Global Horticulture Initiative

www.globalhort.org

Centre de Coopération

Internationale en

Recherche

Agronomique pour le

Développement

Global Horticulture Initiative

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GlobalHort is hosted by AVRDC in Arusha,Tanzania

Global Horticulture Initiative

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A consortium of international organisations with a strong horticultural interest

Board of Directors

CIRAD

AVRDC – The World

Vegetable CenterISHS

(Chair)

Alliance of CGIAR Centers GFAR

United Nations organisation

(FAO)

Farmers’ Organisation

(IFAP)

Private Sector(ISF)

Health Sector (NEPAD)

Donors’ Representative

(ICDF)

Advanced Research

Institutions (CIRAD)

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Global Hort: linking actors of the horticultural value chain

Core activities:1. Promoting horticultural

R4D projects through grants

2. Networking dispersed horticultural communities

3. Facilitating training, education and capacity building

4. Advocacy and lobbying for horticulture

Objective: to promote research in horticulture for development

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The Role of Global Hort in R4D projects

• Link with donors, attract co-funding• Facilitate proposal drafting• Monitor impact and reporting to

donor• Information dissemination and

networking beyond the project

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Requirements for R4D projects:

• Multi stakeholders• Gender aware,

participatory approach• Results based

project planning and management

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Reporting to the Donor

• Half yearly report

on progress

of planned activities • Half yearly

financial report• Using

SMART indicators

to measure progress

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Criteria for formulating indicators

S pecific

M easurable

A vailable at an acceptable cost

R elevant with regard to the objective

T ime bound

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Example of formulating an indicator

1. Identification of the Indicator“Increased melon production of smallholders”

2. Target group / beneficiaries (who?)“Smallholder producers (holding<1ha, minimum 30% females)”

3. Location (where?)“Cambodia”

4. Quantity (how many/how much?)“10,000 smallholder producers increase their production by 30%”

5. Quality (how good?)“...reaching an improved quality due to less pesticides applied than before”

6. Time frame (by when?)“between March 2010 and March 2012”

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Means of Verification

• documents,

• interviews, • reports (e.g. from workshops) • participants‘ lists, receipts• other sources providing information

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The Results Chain

Impact

Outcome

Outputs

Inputs

Activities

INDICATORS

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