Agriculture Indicators
Implementing Partner:
4.5.1 Agriculture Enabling Total for
Environment Project Notes
Number of policies/regulations/administrative procedures
analyzed as a result of USG assistance.
Number of policy reforms, regulations, administrative procedures
preparedof policy reforms, regulations, administrative procedures
Number with USG assistance passed/approved
drafted and presented for public/stakeholder consultation as a
result of USG assistance
Number of policy reforms/regulations/administrative procedures
presented for legislation/decree as a result of USG assistance.
Number of policy reforms/regulations/administrative procedures
passed for which implementation has begun with USG assistance.
Number of individuals who have received USG supported short-
term agricultural enabling environment training - Female
Number of individuals who have received USG supported short-
term agricultural enabling environment training - Male
Number of individuals who have received USG supported long-
term agricultural enabling environment training - Female
Number of individuals who have received USG supported long-
term agricultural enabling environment training - Male
4.5.2 Agriculture Sector Total for
Productivity Project Notes
Agricultural Production
Number of new technologies or Postharvest
management practices under research as Markets
a result of USG assistance. Other (specify)
Total
Agricultural Production
Number of new technologies or Postharvest
management practices made available Markets
for transfer as a result of USG assistance. Other (specify)
Total
Agricultural Production
Number of new technologies or Postharvest
management practices being field tested Markets
as a result of USG assistance. Other (specify)
Total
Agricultural Production
Number of additional hectares under Postharvest
improved technologies or management Markets
practices as a result of USG assistance. Other (specify)
Total
Agricultural Production
Number of farmers, processors, and
Postharvest
others who have adopted new
Markets
technologies or management practices
as a result of USG assistance - Female
others who have adopted new
technologies or management practices
Other (specify)
as a result of USG assistance - Female
Total
Agricultural Production
Number of farmers, processors, and
Postharvest
others who have adopted new
Markets
technologies or management practices
Other (specify)
as a result of USG assistance - Male
Total
Agricultural Production
Number of rural households benefiting Postharvest
directly from USG interventions - Female Markets
Headed Household Other (specify)
Total
Agricultural Production
Number of rural households benefiting Postharvest
directly from USG interventions - Male Markets
Headed Household Other (specify)
Total
Agricultural Production
Postharvest
Number of producers organizations
Markets
receiving USG assistance.
Other (specify)
Total
Agricultural Production
Postharvest
Number of water users associations
Markets
receiving USG assistance.
Other (specify)
Total
Agricultural Production
Postharvest
Number of trade and business
Markets
associations receiving USG assistance.
Other (specify)
Total
Agricultural Production
Number of community-based Postharvest
organizations (CBOs) receiving USG Markets
assistance. Other (specify)
Total
Agricultural Production
Number of producers organizations who
Postharvest
have adopted new technologies or
Markets
management practices as a result of USG
Other (specify)
assistance.
Total
Agricultural Production
Number of water user associations who
Postharvest
have adopted new technologies or
Markets
management practices as a result of USG
Other (specify)
assistance.
Total
Agricultural Production
Number of trade and business
Postharvest
associations who have adopted new
Markets
technologies or management practices
Other (specify)
as a result of USG assistance.
technologies or management practices
as a result of USG assistance.
Total
Agricultural Production
Number of community-based
Postharvest
organizations (CBO) who have adopted
Markets
new technologies or mangement
Other (specify)
practices as a result of USG assistance.
Total
Agricultural Production
Number of agriculture-related firms Postharvest
benefiting directly from USG supported Markets
interventions. Other (specify)
Total
Agricultural Production
Number of women’s Postharvest
organizations/associations assisted as a Markets
result of USG interventions. Other (specify)
Total
Agricultural Production
Postharvest
Number of public-private partnerships
Markets
formed as a result of USG assistance.
