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Resumé valide par les partenaires du Psang des principales leçons tirées de l'evaluation de la première phase et des orientations proposées pour une second phase La validation des conclusions et...

Fundación para la Capacitación e Investigación Aplicada a la ReformaAgraria (CIARA): (TAG231) El Programa, aprobado a fines de 1991 por la Junta Ejecutiva del FIDA, se ha estado implementando a...

Interim Evaluation Executive Summary The target group for PATAP is: (i) project staff engaged in IFAD projects; (ii) farmers representing the beneficiaries in these projects; (iii) the sectoral...

El Proyecto de Desarrollo y Consolidación de las Colonias de Pequeños Agricultores en el Departamento de Santa Cruz (PRODEPA) fue identificado por la Misión Especial de Programación del Fondo...

Interim evaluation Project design and objectives Target group In the appraisal document (1990), the target group was estimated at 21 000 farmers having holdings of less than four hectares; 77% of...

Interim evaluation Ghana has a total area of about 240 000 km2, of which the Upper East Region (UER) covers about 8 800 (3.7 % ) in the Northeast corner. The total population with annual growth...

Evaluation terminale Conception et objectifs du projet Groupe cible Le projet a distingué une "zone focale", constituée par 13 communes des Abda et du Sahel, comptant 22 000 exploitations de moins...

Cette évaluation du portefeuille de projets financés par le FIDA en Mauritanie est la septième du genre. Comme les précédentes, elle répond au besoin du Fonds de comprendre, en longue durée, dans...

Interim evaluation Although the server, the coordinator and the support staff are all located in Santiago, Chile, the project area covers the entire region of Latin America and the Caribbean....

Evaluation purpose and scope This is the fourth evaluation1 in a series of Country Portfolio Evaluations (CPEs), which the Executive Board of the International Fund for Agricultural Development...

Completion evaluation Project area The Northern Zone Agricultural Credit Development Project initially covered the cantons of Upala and Guatuso in the province of Alajuela in Costa Rica's Huetar...

Completion Evaluation Introduction The IFAD Completion Evaluation (CE) mission of the Orissa Tribal Development Project (OTDP) visited India from 9 to 21 November 1998. The objectives of the...

Ex-post Evaluation August 1997 Executive Summary THE OBJECTIVE OF THE EX-POST EVALUATION MISSION So far the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has financed only one project in...

Interim Evaluation Exectuive Summary In April 1996 the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) recommended that the Executive Board approve a new...

Mid-term Evaluation Project design and objectives Target group The target group represents medium- and low-income groups categorised as semi-commercial and subsistence farmers. This target group,...

Interim evaluation Purpose and objectives of the evaluation The overall aim of the evaluation was to review the implementation performance of those IFAD-financed projects in Tanzania containing...

Project design and objectives Target group There are no accurate data concerning the population of the project area. At the time of the last census held in 1983, the settled population was 24 400...

Focused evaluation The Kingdom of Lesotho, which is surrounded entirely by the Republic of South Africa (RSA), has an area of about 30 600 km2. About 18%, 18%, 51% and 13% of Lesotho is classified...

Interim evaluation Purpose and objectives of the evaluation The overall aim of the evaluation was to review the implementation performance of those IFAD-financed projects in Tanzania containing...

Interim Evaluation Condensed Executive Summary The PRIA was made possible by an IFAD Technical Assistant Grant of USD 2.000.000 and a Technical Cooperation Grant of USD 150.000 contributed by the...

Interim evaluation Project design and objectives Target group The EZ comprises the project area of FEZAP, the population in 1991 was estimated at 191 000 and the target group comprised a total of...

Interim evaluation Purpose and objectives of the evaluation The overall aim of the evaluation was to review the implementation performance of those IFAD-financed projects in Tanzania containing...

Mid-term Evaluation Jordan is a small country with a population of 4.5 million (1997). Its total area is 89 200 km2 of which only 1% is inland water. The country is divided into four regions...

Résumé du rapport d'evaluation terminale Depuis la frontière malienne en amont de Gouraye jusqu'à l'aval immédiat de Kaédi, la zone du projet s'étire sur près de 400 km, constituant la haute vallée...

