NCG, in consortium with Orbicon, has recently been contracted by Danida to carry out an evaluation of the Agricultural Growth and Development Programme (AGEP) in Bangladesh. Support through Danish development assistance (Danida) has played a significant role in the transformation of the agricultural sector in Bangladesh, particularly through the ‘farmer field school’ (FFS) approach developed in the 1990’s. The FFS is an integral part of AGEP, however the programme also places focus on value chains between producers and consumers (“market linkages”) to support the transformation of the rural economy for the benefit of poor, marginal and small farmers.

The key aspect the evaluation will explore is male and female farmers’ use and application of knowledge gained through participation in FFS training, which is envisioned to inform the design of further support for rural development within a new Danida country programme (from 2021).

The evaluation will cover the past 5 years of the Danida-funded programme (2013-2018) and the objectives are threefold:

• To document achievements of AGEP since 2013
• To analyse the outcomes and impact of the integrated farm management component and agricultural and food security project
• On the basis of the lessons learned through the AGEP, to prepare recommendations for the future as inputs for the design of a new country programme for Danida in Bangladesh

The evaluation concludes that Danida has played an instrumental role in the acceleration of the decentralisation reform process in Ghana over the past 10 years, however the area of civil society is where Danida has left the most significant mark. Danida’s support to developing the National Health Insurance System (NHIS) has also been instrumental in transforming the provider payment system, i.e. the form, scale, quality and scope of health service delivery. The support to tax reforms has been less successful and the limited results obtained may not be sustainable. In general, the enabling environment for transformative change has not been conducive and in the absence of progress on the overall policy framework for private sector development, Danida’s decision to focus on enterprise level support in its private sector programme is assessed to be then right one. 

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Development assistance has always had the ambition of delivering sustainable results, and, by implication, foster endogenous capacities that eventually would make aid redundant. Skills training and technical assistance delivered inside individual organisations have been among the main inputs expected to create capacities that could deliver sustainable outcomes.

This Joint Scandinavian Evaluation aims to cast light on the issues above. It will consist of three separate, but closely coordinated evaluations covering support to capacity development by Denmark, Norway and Sweden, respectively.

The Danish evaluation team is led by Mr Per Kirkeman with and team members including Mr Robert LeBlanc, Marie-Louise Appelquist.

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