Other (specify)
Total
Agricultural Production
Number of individuals who have received
Postharvest
USG supported short-term agricultural
Markets
sector productivity or food security
Other (specify)
training - Female
Total
Agricultural Production
Number of individuals who have received
Postharvest
USG supported short-term agricultural
Markets
sector productivity or food security
Other (specify)
training - Male
Total
Agricultural Production
Number of individuals who have received
Postharvest
USG supported long-term agricultural
Markets
sector productivity food security training -
Other (specify)
Female
Total
Agricultural Production
Number of individuals who have received
Postharvest
USG supported long-term agricultural
Markets
sector productivity or food security
Other (specify)
training - Male
Total
Agricultural Production
Value of new private sector investment Postharvest
in the agriculture sector or food chain Markets
leveraged by FTF implementation. Other (specify)
Total
Agricultural Production
Number of jobs attributed to FTF Postharvest
implementation (disagregated by gender, Markets
ag vs non-ag) Other (specify)
Total
Agricultural Production
Number of research projects and/or Postharvest
technologies of potential benefit to U.S. Markets
horticultural industries Other (specify)
Total
Capacity Building (Horticulture CRSP Total for
Indicator) Project Notes
Agricultural Production
Number of host country institutions, Postharvest
agencies and organizations in direct Markets
cooperation or collaboration Other (specify)
Total
Agricultural Production
Number of workshops conducted for Postharvest
host country institution, agency, and Markets
organization personnel Other (specify)
Total
Agricultural Production
Number of host country professionals Postharvest
attending workshops, training Markets
conferences, or similar - Female Other (specify)
Total
Agricultural Production
Number of host country professionals Postharvest
attending workshops, training Markets
conferences, or similar - Male Other (specify)
Total
Agricultural Production
Number of graduate degrees earned by Postharvest
host country as a result of Hort CRSP Markets
project - Female Other (specify)
Total
Agricultural Production
Number of graduate degrees earned by Postharvest
host country as a result of Hort CRSP Markets
project - Male Other (specify)
Total
Agricultural Production
Postharvest
Number of certificate training programs
Markets
conducted
Other (specify)
Total
Agricultural Production
Postharvest
Number of certificates earned by host
Markets
country professionals - Female
Other (specify)
Total
Agricultural Production
Postharvest
Number of certificates earned by host
country professionals - Male
Number of certificates earned by host
Markets
country professionals - Male
Other (specify)
Total
Agricultural Production
Postharvest
Number of U.S. faculty providing training
Markets
or instruction in host country - Female
Other (specify)
Total
Agricultural Production
Postharvest
Number of U.S. faculty providing training
Markets
or instruction in host country - Male
Other (specify)
Total
Number of host country extension Agricultural Production
workers, university faculty or other host Postharvest
country professionals involved in Markets
providing training to other host country Other (specify)
professionals - Female Total
Number of host country extension Agricultural Production
workers, university faculty or other host Postharvest
country professionals involved in Markets
providing training to other host country Other (specify)
professionals - Male Total
Agricultural Production
Number of host country professionals Postharvest
directly involved in conduction Hort CRSP Markets
research activities - Female Other (specify)
Total
Agricultural Production
Number of host country professionals Postharvest
directly involved in conduction Hort CRSP Markets
research activities - Male Other (specify)
Total
NUMBER OF POLICIES /
INDICATOR TITLE: 4.5.1-I(9)
REGULATIONS / ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
ANALYZED AS A RESULT OF USG ASSISTANCE
D EFINITION :
Number of agricultural enabling environment policies / regulations / administrative
procedures in the areas of agricultural resource, food, market standards & regulation,
and public investment that underwent the first stage of the policy reform process i.e.
analysis (review of existing policy / regulation / administrative procedure and/or
proposal of new policy / regulations / administrative procedures).
R ATIONALE :
The indicator measures the number of policies / regulations / administrative
procedures at the first stage of progress towards an enhanced enabling environment
for agriculture whose sub-elements are specific policy sectors. This indicator is easily
aggregated upward from all operating units.