Interim Evaluation Executive Summary The aim of this interim evaluation report is to analyze the performance of the Regional Programme of Training in Rural Development (RPTRD) during its second...

Résumé du rapport d'évaluation terminale L'aire géographique couverte par le projet correspond aux douze délégations du Gouvernorat de Sidi Bouzid, celles-ci couvrant une superficie totale de 755...

Mid-term evaluation Project area St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) comprises an archipelago of islands in the Eastern Caribbean. The Smallholder Crop Improvement and Marketing Project (SCIMP)...

Completion evaluation La République de Djibouti est un petit pays de 23 000 km2 dont la population actuelle est estimée à 520 000 personnes sans compter les réfugiés. Les conditions naturelles sont...

Zona de intervención La zona de intervención del PPZN abarcó en su inicio los cantones de Upala y Guatuso, situados en la provincia de Alajuela, Región Huetar Norte. En el año 1994 se amplió al...

Résumé du rapport d'évaluation terminale L'aire géographique couverte par le projet correspond aux douze délégations du Gouvernorat de Sidi Bouzid, celles-ci couvrant une superficie totale de 755...

EVALUATION PURPOSE AND SCOPE 1. At the request of the Executive Board of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Office of Evaluation and Studies (OE) has carried out a...

Interim Evaluation Project area The project area comprises of Mahe, Praslin and La Digue islands. The topography is mostly mountainous with limited flat land. The soils are generally free of stones...

Interim evaluation The Federal Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA) is a small, mountainous country, almost landlocked. The climate is continental except for the immediate hinterland of the...

Mid-term evaluation Situated off the coast of Senegal, to the west, the ten volcanic islands making up the Republic of Cape Verde have a dry tropical climate, with a rainy season from July to...

Interim Evaluation The project area covers the Hoima District, which is located in the Uganda's equatorial zone. The altitude ranges from 670 m to 1 500 m. The total area of the district is about...

List of acronyms and abbreviations ADB Agricultural Development Bank CI Cooperating Institution CLW Community Livestock Worker CPE Country Portfolio Evaluation DAES Department of Agricultural...

Mid-term evaluation report The Gambia has a total area of 10 400 square kilometres and lies on the West Coast of Africa. It consists of a narrow strip of land 10 Kilometres wide on either bank of...

Résumé du rapport d'évaluation intermédiaire La zone du projet, d'une superficie totale de 252.000 ha, est constituée par les deux départements de Diourbel et de Bambey situés dans le bassin...

En virtud del interés evidenciado por el Gobierno de la República Argentina y por la División de América Latina y el Caribe del FIDA en una segunda fase del mismo, se acordó (siguiendo las...

Interim Evaluation The Project is executed by the Women Development Division (WDD) of MLD and is implemented through a corps of Women Development Officers and Workers (WWs). Credit is channelled by...

Completion Evaluation The Indonesian economy grew robustly in the 70's as a result of favorable economic policies, but the fall in oil prices in the 80's has caused severe deterioration in the...

Mid-term evaluation Results The Tamil Nadu Women's Development Project (TNWDP) has considerable achievements. It has almost reached the quantitative targets of loans disbursed and has overachieved...

Interim evaluation The project covers the whole of the Province of Xieng Khouang, a mountainous region in the North-East of Laos. In 1989, its population was 177 000 people and some 217 000 in...

Résumé du rapport d'évaluation à mi parcours L'aire géographique couverte par le projet correspond à neuf communes rurales des provinces de Figuig et d'Oujda, celles-ci couvrant une superficie...

Completion Evaluation The project area, in the northern part of Uganda, covers about 25% of the total land area, or approximately 59,000 square km, in seven administrative districts. The terrain is...

Le volet crédit du "Projet de développement rural de Siguiri" s'est soldé par un échec et a du être interrompu. Conception Objectifs L'objectif est de permettre l'implantation du réseau Crédit...

