SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT SMALLHOLDER FARMERS’ (SURE) PROJECT - FINAL EVALUATION REPORT

The Evaluation Objectives and Processes The purpose of this evaluation was to enable both AFARD and the donors LEARN from the implementation of the projects in order to continuously improve their own work and the cooperation with other actors. [...] The sampling allocation was made to reflect the design of the project that targeted 60% of the female gender and 40 % of the male gender. [...] 14 3 EVALUATION FINDINGS In order to assess the impact and sustainability of the project (key evaluation focus), the study started by asking, “what key investments did the project make?” This was followed by the questions, “To what extent have the objectives and results of the intervention been achieved?”, “How did the project investments impact positively or negatively the beneficiary communities. [...] As the section on challenges shows, the key impediments in these areas were attributed by the KII and FGDs to the high illiteracy levels that could not allw members to record their business transactions, limited capital base of the Cooperative to buy members produce for on-selling, and the limited investment (one-off training) in huma and women’s rights. [...] 26 4.0 PROJECT SUSTAINABILITY The KII and FGD respondents as well as literature review sought to identify which measures and strategies were put in place by AFARD to ensure the sustainability of the project impacts and whether or not the the Cooperative was effective in sustaining the project results.