U NIT : D ISAGGREGATE BY :
number of policies / regulations / administrative None
procedures
T YPE : O UTPUT /O UTCOME D IRECTION OF C HANGE :
Output Over time, expect the value of
this indicator to decline as the
enabling environment is
strengthened (i.e., move from
analysis to adoption and
implementation of reforms)
NUMBER OF POLICY REFORMS /
INDICATOR TITLE: 4.5.1-L(12)
REGULATIONS / ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
PREPARED WITH USG ASSISTANCE PASSED /
D EFINITION :
Number of agricultural enabling environment policies / regulations / administrative
procedures in the areas of agricultural resource, food, market standards & regulation,
and public investment that underwent the fourth stage of the policy reform process
(official approval (legislation/decree) of new or revised policy / regulation /
administrative procedure by relevant authority).
R ATIONALE :
The indicator measures the number of policies / regulations / administrative
procedures at the fourth stage of progress towards an enhanced enabling
environment for agriculture whose sub-elements are specific policy sectors. This
indicator is easily aggregated upward from all operating units.
U NIT : D ISAGGREGATE BY :
number of policies / regulations / administrative None
procedures
T YPE : O UTPUT /O UTCOME D IRECTION OF C HANGE :
Output
More = better
NUMBER OF POLICY REFORMS /
INDICATOR TITLE: 4.5.1-J(10)
REGULATIONS / ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
DRAFTED AND PRESENTED FOR PUBLIC/STAKEHOLDER
CONSULTATION AS A RESULT OF USG ASSISTANCE
D EFINITION :
Number of agricultural enabling environment policies / regulations / administrative
procedures in the areas of agricultural resource, food, market standards & regulation,
and public investment that underwent the second stage of the policy reform process
The second stage includes public debate and/or consultation with stakeholders on the
proposed new or revised policy / regulation / administrative procedure.
R ATIONALE :
The indicator measures the number of policies / regulations / administrative
procedures at the second stage of progress towards an enhanced enabling
environment for agriculture whose sub-elements are specific policy sectors. This
indicator is easily aggregated upward from all operating units
U NIT : D ISAGGREGATE BY :
number of policies / regulations / administrative None
procedures
T YPE : O UTPUT /O UTCOME D IRECTION OF C HANGE :
Output Higher is better
INDICATOR TITLE: 4.5.1-M(13) NUMBER OF POLICY REFORMS /
REGULATIONS / ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES PRESENTED FOR
LEGISLATION/ DECREE AS A RESULT OF USG ASSISTANCE
D EFINITION :
Number of policy reforms presented for legislation/decree to improve the policy
environment for smallholder-based agriculture.
R ATIONALE :
The indicator measures the progress towards an enhanced enabling environment for
agriculture whose sub-elements are specific policy sectors. This indicator is easily
aggregated upward from all operating units.
U NIT : Disaggregation:
Number of policy reforms presented None
NUMBER OF POLICY REFORMS
INDICATOR TITLE: 4.5.1-K(11)
/ REGULATIONS / ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
PASSED FOR WHICH IMPLEMENTATION HAS BEGUN
D EFINITION :
Number of agricultural enabling environment policies / regulations / administrative
procedures in the areas of agricultural resource, food, market standards & regulation,
and public investment that completed the policy reform process (implementation of
new or revised policy / regulation / administrative procedure by relevant authority).
R ATIONALE :
The indicator measures the number of policies / regulations / administrative
procedures at the final stage of progress towards an enhanced enabling environment
for agriculture whose sub-elements are specific policy sectors. This indicator is easily
aggregated upward from all operating units.
U NIT : D ISAGGREGATE BY :
number of policies / regulations / administrative None
procedures
T YPE : O UTPUT /O UTCOME D IRECTION OF C HANGE :
Output
Higher = better
INDICATOR TITLE: NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE RECEIVED USG SUPPORTED SHORT-
TERM AGRICULTURAL ENABLING ENVIRONMENT TRAINING
D EFINITION :
The number of people to whom significant knowledge or skills have been imparted
through formal or informal means. In-country and off-shore training are included.
Knowledge or skills gained through technical assistance activities is included. If the
activity provided training to trainers, and if the reporting unit can make a credible
estimate of follow-on training provided by those trainers, this estimate should be
included. Individuals attending more than one training are counted as many times as
they attend training.