Purpose and scope The Kenya Animal Health Services Rehabilitation Programme aimed to improve the delivery of animal health services to the large number of small livestock owners nationwide. This...

Interim evaluation With an estimated GNP per capita of just USD 100, Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world - about one third of the population live in absolute poverty. Ninety per...

Completion Evaluation October 1994 Executive Summary Background Over the last twenty years, Mauritius has undergone major structural changes from an agricultural mono-crop economy with a rapidly...

Ex-post evaluation Rural poverty in Brazil is concentrated in the Northeast region of the country. Per capita income in this region is only half the average for the country. Seventy percent of...

Mid-term Evaluation Findings The Hillside Farmers Support Project (HFSP) is in its fifth out of the six years initially planned for implementation. Project objectives were to provide credit and...

Mid-term Evaluation Progress in implementation Physical and Financial Performance: Although the Loan Agreement was signed in January 1988, delays resulted in IFAD credit being utilized only in Year...

Over the last twenty years, Mauritius has undergone major structural changes from an agricultural mono-crop economy with a rapidly growing population, high unemployment and low per capita incomes...

Completion evaluation The Completion Evaluation mission of the Small Farmers Agricultural Development (SFAD) project worked in St. Lucia from the 2nd to the 19th of November 1994. The project faced...

The aim of the Interim Evaluation Mission (IEM) was to review the implementation of the Toledo Small Farmers Development Project (TSFDP) in relation to the stated hypotheses, strategies, targets...

Evaluation purpose and scope At the request of the Executive Board of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) a series of Country Portfolio Evaluations (CPEs) were undertaken in...

Ex-post Evaluation In the 1970s, the Indonesian economy grew robustly as a result of favourable economic policies. Since 1981, however, the fall in oil prices has caused a severe deterioration in...

Mid-term evaluation Project design and objectives Background Country context. During the past three decades, Thailand has enjoyed a consistently high rate of economic growth which has pushed it...

Évaluation terminale1 Introduction Suite à la clôture du Projet de développement rural dans le Tafilalet et la vallée du Dadès (PDRT), une mission d'évaluation terminale du Bureau de l'évaluation...

Completion evaluation report summary The project area comprises two distinct swamp areas located 7 km apart on the southern banks of the river Gambia. The climate, soils and topography are...

La zone du projet couvre le nord-est du massif du Fouta Djallon, constituée en grande partie de zones d'altitude ainsi que des versants nord et nord-est du massif. Elle englobe les préfectures de...

Main findings and conclusions Evaluation purpose and scope This is the second Country Portfolio Evaluation (CPE) undertaken by the Fund. Its purpose is to contribute to better project design and...

The project covers the rural areas of the northern provinces of the Chuquisaca Department in Bolivia. Its cost was USD 21.0 million and the amount of the IFAD loan USD 13.8 million. The target...

The most notable achievements of the project have been: an increase in the production and productivity of some goods such as potatoes and peaches, and an improvement in sheep management, as a...

Résumé du rapport d'évaluation intermédiaire La zone du projet, située dans la sixième région administrative, et précisément dans les cercles de Niafunké, Goundam et Diré, est caractérisée par des...

Lesotho is a small, mountainous country which is entirely surrounded by the Republic of South Africa (RSA). The economy is largely open to and dependent on that of South Africa, which provides...

Mid-term evaluation Rwanda has one of the highest population densities in the world (280/km2 ) and a very high annual population growth rate (3.3%), the result is that land access is becoming...

Résumé du rapport d'évaluation à mi-parcours La zone du projet est celle des départements de Dabakala et de Katiola. Du nord au sud, la végétation est de type savane arborée à savane boisée,...

Mid-term evaluation report summary The project area is in the Inner Himalayan region in west-central Bhutan, with peaks ranging from 3 000 to 5 000 meters and includes many densely populated...

El proyecto se encuentra localizado en la parte sudoriental del departamento de Potosí e incluye zonas rurales de las provincias de Nor Chichas, Sud Chichas y Modesto Omiste. El área de...

Interim evaluation The aim of the Cotagaita San Juan del Oro Agricultural Development Project (PCSJO) is to increase the incomes and living standards of the rural population of the provinces of Nor...

