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The Feed the Future Learning Agenda

The Feed the Future Learning Agenda. Session Objections. At the end of this session, you will: Understand what the Learning Agenda (LA) is and its purpose Know the history of the development of the LA Know the themes and questions of the LA Know how to develop impact evaluation questions

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The Feed the Future Learning Agenda

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  1. The Feed the Future Learning Agenda

  2. Session Objections At the end of this session, you will: • Understand what the Learning Agenda (LA) is and its purpose • Know the history of the development of the LA • Know the themes and questions of the LA • Know how to develop impact evaluation questions • Understand how your mission will contribute to the LA

  3. Feed the Future’s Learning Agenda What is the Learning Agenda? A set of questions for which FTF seeks to generate evidence, findings, and answers How will FTF answer the Learning Agenda questions? Evidence to answer the questions will come primarily through impact evaluations, while performance monitoring and performance evaluation will also produce useful findings

  4. History of the Learning Agenda (LA) The process to formulate the Agenda involved several steps: Step 1: Analysis of Missions’ MYSs and causal linkages in FTF Results Framework to generate “laundry list” of Qs (Jan – Feb 2011) Step 2: Examination of “laundry list” by BFS/M&E and IFPRI experts to develop (LA) themes and refine questions (March) Step 3: Working groups of USAID technical experts revised and prioritized questions in each theme to create draft (April – May)

  5. History of the Learning Agenda (LA) – cont. Step 4: LA Technical Meeting at IFPRI brought together researchers, evaluation practitioners, CSO reps, some mission staff, and USAID/USG experts to vet and refine draft questions (June) Step 5: Working groups of USAID technical experts reconvened to further refine and rework questions (July - Aug) Step 6: Final vetting by FTF missions and BFS/CSI (early Sept) Step 7: Approved by BFS and FTF senior leadership (late Sept)

  6. Six Learning Agenda Themes • Improved Agricultural Productivity • Improved Research and Development • Expanded Markets and Increased Investment • Improved Nutrition and Dietary Diversity • Improved Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment • Improved Resilience of Vulnerable Populations • Please see handout for questions in each theme

  7. Example: Improved Nutrition and Dietary Diversity Top Key Questions: • What approach to Agriculture, Nutrition and Health (ANH) integration is most effective for achieving nutrition impact (i.e. geographic co-location, integration of interventions, what combination of ANH)? • What factors have enabled value chain investments to lead to improved consumption of diverse diets? What barriers to value-chain investments have most impeded improved consumption of diverse diets? • Which agriculture technology interventions improve diets and nutrition outcomes? How are they linked?

  8. Developing Your Own Impact Evaluation Questions • Step 1 - Formulate Hypotheses • Formulate the hypothesis you wish to test using an impact evaluation: • Providing agriculture and nutrition related activities together will improve nutritional status. • Step 2 - Formulate the Evaluation Questions • Often, questions are expressed as cause and effect relationships, for example: • Does integrating nutrition education messages into ag extension activities improve nutritional status? • Does co-locating nutrition education programs with ag extension programs improve nutritional status? • Which of these approaches above is more effective than the other?

  9. Learning Agenda: Mission Working Group Activity • Form groups by mission (Mission Staff, M&E Contractor, Implementing Partners) • In Mission Working Groups: • Discuss any plans you have for impact evaluations • Development hypotheses you want to test • FTF projects you want to evaluate • Develop a list of the primary IE questions you hope to answer through impact evaluation(s) ON FLIP CHART? • Explore how your impact evaluations and questions will contribute to the broader FTF Learning Agenda • Summarize how your missions impact evaluations will contribute to the Learning Agenda in the handout provided

  10. Learning Agenda: Thematic Working Group Activity • Form Working Groups (WG) by LA Theme (Mission groups should break up and send members to cover different themes) • In Thematic Working Groups: • Take turns explaining to the group how your mission will contribute to the LA theme (each member of the WG should present, if appropriate, before going to next step) • Complete the provided handout to record how missions will contribute and support the LA theme for your group • After examining how all missions will contribute to the questions in your LA theme, write recommendations for prioritizing or refining questions based on your findings • Group designee will report back in plenary

  11. Lunch Time!

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