R ATIONALE :
Measures enhanced human capacity for policy formulation and implementation which
is key to transformational development.
U NIT : D ISAGGREGATE BY :
Number of people Sex
T YPE : O UTPUT /O UTCOME D IRECTION OF C HANGE :
Output Higher = better
INDICATOR TITLE: NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE RECEIVED USG SUPPORTED LONG
TERM AGRICULTURAL ENABLING ENVIRONMENT TRAINING
D EFINITION :
The number of people who are currently enrolled in or graduated in the current fiscal
year from a bachelor’s, master’s or Ph.D. program or are currently participating in or
have completed in the current fiscal year a long term (more than six months)
advanced training program such as a fellowship program or a post-doctoral studies
program. A person completing one long term training program in the fiscal year and
currently participating in another long term training program may be counted twice.
R ATIONALE :
Measures enhanced human capacity for policy formulation and implementation which
is key to transformational development.
U NIT : D ISAGGREGATE BY :
Number of people Sex
T YPE : O UTPUT /O UTCOME D IRECTION OF C HANGE :
Output Higher = better
INDICATOR TITLE: 4.5.2-J(10) NUMBER OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES OR MANAGEMENT PRACTICES UNDER
RESEARCH AS A RESULT OF USG ASSISTANCE
INDICATOR TITLE: 4.5.2-J(10) NUMBER OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES OR MANAGEMENT PRACTICES UNDER
RESEARCH AS A RESULT OF USG ASSISTANCE
DEFINITION:
Number of technologies, management practices, or products under research/development. Technologies to be counted
here are agriculture-related technologies and innovations.
The definition of agriculture is a food, feed, and fiber system stretching from input supply and production through marketing
and processing to domestic consumption and exports. Food and non-food crops, livestock products, fisheries, agro-forestry,
and natural resource-based products are included.
The technologies may relate to any of these products at any point on the supply chain. They may include improved practices
such as sustainable land management.
Significant improvements to existing technologies should be counted; an improvement would be significant if, among other
reasons, it served a new purpose or allowed a new class of users to employ it. Examples include a scaled-down milk
container that allows individuals to carry it easily, anew blend of fertilizer for a particular soil, and tools modified to suit a
particular management practice.
RATIONALE:
This indicator tracks research and technology investments and progress toward dissemination.
UNIT: DISAGGREGATE BY:
Number of technologies/ practices None
TYPE: OUTPUT/OUTCOME DIRECTION OF CHANGE:
Output Higher = better
Number of new technologies or
INDICATOR TITLE: 4.5.2-H(8)
management practices made available for transfer as a
D EFINITION :
Number of technologies, management practices, or products made available.
Technologies to be counted here are agriculture-related technologies and
innovations.
The definition of agriculture is a food, feed, and fiber system stretching from input
supply and production through marketing and processing to domestic consumption
and exports. Food and non-food crops, livestock products, fisheries, agro-forestry,
and natural resource-based products are included. The technologies may relate to
any of these products at any point on the supply chain. They may include improved
practices such as sustainable land management.
Significant improvements to existing technologies should be counted; an
improvement would be significant if, among other reasons, it served a new purpose or
allowed a new class of users to employ it. Examples include a scaled-down milk
container that allows individuals to carry it easily, a new blend of fertilizer for a
particular soil, and tools modified to suit a particular management practice.
Note that completing a research activity does not in itself constitute having made a
technology available. In the case of crop research that developed a new variety, e.g.,
the variety must have passed through any required approval process, and seed of the
new variety should be available for multiplication. The technology should have proven
benefits and be as ready for use as it can be as it emerges from the research and
testing process. In some cases more than one operating unit may count the same
technology. This would occur if the technology were developed, for instance, in
collaboration with a U.S. university and passed through regional collaboration to other
countries.
R ATIONALE :
This indicator tracks agricultural research and technology investments and progress
toward dissemination.
