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TechnoServe – outcome
harvesting
Right Track Africa provided outcome
mapping and outcome harvesting technical
assistance to TechnoServe in 2019. The Outcomes Harvest (OH) was
to identify and validate what had been achieved, and the
contributing roles of the program and other factors. The
participants were also introduced to outcome mapping (OM). Since
March 2018, TechnoServe, in alliance with Partners in Food
Solutions (PFS), has been implementing a 5-year Alliance for
Inclusive and Nutritious Food Processing project in Kenya,
Tanzania, Ethiopia and Zambia (AINFP, hereafter also referred to
as the Alliance). The goal of the project, funded by USAID Bureau
of Food Security, is to create a competitive food-processing
sector that generates inclusive economic growth. The Alliance
project is designed to transfer technology and know-how to food
processors (at least 30% female-owned/led) in the target
countries.
Following the project’s first year of operations (2018 –
2019), TechnoServe sought to design and implement an Outcomes
Harvest (OH) to identify and validate what had been achieved, and
the contributing roles of the program and other factors. The OH
technical assistance started with a 3-day training event that took
place in September 2019 at Nairobi, Kenya. The training was
attended by participants, majority drawn from the AINFP and a few
from other Technoserve Market System Facilitation (MSF) projects
namely; SAPFF, Yield Wise and Coffee Program. The participants
were also introduced to outcome mapping (OM), with an explanation
of the difference between the two project management processes,
and why OM is best suited for planning ahead and monitoring, while
OH is best suited for evaluation.
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