Gordon Stone Today’s food and fibre industries continue to change markedly. You will notice in the trends outlined below that the changes tend to be structural, less about food production and more about consumers. Changes in types of food preferred by a range of consumers – many are value conscious, while others are quality conscious,
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Trends in the food & fibre industry – we’re all talking the same language
Measuring engagement in extension
Jeff Coutts The basis of all extension programs is engaging with people. However the term ‘engagement’ means different things to different people – and there are different types of engagement for different purposes. So if one of your Key Evaluation Questions is “how well did the project engage with their target groups” how do you
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The two big ones – clear Objectives and defined Stakeholders
I recently attended a training workshop with a strong focus on MER. Participants were set the task to think strategically about the fit of Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting into everyday work. My job was to provide an overview to ensure that they were focused on undertaking cost effective project work.
Key Result Areas (KRA) Table
For effective Monitoring and Evaluation, you need to be very clear about what impact your project or program is attempting to achieve through its activities – and more to the point, what is actually achievable within the time frame! Remember KRAs = What you have promised to deliver on in the time frame of your
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Measuring the value of a conference
There are many ways to judge the value of a conference such as APEN. The conference organisers used a ‘Dart Board’ approach at the end of each session – where participants put sticky dots on a chart of centric circles depending on how close they felt the session went to hitting the bulls-eye. QualDATA has
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How to bridge the science/policy divide
A critical area of practice and evaluation is how to bridge the science/policy divide. How do we effectively move new ways of doing things into the policy arena – and measure that impact?