Reflections on a farmers’ project in Rwanda — taking “Agriculture” seriously in Africa
In our evaluation of the Imbaraga Farmers Voice Project (IFVP) in Rwanda, we sought to evaluate the performance of IFVP, by not only examining the influence of “agricultural training”, but also establishing the “influence of beneficiary involvement”.
Created in 1992, IMBARAGA is a National Farmer Organization from Rwanda that works to improve the socio-economic conditions of an estimated 27,300 farmers located in 25 out of 30 districts across the country. IMBARAGA is now a local NGO which was initially created as a trade union organization.
The study is underpinned by two theories — i.e., Stakeholder Theory and Realistic Evaluation Theory.
In our realistic evaluation, the significance of stakeholder engagement was confirmed. Our results revealed that agricultural training had a significant, and positive effect on the performance of the project. We also observed that “access to financial services” has a significant positive effect on the performance of the project.
Originally published at https://easychair.org on February 21, 2023.