Interim evaluation The project was designed to build institutions and provide the platform for future development. Overall, only modest production increases were expected given the pilot nature of...

Résumé du rapport d'évaluation intermédiaire Le PSN est constitué de trois sous programmes ou "volets" répartis dans cinq zones d'intervention ou "unités de terrain" (UT) très dispersées et...

Mid-term evaluation The project area covers four of the Central Plateau's seven provinces: Yatenga, Passoré (northern CRPA), Bam and Sanmatenga (north-central CRPA) and more precisely 12...

Completion evaluation Under the Second Small Farmer Development Project (SFDP II), the assistance given to small farmer groups (SFGs) was extended to a further 12 districts. At the same time,...

Interim Evaluation Agricultural Management Training in Africa (AMTA) Executive Summary A. Background 1. The Agricultural Management Training Programme for Africa (AMTA) was conceived by IFAD in the...

The project Introduction The USD 3.3 million Second Artisanal Fisheries Development Project was approved in December 1990 and became effective in April 1992. The IFAD loan amounts to SDR 1.2...

Interim evaluation The Minya governorate constitutes a project area of 223 500 ha of which about 188 120 ha are under cultivation. The cultivated area is generally flat, with fine to medium...

Interim evaluation Background The project area consists of about 16 000 feddans and is located about 160 km North-West of Cairo. The topography is flat to gently undulating with soils that are...

Résumé du rapport d'évaluation à mi-parcours La zone du projet couvre la totalité du territoire togolais. La production nationale de viande est largement déficitaire par rapport à la consommation....

The project was to be situated within the Kasungu Agricultural Development Division (KADD). It would be part of the National Rural Development Programme (NRDP) and comprise the Kasungu, Mchinji and...

Interim evaluation report Background The Fayoum governorate is located in a depression of about 179 500 ha south of Cairo and 25 km west of the Nile River. It is a clearly defined basin, with...

Interim Evaluation Report Background and present status Agriculture is the main sector of the Guatemalan economy, accounting for about 26% of GDP and providing employment for over 50% of the...

Ex-post Evaluation Introduction The objectives of the Study were to analyze the positive and negative impacts and effects of the actions displayed within the frame of the Integrated Rural...

Mid-term Evaluation Report The project is national in coverage but some components are directed to three districts in each of Eastern and Luapula provinces. Since almost all of rural Zambia is...

Résumé du rapport d'évaluation intermédiaire La zone du projet comprend un vaste espace constitué par 5 régions (wilayas) sur les 12 que compte le pays. Les oasis, environ 350, sont éparpillées,...

Interim evaluation Sao Tome et principe is constituted of two islands at 300 km of Gabon. The various agro-ecological conditions (930 mm of rainfallsin the north and more than 7 000 mm in the...

Interim evaluation report Despite an estimated real GDP growth of 10% an outcome of expansion on mining, 50% of the population live at below subsistence level. Agriculture remains the dominant...

Mid-term Evaluation Although agriculture is the dominant sector of Uganda's economy, less than 30% of the total arable area is presently under cultivation. The country suffered considerably in the...

Résumé du rapport d'évaluation à mi-parcours Situé dans le Nord-ouest de la région du Pool, le district de Kindamba est caractérisé par une succession de collines presqu'entièrement défrichées,...

The Kingdom of Swaziland is a small land-locked country situated in the south-eastern part of the African continent and almost entirely surrounded by the Republic of South Africa (RSA). The economy...

Evaluation purpose and scope Responding to an Executive Board request, it was decided that Country Portfolio Evaluations (CPEs) be carried out in countries where a substantial amount of experience...

Résumé du rapport d'évaluation terminale Initialement, les deux zones d'intervention étaient assez éloignées et différentes l'une de l'autre bien que situées toutes deux dans le Bassin arachidier...

Completion Evaluation Project area The project was designed to cover 15 out of 19 outer atolls in the Northern and South-Central regions. The project area comprised: Haa Alifu, Haa Dhaalu,...