U NIT : D ISAGGREGATE BY :
Number of technologies/ practices
T YPE : O UTPUT /O UTCOME D IRECTION OF C HANGE :
Output Higher = better
NUMBER OF NEW
INDICATOR TITLE: 4.5.2-I(9)
TECHNOLOGIES OR MANAGEMENT PRACTICES UNDER
FIELD TESTING AS A RESULT OF USG ASSISTANCE
D EFINITION :
Number of technologies, management practices, or products under field testing.
Technologies to be counted here are agriculture-related technologies and
innovations.
The definition of agriculture is a food, feed, and fiber system stretching from input
supply and production through marketing and processing to domestic consumption
and exports. Food and non-food crops, livestock products, fisheries, agro-forestry,
and natural resource-based products are included.
The technologies may relate to any of these products at any point on the supply
chain. They may include improved practices such as sustainable land management.
Significant improvements to existing technologies should be counted; an
improvement would be significant if, among other reasons, it served a new purpose or
allowed a new class of users to employ it. Examples include a scaled-down milk
container that allows individuals to carry it easily, anew blend of fertilizer for a
particular soil, and tools modified to suit a particular management practice.
R ATIONALE :
This indicator tracks research and technology investments and progress toward
dissemination.
U NIT : D ISAGGREGATE BY :
Number of technologies/ practices None
T YPE : O UTPUT /O UTCOME D IRECTION OF C HANGE :
Output Higher = better
INDICATOR TITLE: 4.5.2-B(2) NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL HECTARES
UNDER IMPROVED TECHNOLOGIES OR MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
D EFINITION : AS A RESULT OF USG ASSISTANCE
Number of hectares brought under improved technologies and/or management
practices in this year (includes management practices, tenure arrangements, and
administrative systems such as water user associations, etc.).
R ATIONALE :
Tracks successful adoption of technologies and management practices to improve
agricultural productivity.
U NIT : D ISAGGREGATE BY :
Number of hectares None
T YPE : O UTPUT /O UTCOME D IRECTION OF C HANGE :
Outcome Higher = better
INDICATOR TITLE: 4.5.2-E(5) NUMBER OF FARMERS, PROCESSORS,
AND OTHERS WHO HAVE ADOPTED NEW TECHNOLOGIES OR
MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AS A RESULT OF USG ASSISTANCE
D EFINITION : Precise Definition: Number of farmers, processors, and others who have
adopted new technologies or management practices. The others to be counted here
are agriculturalists. Agriculturalists include, per the Agency strategy, farmers, herders,
livestock producers, fishers and others employed in cultivating and harvesting food
resources from salt and fresh waters, individuals who cultivate trees and shrubs and
harvest non-timber forest products, as well as the processors, managers, teachers,
extension specialists, researchers, policymakers, and others who are engaged in the
food, feed, and fiber system and its relationships to natural resources. Technologies
and management practices to be counted here are agriculture-related technologies,
innovations and management practices. The definition of agriculture is, per the
Agency strategy, a food and fiber system stretching from input supply and production
through marketing and processing to domestic consumption and exports. Food and
non-food crops, livestock products, fisheries, agro-forestry, and natural resource-
based products are included. Thus technologies and management practices may
relate to any of these products at any point on the supply chain. They may include
R ATIONALE :
Technological change and its adoption by different actors in the in the agricultural
supply change will be critical to increasing agricultural productivity which is the
Intermediate Result which this indicator falls under.
U NIT : D ISAGGREGATE BY :
Number of farmers, processors and other actors in Sex
the agricultural supply chain.
T YPE : O UTPUT /O UTCOME D IRECTION OF C HANGE :
Outcome
Increase = better
INDICATOR TITLE: 4.5.2-M(13) Number of rural households
benefiting directly from USG interventions
D EFINITION :
A household is a beneficiary if it contains at least one individual who is a beneficiary.
An individual is a beneficiary if s/he is engaged with a project activity and either
already has shown benefit from the activity) or has a high likelihood of gaining one of
those benefits due to his/her significant level of engagement with the project.
Beneficiaries do not include those merely contacted or touched by an activity through
brief attendance at a meeting or gathering.
The definition of “rural” should be the definition used by the respective national
statistical service.
Beneficiaries include people who receive training. Household data will be
disaggregated by the gender of the claimed or presumed head.
