of individual; layered disaggregate

Sex: Male, Female

TYPE (Impact/Outcome/Output):

Output

DIRECTION OF CHANGE:

Higher is better

 

DATA SOURCE:

Training records

 

 

MEASUREMENT NOTES:

LEVEL OF COLLECTION: Trainees, interns

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

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

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 1 (IR1): Improved capacity among key institutions to achieve their mandates in developing and managing national agricultural and food security programs

INDICATOR 1.3: Number of individuals in the agriculture system who have applied improved management practices or technologies with USG assistance

DEFINITION:

Individuals participating in Africa Lead activities which are designed to build capacity who apply new skills in their organizations. These activities can include trainings, workshops, conferences, internship programs or capacity building delivered via grants, secondments, and mentoring/coaching services.

RATIONALE:

Application of new skills and knowledge can lead to individual and institutional change for African agriculture transformation.

UNIT:

Number

DISAGGREGATE BY:

TYPE (Impact/Outcome/Output):

Outcome

DIRECTION OF CHANGE:

Higher is better

DATA SOURCE:

Primary data through survey of AL event participants, interns, and grantee monitoring data

MEASUREMENT NOTES:

LEVEL OF COLLECTION: Event participants

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

HOW SHOULD IT BE COLLECTED: Post-activity survey conducted within 6-12 months of training

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 1 (IR1): Improved capacity among key institutions to achieve their mandates in developing and managing national agricultural and food security programs

INDICATOR 1.4: Number of organizations receiving targeted technical assistance to build their capacity or enhance their organizational functions under Africa Lead II

DEFINITION:

Count of the number of Africa Lead II partner organizations receiving technical assistance (including training and capacity building support via workshops, internship, mentoring, coaching, grant, or an embedded advisor) to address capacity gaps. Capacity gaps are often identified through a capacity assessment tool including (such as the OCA/OPI), but the project employs other tools such as institutional audits, needs assessments, etc. to identify technical assistance needs.

 

RATIONALE:

Technical Assistance contributes to organizational capacity building and improved effectiveness.

UNIT:

Number

DISAGGREGATE BY:

Country, region, organization type, organization subtype

TYPE (Impact/Outcome/Output):

Output

DIRECTION OF CHANGE:

Higher is better

DATA SOURCE:

Africa Lead II Program Technical Assistance records

MEASUREMENT NOTES:

LEVEL OF COLLECTION: Organization

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 1 (IR1): Improved capacity among key institutions to achieve their mandates in developing and managing national agricultural and food security programs

INDICATOR 1.5: Percentage of institutions/organizations benefitting from targeted Africa Lead II capacity building activities that apply improved practices

DEFINITION:

Percentage Africa Lead II partner organizations receiving technical assistance (including training and capacity building support via workshops, internship, mentoring, coaching, grant, or an embedded advisor) who report on improved practices at the organizational level, and who show improvement in organizational assessment such as OCA, OPI, PICAL, Training Needs Assessment (TNA), institutional audit, or any form of organizational capacity assessment.

RATIONALE:

Building the capacity and improving the performance of institutions are the focus of the Africa Lead II Program. This indicator measures application of improved organizational practices due to capacity development support received under Africa Lead.

UNIT: Percent

 

Numerator: number of Africa Lead II partner organizations reporting on improved practices and showing improved organizational practices through organizational assessment

 

Denominator: total number of AL II partner receiving technical assistance (Indicator 1.3)

DISAGGREGATE BY:

Type of institutions, country

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: Institution/organization

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

HOW SHOULD IT BE COLLECTED: Survey of organizations receiving technical assistance and organizational assessment records

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 1 (IR1): Improved capacity among key institutions to achieve their mandates in developing and managing national agricultural and food security programs

INDICATOR 1.6: Number of organizations/institutions benefitting directly and indirectly from AL II programming

DEFINITION:

This is a count of all the organizations that:

  1. received technical assistance and capacity building (i.e. internships, advising, secondments, etc.);
  2. participated in Africa Lead II supported agriculture or food security related events (i.e., training, workshop, conference and meeting):
  3. are network members or constituents of organizations in the two above categories, and benefit indirectly from AL support through cascade effect.

If organizations received multiple support, they will be counted only once.

RATIONALE:

AL II technical assistance, grants, internships and events contribute to the capacity improvement of recipient and attending organizations/institutions, and in cases of network or umbrella organizations, the benefit cascades to indirect beneficiaries.

UNIT:

Number

DISAGGREGATE BY:

Type of organization

TYPE (Impact/Outcome/Output):

Output

DIRECTION OF CHANGE:

Higher is better

DATA SOURCE:

Africa Lead II event, technical assistance, grant, and internship records and network/umbrella organization membership records

MEASUREMENT NOTES:

LEVEL OF COLLECTION: Organization

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 2.1: Number of knowledge products generated with support from Africa Lead II

 

DEFINITION:

This is a count of knowledge products generated and disseminated by Africa Lead II. Knowledge products that are relevant, timely and accessible include videos, newsletters, success stories, publications, and evaluation reports. Products are disseminated with the primary purpose of increasing knowledge on innovative and transformative approaches to address food security.

 

RATIONALE:

Knowledge generation is an important means of building the human and institutional capacity necessary for African agriculture transformation.

UNIT:

Number

TYPE (Impact/Outcome/Output):

Output

DATA SOURCE:

Knowledge product inventory tracker

MEASUREMENT NOTES:

LEVEL OF COLLECTION: Africa Lead II

WHO COLLECTS DATA FOR THIS INDICATOR: Knowledge Management/M&E Staff

HOW SHOULD IT BE COLLECTED: Knowledge product inventory tracker

FREQUENCY OF COLLECTION: Ongoing as new knowledge products are generated

REPORTING: Quarterly