The presentation made during the 2017 MLE CoP meeting, outlines progress towards achieving the SPHI goal. For example, 2,895,381 households had been reached by September 2016, which is 29% of the SPHI goal. The area under sweetpotato has steadily risen, and it is growing faster than other staples. Jan Low also emphasizes the urgent need to develop a practical toolkit that focuses on the essential indicators for capture of progress in dissemination, yield improvement and key food security and nutrition indicators needed by the SPHI. She presents a flowchart on how to effectively use the M&E manual.