The 2017 annual meeting of the Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation Community of Practice (MLE CoP) was held in Maputo, Mozambique from 30th January to 2nd February 2017. The theme of the meeting was “Harmonization of Sweetpotato for Profit and health Initiative (SPHI) Indicator Data Collection”. The highlight was a practical, …
Read More »Presentation 6: Feedback from the breeders: A contribution to the MLE tool
This presentation, made during the 2017 annual MLE CoP meeting, introduces the sweetpotato projects being implemented in Mozambique, their timelines, targets and achievements so far. It further outlines the indicators that are being used to monitor progress.
Read More »Presentation 3: SPHI indicators and data collection
This presentation, made during the 2017 MLE CoP annual meeting, presents the core SPHI indicators. It also highlights some of the difficulties faced in harmonizing data collection metrics and tools, and emphasizes how the development and implementation of the M&E manual is intended to address these difficulties.
Read More »Presentation 2: Progress towards the SPHI goal of 10 million and purpose and how to use the monitoring manual
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 …
Read More »Presentation 1: Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation Community of Practice update
This presentation provides an update of the growth of the MLE CoP since 2015; the online discussion topics held in 2016 and the focus of the 2017 annual meeting.
Read More »SPHI Brief 2015: The Sweetpotato Knowledge Portal: the virtual resource for everything about sweetpotato
Since late 2014, work has been ongoing to transform the Sweetpotato Knowledge Portal into a user-friendly, single access point for discovery, acquisition and sharing of information about sweetpotato research and activities. This flyer is a summary of the process of upgrading the portal as at July 2015, and the future …
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