If a project’s tactic is to work through a group or association to create benefits for the
membership of that group or association, the members of the group can be counted
as direct beneficiaries, even if the technical assistance is not provided directly to
those individuals. The implementing partner needs to be able to demonstrate from the
records of the group or otherwise that the assistance was transmitted to its
membership. This would be particularly clear and feasible for small producer groups
and trade associations; it would not be credible for an apex cooperative association
that might have hundreds of thousands of members.
R ATIONALE :
Tracks access and equitable access to services in targeted area.
U NIT : D ISAGGREGATE BY :
Output Sex of household head.
T YPE : O UTPUT /O UTCOME D IRECTION OF C HANGE :
Number of households Higher = better
INDICATOR TITLE: 4.5.2-K(11) NUMBER OF PRODUCERS
ORGANIZATIONS, WATER USERS ASSOCIATIONS, TRADE AND
BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS, AND COMMUNITY-BASED
D EFINITION :
Organizations assisted are those that are engaged with a project activity and either
already have shown benefit from the activity (as measured by any of the types) or
have a high likelihood of gaining one of those benefits due to their significant level of
engagement with the project.
“Organizations assisted” does not include those merely contacted or touched by an
activity through brief attendance at a meeting or gathering by one or more employees.
Operating units should require of each implementing partner a written explanation for
why those included in the partner’s estimates of beneficiaries belong there.
Organizations whose primary purpose is to serve women are not included, because
they are counted in a separate indicator. In some cases, producer associations or
other organizations operate firms. In these cases both entities could be counted
(under organizations assisted and under firms assisted) if both the organization and
the firm receive appropriate (presumably different) types of assistance.
R ATIONALE :
Tracks private sector and civil society capacity building to increase agricultural sector
productivity.
U NIT : D ISAGGREGATE BY :
Number of organizations/ associations Type of organization (see indicator title
for principal types)
T YPE : O UTPUT /O UTCOME D IRECTION OF C HANGE :
Output Higher = better
INDICATOR TITLE: 4.5.2_NEWNumber of producers
organizations, water users associations, trade and
business associations and community-based
organizations (CBOs) who have adopted new tech’s or
D EFINITION :
Organizations assisted are those that are engaged with a project activity and either
already have shown benefit from the activity (as measured by any of the types) or
have a high likelihood of gaining one of those benefits due to their significant level of
engagement with the project.
“Organizations assisted” does not include those merely contacted or touched by an
activity through brief attendance at a meeting or gathering by one or more employees.
If the organization as a whole or if any members of any of these assisted
organizations have adopted the improved technologies or management practice then
the organization should be counted.
R ATIONALE :
Tracks private sector and civil society capacity building to increase agricultural sector
productivity.
U NIT : D ISAGGREGATE BY :
Number of organizations/ associations Type of organization (see indicator title
for principal types)
T YPE : O UTPUT /O UTCOME D IRECTION OF C HANGE :
Output Higher = better
INDICATOR TITLE: NUMBER OF AGRICULTURE-RELATED FIRMS BENEFITING DIRECTLY FROM
USG SUPPORTED INTERVENTIONS
D EFINITION :
An enterprise is a beneficiary if it is engaged with a project activity and either already
has shown benefit from the activity or has a high likelihood of gaining one of those
benefits due to its significant level of engagement with the project.
Benefiting firms do not include those merely contacted or touched by an activity
through brief attendance at a meeting or gathering.
The definition of agriculture is a food, feed, and fiber system stretching from input
supply and production through marketing and processing to domestic consumption
and exports. Food and non-food crops, livestock products, fisheries, agro-forestry,
and natural resource-based products are included.
Benefiting firms include those whose employees receive training. In some cases,
producers associations or other organizations operate firms. In these cases both
entities could be counted (under organizations assisted and under firms assisted) if
both the organization and the firm receive appropriate (presumably different) types of
assistance. Regional organizations sometimes work with private firms as both
partners and beneficiaries; when this is the case, these firms should be counted in
both categories.
