Filling the learning gap in program implementation using participatory monitoring and evaluation: Lessons from farmer field schools in Zanzibar

Elias Zerfu and Sindu Kebede

No 1256, IFPRI discussion papers from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: This study is motivated by the idea that even though participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) is widely accepted as a tool to manage development programs to be effective, its application is widely constrained by its high start-up resource requirements in terms of both finance and time. However, this paper argues that after the initial investment is made, the payback from using PM&E is much higher both in terms of grassroots-level learning, empowerment, and capacity building and in terms of higher-level strategic decision making which enhances impact.

Keywords: farmer field schools; participatory approaches; participation; monitoring and evaluation; technology adoption; agricultural development; capacity development; Tanzania; Eastern Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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