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The Sorry State of M&E in Agriculture: Can People‐centred Approaches Help?

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  • Lawrence Haddad
  • Johanna Lindstrom
  • Yvonne Pinto

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This article argues that if the multiple purposes of M&E were recognised and pursued it would help align the incentives of funders, implementers, M&E service providers, and intended beneficiaries to increase the impacts of agriculture on poverty. In reality, these multiple purposes are rarely pursued, leading to the weak provision of meaningful M&E. We make the case that M&E in agriculture is not immune to this, and it may even be more susceptible due to agriculture's unique properties. We argue that one possible way forward is people‐centred M&E, which looks for ways to balance multiple accountabilities. People‐centred M&E embraces farmer feedback, focuses on incentivising learning within organisations and finds ways to share M&E information more openly.

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  • Lawrence Haddad & Johanna Lindstrom & Yvonne Pinto, 2010. "The Sorry State of M&E in Agriculture: Can People‐centred Approaches Help?," IDS Bulletin, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 41(6), pages 6-25, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:idsxxx:v:41:y:2010:i:6:p:6-25
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    1. International Food Policy Research Institute, 2015. "Global Nutrition Report: Actions and Accountability to Accelerate the World’s Progress on Nutrition," Working Papers id:7417, eSocialSciences.
    2. International Food Policy Research Institute, 2014. "Global Nutrition Report 2014: Actions and accountability to accelerate the world’s progress on nutrition," IFPRI books, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), number 978-0-89629-564-3, June.
    3. Sally Brooks & Michael Loevinsohn, 2011. "Shaping agricultural innovation systems responsive to food insecurity and climate change," Natural Resources Forum, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 35(3), pages 185-200, August.

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