R ATIONALE :
Tracks private sector capacity building to increase agricultural sector productivity.
U NIT : D ISAGGREGATE BY :
Number of firms None
T YPE : O UTPUT /O UTCOME D IRECTION OF C HANGE :
Output Higher = better
INDICATOR TITLE:: NUMBER OF WOMEN’S ORGANIZATIONS/ASSOCIATIONS ASSISTED AS A
RESULT OF USG SUPPORTED INTERVENTIONS
D EFINITION :
Organizations assisted are those that are engaged with a project activity and either
already have shown benefit from the activity (as measured by any of the types) or
have a high likelihood of gaining one of those benefits due to their significant level of
engagement with the project.
“Organizations assisted” does not include those merely contacted or touched by an
activity through brief attendance at a meeting or gathering by one or more employees.
Only those organizations whose primary purpose is to serve women should be
counted. In some cases men will be members of these organizations; this would not
prevent counting the organization, as long as the primary intended beneficiaries of the
organization are women.
Operating units should require of each implementing partner a written explanation for
why those included in the partner’s estimates of beneficiaries belong there.
Organizations whose primary purpose is to serve women are not included, because
they are counted in a separate indicator. In some cases, producer associations or
other organizations operate firms. In these cases both entities could be counted
(under organizations assisted and under firms assisted) if both the organization and
the firm receive appropriate (presumably different) types of assistance.
R ATIONALE :
Tracks USG investments to increase capacity of women in agriculture.
U NIT : D ISAGGREGATE BY :
Number of Women’s Organizations/ Associations None
T YPE : O UTPUT /O UTCOME D IRECTION OF C HANGE :
Output Higher = better
Number of public-private
INDICATOR TITLE: 4.5.2-L(12)
partnerships formed as a result of USG assistance
D EFINITION :
Number of public-private partnerships in agriculture or nutrition formed due to FtF
intervention. A public entity can be national or sub-national government as well as a
donor-funded implementing partner. It could include state enterprises which are non-
profit. A private entity can be a private company, a community group, or a state-
owned enterprise which seeks to make a profit (even if unsuccessfully). An
agricultural activity is any activity related to the supply of agricultural inputs,
production methods, agricultural processing or transportation. A nutritional activity
includes any activity focused on attempting to improve the nutritional content of
agricultural products as provided to consumers.
The number of partnerships formed includes only those formed in the given year, and
those that had a significant change in operations (such as formed in one year, but
made investments in another year).
R ATIONALE :
The assumption of this sub-IR is that if more partnerships are formed that there is a
likelihood that there will be more investment in agriculture or nutrition-related
activities. This will help achieve IR3 which then contributes to the Key Objective of
agriculture sector growth. The improvement in growth will increase the incomes of all,
but because the focus of project work is on the vulnerable (women, children and the
poor) there will be a reduction in poverty.
U NIT : D ISAGGREGATE BY :
Number of partnerships formed Type of partnership (see notes
below)
T YPE : O UTPUT /O UTCOME D IRECTION OF C HANGE :
Output Higher is better
D ATA S OURCE :
Implementing partner records
M EASUREMENT N OTES :
Types of partnerships refer to the primary focus of the partnership: agricultural
production, agricultural post harvest transformation, nutrition, non-agricultural or
other.
Number of individuals who have
INDICATOR TITLE: 4.5.2 G(7)
received USG supported short-term agricultural sector
productivity or food security training
D EFINITION :
The number of people to whom significant knowledge or skills have been imparted
through formal or informal means. In-country and off-shore training are included.
Knowledge or skills gained through technical assistance activities is included. If the
activity provided training to trainers, and if the reporting unit can make a credible
estimate of follow-on training provided by those trainers, this estimate should be
included. Individuals attending more than one training are counted as many times as
they attend training.
R ATIONALE :
Measures enhanced human capacity for policy formulation and implementation which
is key to transformational development.