Lesotho, with a total area of around 30 000 Km2, is a landlocked country, surrounded by the Republic of South Africa (RSA). The average annual population growth rate is 2.63% over a population of...

Interim Evaluation Report Background The project area consists of two quite diverse districts, particularly in terms of access, population pressure and ethnic groupings. The districts lie south of...

Completion Evaluation Given that a second phase of the Small Farmers Credit Project (SFCP) for Jamaica (Loan No. 100-JA) was under consideration, IFAD's Monitoring and Evaluation Division carried...

Interim Evaluation Background The project area consists of a narrow fringe of land along the Nile in northern Sudan and covers about 120 000 feddans (fd) or 50 000 hectares with about 100 villages....

Ex-post evaluation Introduction IFAD's Monitoring and Evaluation Division conducted an ex-post evaluation of the Oaxaca Integrated Rural Development Project in October, 1991. The evaluation's...

Mid-term evaluation This report distils and synthesizes the principal findings and recommendations of partial evaluations by IFAD consultants of the Integrated Rural Development Project (IRDP),...

La zone du projet, la préfecture d'Atacora, est caractérisée par une grande diversité agro-écologique. Elle est en fait constituée de 4 sous régions très différentes: la zone cotonnière à l'Est...

Le projet concerne une partie (4 sous préfectures sur 12) de la préfecture de Siguiri en Haute Guinée. Cette région est la moins arrosée du pays (moins de 1.300 mm) mais bénéficie des crues du...

Completion evaluation The completion evaluation of the Agricultural Credit Project for the Loan 163-ES, El Salvador, for which the IDB has been the Cooperating Institution, was carried out in...

The project is national in scope, but concentrated on high priority areas to the benefit of the majority of agricultural and fishery small-scale producers. Given the prevailing insecurity at the...

Résumé du rapport d'évaluation intermédiaire La zone du projet est le cercle de Ségou (à l'exception de ses zones irriguées), situé dans la quatrième région du Mali. On constate une baisse de la...

Mid-term evaluation The major part of the programme was to be concentrated in three adjacent districts of the Northern Region. The volume and period of rains varies widely (drought in 1982-83,...

Résumé du rapport d'évaluation terminale La zone du projet correspond a quatre arrondissements au sud du département de Maradi qui comptent 700.000 habitants (y compris les 77.000 habitants de la...

Completion evaluation Liberia lies almost entirely within the tropical rain forest zone. The average population density is about 20 hab/km2. The annual rainfall ranges from 1600 mm inland to 4600...

Résumé du rapport d'évaluation à mi-parcours La lagune Aby, d'une superficie de 424 km2 est située à l'extrême Sud-Est de la Côte d'Ivoire. La lagune communique avec l'océan par une série de...

Résumé du rapport d'évaluation à mi-parcours La préfecture de l'Ombella Mpoko est située à proximité de Bangui et est desservie par deux axes routiers. La population agricole est de 79.000...

Résumé du rapport d'évaluation terminale Le plateau d'Assomada ainsi que les deux bassins versant de Boa Entrada et Engenhos sont situés au coeur du massif montagneux central de l'ile de Santiago....

Resumen estructurado del informe de evaluación terminal. Septiembre, 1987 El programa no estaba limitado a una zona determinada del país. Costa Rica es un país pequeño (50 900 km²) pero presenta...

Résumé du rapport d'évaluation à mi-parcours La zone du projet comprend un peu plus de la moitié du territoire de l'ORD de l'Est (provinces du Gourma, de la Gnagna et de la Tapoa). C'est une zone...

Mid-term evaluation Burundi, a small, landlocked country in East Africa, had an estimated population of 3.8 million in 1976, with a growth rate of 2.2%. It is one of the most densely populated...

Malawi agricultural sector is dualistic. A modern plantation (estate) sub-sector under private management produces export crops (tobacco, sugar and tea) and had registered a growth rate of 10%...

The Project area covers Dowa West, one of the four rural development areas (RDA) in the Kasungu Agricultural Development Division (KADD) in the Central Region of Malawi. Dowa West covers an area of...