Sweetpotato Knowledge Portal
The MLE CoP group will focus on developing agreed upon tools and protocols whose use among different sweetpotato dissemination efforts will be encouraged. The MLE will facilitate experience sharing and training on using, testing and adopting innovative and appropriate monitoring systems.
The Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning CoP aims to accord its members the opportunity to “get better together” through shared learning and sharing of tacit knowledge, which will in turn enable members to develop innovative solutions to M&E challenges.
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PRESENTATION 11: Workflow 1: Data Management of Breeding Information
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PRESENTATION 10: Documentation of Social Science Data with STATA
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PRESENTATION 06: Data Management Plan (DMP) Data Repositories & Data Citation
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PRESENTATION 05: Data Management Plan Template for Sweetpotato Based Job Opportunity for Youth Project
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PRESENTATION 03: Data Management Plan Template for Sweetpotato Based Job Opportunity for Youth
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PRESENTATION 02: Open Access for Journal Articles and ORCID
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PRESENTATION 01: Overview of Progress in OA at CIPOverview of Progress in OA at CIP
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The 2018 Open Access Workshop Report - Nairobi, KenyaThe Open Access (OA) workshop was held in Nairobi, Kenya on September 28th – 29th, 2018. The workshop was organized and implemented through the leadership of the Research Informatics Unit (RIU), Kn...
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Agenda for the Open Access (OA) Workshop Nairobi, September 28th – 29th, 2018An Open Access workshop held in Nairobi, Kenya, led by members of the Research Informatics Unit (RIU), Knowledge Resources Center (KRC) and the Sweetpotato Action for Security and Health in Africa ...
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Quality Diets for Better Health - Baseline ReportThe Quality Diets for Better Health Project is implemented by CIP, People in Need (PIN) and Rollins School for Public Health at Emory University in Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Regi...
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Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation CoP: Report of the Fourth Annual MeetingThe Monitoring, Leaning and Evaluation CoP meeting was held in Nairobi, on February 18, to assess progress made in using the MLE Manual since its launch and to discuss the successes and challenges ...
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Presentation 10_SPHI update reporting: plans for 2018 & Way Forward for the MLE
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Presentation 9_Annual DVM registration: 2017 report & plans for 2018
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Presentation 08_DVM registration & monitoring: Experience from Burkina
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Presentation 07_ Use of M&E Manual in collecting dissemination data: Lessons from Rwanda
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Presentation 06_Using CSPro and ODK for survey data collectionUsing CSPro to collect Baseline data using MLE tools, Challenges, and Lesson Learned from Southern Africa, VISTA Mozambique.
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Presentation 06_Use of M&E Manual for Endline Survey Data Collection: Lessons from VISTA-Tanzania
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Presentation 04_Use of M&E Manual for base-line survey: Results and lessons from QDBH-Ethiopia
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Presentation 03_Use of MLE Manual –1 Year After Experiences and Lessons
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Presentation 01_SPHI PROGRESSSPHI is a multi-partner, multi-donor initiative that seeks to reduce child malnutrition and improve smallholder incomes in 10 million African families by 2020 through the effective production and e...
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Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation CoP: Report of the Third Annual MeetingThe 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 wa...
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Presentation 4: CIP’s Approach to Open Data and Research Data ManagementThis presentation made at the 2017 annual MLE CoP meeting explains the need to collect relevant metadata for monitoring activities on the basis of standard CGIAR and CIP templates, for sharing on ...
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Presentation 16: DVM registration-update and future plansThis presentation was made at the 2017 annual MLE CoP meeting. It outlines the need for registration and update of data on decentralized vine registration, progress and challenges encountered. Duri...
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Presentation 15: Progress towards harmonizing definitions for sweetpotato seed classes in various African countriesThis presentation, which was made during the 2017 MLE CoP annual meeting, emphasized the activities of the Seed Systems and Crop Management CoP, especially as relates to seed certification and iden...
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Presentation 14: Monitoring and Evaluation Plan (HarvestPlus)This presentation, which was made during the 2017 MLE CoP annual meeting, aimed to share with the team the importance of MLE Plan in project management; the components and structure of the MLE plan...
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Presentation 13: Vista Mozambique - Monitoring and Evaluation PlanThis presentation, made during the 2017 MLE CoP annual meeting covers:Project rationale (overall objectives and alignment with feed the future objectives)The indicatorsLogical framework (goal, outp...
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Presentation 12: Monitoring Adoption on a Small BudgetThis presentation, made during the 2017 MLE CoP annual meeting, highlights efforts by SUSTAIN Mozambique to undertake monitoring on a small budget, while empowering community members to participat...
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Presentation 10: MLE Manual Module 8: Dissemination - RwandaThis presentation, made during the 2017 MLE CoP annual meeting, presents Modules 8 (Dissemination) of theTools and Techniques for Monitoring Key Indicators of Sweetpotato Interventions in Sub-Saha...