U NIT : D ISAGGREGATE BY :
Number of people Sex
T YPE : O UTPUT /O UTCOME D IRECTION OF C HANGE :
Output Higher = better
Number of individuals who have
INDICATOR TITLE: 4.5.2 F(6)
received USG supported long-term agricultural sector
productivity or food security training
D EFINITION :
The number of people who are currently enrolled in or graduated in the current fiscal
year from a bachelor’s, master’s or Ph.D. program or are currently participating in or
have completed in the current fiscal year a long term (more than six months)
advanced training program such as a fellowship program or a post-doctoral studies
program. A person completing one long term training program in the fiscal year and
currently participating in another long term training program may be counted twice.
R ATIONALE :
Measures enhanced human capacity for policy formulation and implementation which
is key to transformational development.
U NIT : D ISAGGREGATE BY :
Number of people Sex
T YPE : O UTPUT /O UTCOME D IRECTION OF C HANGE :
Output Higher = better
INDICATOR TITLE: 4.5.2_NEWValue of new private sector
investment in the agriculture sector or food chain
D EFINITION : “Private sector” includes any privately-led agricultural activity whether it is managed by
an individual/household or a formal company. A CBO or NGO may be included if they engage in
for-profit agricultural activity. The “food chain” includes both upstream and downstream
investments. Upstream investments include any type of agricultural input used in the agricultural
production process such as fertilizer, seed and machinery. Downstream investments include any
type of transformation of processing of agricultural products as well as the transport of agricultural
products to markets. “Leveraged by FTF implementation” indicates that the new investment was
directly or indirectly encouraged or facilitated by activities funded by the FTF initiative. If, for
example, FTF funds fertilizer research trials and extension support to farmers based on the trials
that lead to increased use of fertilizer, the value of the new investment in fertilizer would be
included in this indicator.
R ATIONALE :
Increased investment is the predominate source of economic growth in the agricultural and other
economic sectors. Private sector investment is critical because it indicates that the investment is
perceived by private agents to provide a positive financial return and therefore is likely to lead to
sustainable increases in agricultural production. Agricultural growth is critical to achieving the FTF
goal to “Sustainably Reduce Global Poverty and Hunger”.
U NIT : Dollars or other monetary unit D ISAGGREGATE BY : None
T YPE : O UTPUT /O UTCOME: Outcome D IRECTION OF C HANGE : Increase =
better
INDICATOR TITLE: Number of jobs attributed to FTF implementation
D EFINITION :
Jobs are all types of employment opportunities created in both agriculture and non-
agriculture sectors including staff recruited such as extension agents and technical
experts working in targeted areas. Jobs lasting less than two weeks are not counted;
short term jobs of more than two weeks but less than 6 months will be counted as if
they worked 4 months and thus be 1/3 FTE, but anyone working more than 6 months
will be counted as a full FTE. Number of hours worked per day or per week is not
established recognizing that for some jobs, especially in the informal sector, work
hours may vary greatly.
“[A]ttributed to FTF implementation” is judgmental and includes farming and non-farm
jobs where FtF assisted in any way to expand (or contract) jobs including helping
provide loans, policy change, etc.
R ATIONALE :
This is a direct measure of improved livelihoods, as it measures creation of
employment and related income. However, FtF is concerned about creation of
sustainable employment, not temporary employment (of short duration such as the
two-week period in this common indicator). This indicator is not the best measure of
creation of long-term employment. It does attempt to count individuals who get jobs
indirectly as a result of USAID-financed activity in their area.
U NIT : D ISAGGREGATE BY :
Number of individuals Gender, sector (ag vs. non-ag)
T YPE : O UTPUT /O UTCOME D IRECTION OF C HANGE :
Outcome Higher is better
D ATA S OURCE :
Implementing partners, who will obtain the information from their own field monitoring
and from their local partners.
M EASUREMENT N OTES :
Implementing partners will track the number of people employed through their
activities and will report this information in quarterly and semi-annual progress
reports. The data will be collected at least once a year, but activities with job creation
implications will be monitored quarterly, albeit not with formal data collection methods.
Disaggregation by sector for agriculture includes all jobs upstream and downstream in
the agricultural production chain as well as public and private support jobs in research
and extension. Non ag. is all the rest that doesn’t meet preceding definition .
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