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Decent jobs for youth and improved food security through the development of sustainable rural enterprises - Mid Term Evaluation

eval_number:

2686

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2686

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Planning and programme design

category:

Organizational issues

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comments:

ILO Staff

challenges:

Some of the interventions were not progressing as per the design in the project like access to finance by engaging the financial institutions because of the overall macroeconomic condition of the country and lack of interest from the financial institutions. The project tried to identify alternative solution by engaging input company to provide credit facility and supporting them with guarantee in case of Soybean. In Aquaculture, the project directly intervened with credit facility since no input company was interested to provide credit support to farmers. The project management made necessary financial adjustments in the budget line to facilitate that process. Because of the bold step by the project, the intervention could go ahead and the private sector partners got courage to engage young beneficiary farmers. The farmers also received necessary inputs together with training that helped them start their operation as Outgrower.

success:

The CTA of YAPASA took the decision of altering the modality of intervention implementation together with project staffs and made required budget line change to ensure availability of funds for the intervention. The project also communicated with the donor about it and they approved this change quickly. The young farmers received support in the form of input credit which was denied by the formal financial institutions.

context:

The project faced challenges in terms of intervention design in the project document and the situation on the ground that calls for adjustment in activity and financial allocation

description:

Flexibility in implementation and financial management

administrative_issues:

NO

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/188743

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location:

country:

Zambia

region:

Africa

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eval_title:

Decent jobs for youth and improved food security through the development of sustainable rural enterprises - Mid Term Evaluation