Project description

CA 17 International’s intervention focused on the final evaluation of the project, to make recommendations to the National Project Committee and to the main actors in order to ensure the sustainability of the results obtained and the actions taken and to identify the main axes of activities for a possible continuation of the actions. The final evaluation also identified the impacts of the project in terms of efficiency with regard to the initial objectives.

The evaluation focused on 4 separate themes:

  • Institutional organisation of the project;
  • Project Impacts on pilot sites’ agricultural and local development;
  • Financial management and business efficiency (costs/benefits);
  • Post project strategy with other donors.

Project goals

The main objective of the project was to improve productivity and market access for small producers in four Nigerian states (Bauchi, Jigawa, Kano and Katsina), through the promotion of appropriate cooperative and service structures, while strengthening national subject matter expertise capacity.

The project comprised four components:

  • Contribution to the strengthening of agricultural producers’ organisations;
  • Promotion of the creation of advisory centres and producer-led services;
  • Improvement and exploitation of knowledge useful to those involved in agricultural development;
  • Project management.

Services provided

  • Preparation phase of the mission in France;
  • Assessment and Restitution Phase in Nigeria: Organisation of a workshop to gather a representative sample of the partners involved and beneficiaries; Organisation of a meeting to present provisional conclusions and summarise recommendations; Implementation of interviews with other projects in the area to learn about the strategies of other donors.

Project page

  • Continent

    AFRICA

  • Country

    NIGERIA

  • Sector of activity

    AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

  • Time period

    October 2007 to November 2007

  • Men - months

    54 M-D

  • Customer

    French Ministry for Foreign Affairs

  • Donors

    French Ministry for Foreign Affairs

  • Budget

    0 à 500 000€