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Presentation 9: Experiences of Vine Dissemination in Mozambique and Rwanda: Focus on Module 8This presentation, made during the 2017 MLE CoP annual meeting, presents Modules 8 (Dissemination) of the Tools and Techniques for Monitoring Key Indicators of Sweetpotato Interventions in Sub-Sah...
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Presentation 8: Data Analysis Using STATA Application to MLE ManualThis presentation, made during the 2017 MLE CoP annual meeting, aimed to show participants how to use STATA application within the context of the Monitoring and Evaluation manual, whose goal is no...
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Presentation 7: Overview of Modules 5, 6, and 7 in the Monitoring ManualThis presentation, made during the 2017 MLE CoP annual meeting, presents Modules 5,6 and 7 of the Monitoring and Evaluation manual, whose goal is not only to provide the paper-based data collecti...
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Presentation 5: Module 3 Trends in using sweetpotato and Module 4 Production and sales volumesThis presentation, made during the 2017 MLE CoP annual meeting, presents Modules 3 and 4 of the Monitoring and Evaluation manual, whose goal is not only to provide the paper-based data collection ...
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Presentation 6: Feedback from the breeders: A contribution to the MLE toolThis 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 out...
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Presentation 3: SPHI indicators and data collectionThis 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...
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Presentation 2: Progress towards the SPHI goal of 10 million and purpose and how to use the monitoring manualThe 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 S...
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Presentation 1: Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation Community of Practice updateThis 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.
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Module 3: Yield Estimation Using Crop CutsMany programs or projects have as one of their key goals to improve agricultural productivity. To do so, it is critical to be able to monitor yields of the crops(s) of interest. Estimation of crop ...
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Module 6: Dietary Diversity ScorePoor households, women of reproductive age, and young children living in resource-poor settings are at high risk of inadequate micronutrient intakes when diets lack diversity. Diets of the poor are...
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Module 7: Frequency of Consumption of Vitamin A Rich FoodsMicronutrient malnutrition, the lack of vitamin A in particular, is one of the major public health problems in less developed countries. It can lead to blindness and death in children under five ye...
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Module 7: Frequency of Consumption of Vitamin A Rich FoodsMicronutrient malnutrition, the lack of vitamin A in particular, is one of the major public health problems in less developed countries. It can lead to blindness and death in children under five ye...
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Report: Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation CoP Second Annual Meeting - Harmonised Strategies for M&E Household and Yield Data CollectionMembers of the Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation Community of Practice (MLE CoP) held their second annual meeting from 27 to 29 April 2016 at Swiss Hotel Villa Portofino in Kigali, Rwanda. The th...
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Report: Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation CoP Second Annual Meeting - Harmonised Strategies for M&E Household and Yield Data CollectionMembers of the Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation Community of Practice (MLE CoP) held their second annual meeting from 27 to 29 April 2016 at Swiss Hotel Villa Portofino in Kigali, Rwanda. The th...
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Presentation 08: Estimating land area under OSP in Uganda
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Presentation 07: VINE MULTIPLIER MAPPING: REVIEW AND UPDATESDuring this presentation the following exercises were given to help participants gain better knowledge:Design ODK Vine multiplier Data collection toolIdentify commercial vine multipliersIdentify in...
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Module 6: Dietary Diversity ScorePoor households, women of reproductive age, and young children living in resource-poor settings are at high risk of inadequate micronutrient intakes when diets lack diversity. Diets of the poor are...
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Module 3: Yield Estimation Using Crop CutsMany programs or projects have as one of their key goals to improve agricultural productivity. To do so, it is critical to be able to monitor yields of the crops(s) of interest. Estimation of crop ...
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Module 8: Sweetpotato Root Market PricesIn this module we recommend collecting price information about sweetpotato and its major substitute at wholesale and retail markets. The specific objective of this effort is to provide timely marke...
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Presentation 11: Cheaper but Efficient ToolsThis presentation by Temesgen Bocher covers why qualitative and quantitative data collection, the justification for qualitative information and how cost effective and easy it is to implement.
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Presentation 02: Randomisation and Sampling Frames for Household Surveys: GuidelinesThis presentation was part of a training exercise facilitated by Srini Rajendran. The first part of the presentation sought to harmonize the understanding of the meaning and process of monitoring a...
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Presentation 04: Indicator data collection: Importance and challengesSPHI is expected to reach 10 million households in 17 countries in ten years to achieve two broad categories of goals. This presentation highlights the related agriculture and nutrition indicators ...
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Presentation 13: Tools for Monitoring Dietary Diversity & Frequency of Vitamin A intakeThe FAO have a standard list of questions with the main food groups. These are a minimum requirement, but they can be extended. The objectives of the presentation were to (i) Review the different D...
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Presentation 13: Tools for Monitoring Dietary Diversity & Frequency of Vitamin A intakeThe FAO have a standard list of questions with the main food groups. These are a minimum requirement, but they can be extended. The objectives of the presentation were to (i) Review the different D...
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Moving Forward On Choosing a Standard Operational Indicator of Women's Dietary DiversityMonotonous diets fail to meet human micronutrients' needs. Consequently, dietary diversity is crucial for vulnerable groups, in particular for women of reproductive age (WRA). Could the dietary div...
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Impact Evaluation in PracticeThis book offers an accessible introduction to the topic of impact evaluation and its practice in development. While the book is geared principally towards development practitioners and policymaker...
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Field Experiments in Development EconomicsThere is a long tradition in development economics of collecting original data to test specific hypotheses. Over the last 10 years, this tradition has merged with an expertise in setting up randomi...
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Household Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS) for Measurement of Household Food Access: Indicator GuideIn light of the need to build consensus on household food access impact indicators, two strategic objective level indicators of household food access - HDDS and months of inadequate household food ...
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How to Use the HKI Food Frequency Method to Assess Community Risk of Vitamin A DeficiencyThe standard tool used to assess vitamin A deficiency include clinical exams, biochemical tests and dietary methods. Clinical and biochemical surveys are costly and can be logistically difficult to...
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WHY RANDOMIZE?This presentation, which was delivered at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, was provided as a handout during the MLE CoP Meeting of 2016 in Kigali, Rwanda. It is supposed to serve as a res...
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How to RandomizeThis presentation, which was delivered at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, was provided as a handout during the MLE CoP Meeting of 2016 in Kigali, Rwanda. It is supposed to serve as a res...
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SAMPLING AND SAMPLE SIZEThis presentation, which was delivered at the -PAL Africa Executive Education Couse 18-22 January 2016 , was provided as a handout during the MLE CoP Meeting of 2016 in Kigali, Rwanda. It is suppos...
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Sampling and Sample SizeThis presentation, which was delivered at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, was provided as a handout during the MLE CoP Meeting of 2016 in Kigali, Rwanda. It is supposed to serve as a res...
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Module 2: Capturing Sweetpotato Vine DisseminationA core element of all sweetpotato projects is the multiplication and dissemination of vines to households. Every project needs to monitor how many beneficiaries they have reached and where those be...
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Using Randomization in Development Economics Research: A ToolkitThis paper is a practical guide (a toolkit) for researchers, students and practitioners wishing to introduce randomization as part of a research design in the field. It first covers the rationale f...
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Are sweet potatoes really sweet?A presentation done during the Executive Education Course Evaluation Social Programmes University of Cape Town 22 January 2016. It covers the evaluation questions:Does the training and providing o...
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Scaling Up and EvaluationThis paper discusses the role that impact evaluations should play in scaling up. Credible impact evaluations are needed to ensure that the most effective programs are scaled up at the national or i...
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NONEXPERIMENTAL VERSUS EXPERIMENTAL ESTIMATES OF EARNINGS IMPACTSABSTRACT: Nonexperimental or “quasi-experimental” evaluation methods, in which researchers use treatment and comparison groups without randomly assigning subjects to the groups, are often proposed ...
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How to RandomizeThis lecture covers the following topics: Unit and method of randomizationWhy not simple lotteries? Revisiting unit and methodVariations on simple treatment-control
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Presentation 03: Status of Sweetpotato in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): Progress Towards the SPHI GoalA presentation about progress towards achieving the SPHI, which is a multi-partner, multi-donor initiative that seeks to reduce child malnutrition and improve smallholder incomes in 10 million Afri...
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Presentation 09: Mother Baby Trial Approach In MalawiIn Malawi, over 50,000 tonnes of sweetpotato are produced annually and each district has a certain level of sweetpotato production. However, it is not clear how much OFSP is produced. Out of that p...
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Presentation 06: Capturing Dissemination / DVM Registration and MonitoringThe first part of this presentation was how to capture dissemination of vines in different situations using ODK. In the second part of the presentation, participants were taken through the function...
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Presentation 10: Protocols for yield data collection: Focus on crop cutsCrop cuts have increasingly become important. In 2013, Bill Gates told IFAD, the World Food Programme (WFP), and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) that the approach being used today to fi...
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Presentation 03: Status of Sweetpotato in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): Progress Towards the SPHI GoalJan Low made a presentation about progress towards achieving the Sweetpotato for Profit and Health Initiative (SPHI), which is a multi-partner, multi-donor initiative that seeks to reduce child mal...
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Presentation 01: MLE CoP 1 Year After: Update on ProgressThe Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation (MLE) Community of Practice (CoP) held it’s annual meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, from 27 to 29 April 2016. In this presentation, the CoP leader presented an upd...
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Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women - A Guide to MeasurementThe Minimum Dietary Diversity for WRA (MDD-W) indicator defined and described in this document is a food group diversity indicator that has been shown to reflect one key dimension of diet quality: ...
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