Draft indicators for the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish intermediate development outcomes

Raymond Brandes

Livestock and Fish Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning planning meeting, Nairobi, 27-28 November 2013

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Why IDO indicators?

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System-Level Outcome (SLO)

Intermediate Development Outcome (IDO)

IDO indicator IDO indicator

Medium-term IDO indicator

Medium-term IDO indicator

Medium-term IDO indicator

Medium-term IDO indicator

System-Level Outcome (SLO)20 yrs

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Indicator hierarchy

Criteria for developing IDO indicators

DOPA criteria for indicators

Direct: closely measure the intended change.Objective: unambiguous about what is being measured and which data to be collected and clear operational definition that is independent of the person conducting the measurement.Practical: reasonable in terms of data collection cost, frequency, and timeliness for decision-making purposes.Adequate: the minimum number of indicators necessary to ensure that progress towards the output is sufficiently captured.

Additional requirement:Applicable to all value chains as much as possible: each value chain has to be able to show its contribution to the achievement of the IDO in a similar way to enable aggregation.

Explanation of categories Indicator Name for subject of analysis

Type of indicator Quantitative (quantifiable data; objective) or qualitative (qualities or characteristics; subjective)

Designation Reference number

Definition Explanation of the indicator

Rationale Reasoning or logic for having the indicator

Unit A standard to express the magnitude of a measurement

Disaggregated by Breakdown of data to enable more detailed analysis

Calculation tool Way to convert data into a value that indicates the progress of the desired change

Interpretation key Expression of desired direction of change

Data requirements Kind of data needed and the means to get it through (source)

Measurement notes

More detailed description on the collection of data (level of collection, who collects data, how data should be collected and frequency of collection)

Unit of analysis Entity (what or who) being studied/analyzed

Comment Any other remarks

IDO1: Increased livestock and fish productivity in small-scale production systems for the target commodities.Indicator Annual Milk Yield

Definition Litres of milk produced per animal per year

Data requirements Data: Calving interval (days) to adjust for effective milk production per lactation, litres of milk produced per animal breed per year, and total number of lactating cowsData source: Farm and household surveys

Indicator Annual Fish Yield

Definition The gross weight of fish produced in kilograms per hectares per year

Data requirements Data: Gross weight of harvested fish per year, size of farm land/ponds Data source: Farm production data

Indicator Meat yield per animal

Definition The live weight before slaughter of the animal

Data requirements Data: animal weight before slaughter Data source: farm surveys

IDO1: Increased livestock and fish productivity in small-scale production systems for the target commodities.Indicator Annual Kidding Percentage

Definition Kidding percentage per year

Data requirements Data: Number of kids born per animal per year; total number of animals expected to have kids per year. Data source: Farm and household surveys

Indicator Litter size

Definition Number of piglets born alive at birth

Data requirements Data: number of litters produced per sow Data source: farm and household survey

Indicator Weaning percentage

Definition Weaning percentage is a measure of survivability of newborn animals. It looks at mortality rate of kids before weaning.

Data requirements Data: number of newborn animals that die before weaning, total number of newborn animals Data source: farm survey

IDO1: Increased livestock and fish productivity in small-scale production systems for the target commodities.Indicator Annual mortality rate

Definition Percentage cattle/fish/sheep/goat/pig mortality rate per year

Data requirements Data: Total number of animals on a location during the risk days, number of risk days and animals that die during the risk days. Data source: Household /farm surveys

IDO2: INCREASED QUANTITY AND IMPROVED QUALITY OF THE TARGET COMMODITY SUPPLIED FROM THE TARGET SMALL-SCALE PRODUCTION AND MARKETING SYSTEMS.

Indicator Quantity of target commodity supplied

Definition Per capita supply of the target commodity per day by target producers

Data requirements Data: Total production of target commodity in a defined geographical boundary, populations in the geographical unit, number of days in the reference period. Data source: Secondary data, and farm/household surveys

Indicator Quality of target commodity supplied

Definition Proportion of the target commodity meets minimum quality standards set by national food laws/regulations.

Data requirements Data: inspection reportsData source: secondary data from relevant ministries/department responsible for inspection of livestock products (or by CRP4)

IDO3: INCREASED EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME FOR LOW-INCOME ACTORS IN THE TARGET VALUE CHAINS, WITH AN INCREASED SHARE OF EMPLOYMENT FOR AND INCOME CONTROLLED BY LOW-INCOME WOMEN.Indicator Total household income

Definition Total household income (cash and non-cash) for low income value chain participants.

Data requirements Data: Income (cash and non-cash) from both farm and other income sources. Farm income includes all income from farming activities. Other income sources include off-farm employment, businesses, and remittances or pensions, etc. Consumption of own product (target commodity) should be included as well as other forms of in kind income sources.Data source: Secondary data and farm/household surveys

Indicator Household income from target commodity

Definition Household income from target commodity earned by low income value chain participants.

Data requirements Data: Income from target commodity by low income value chain actors (as producers, but including the target commodity for own consumption)Data source: Secondary data, farm surveys

IDO3: INCREASED EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME FOR LOW-INCOME ACTORS IN THE TARGET VALUE CHAINS, WITH AN INCREASED SHARE OF EMPLOYMENT FOR AND INCOME CONTROLLED BY LOW-INCOME WOMEN.

Indicator Women’s control of household income

Definition Proportion of households in which women reporting control of significant part of household income from participating in target value chain.

Data requirements Data: number of households in which women control income from participating in target value chain and total number of households in the sampleData source: secondary data, farm surveys

Indicator Employment opportunities

Definition Number of jobs attributed to program intervention in the target value chain.

Data requirements Data: jobs attributed to livestock and fish program activities in the value chainData source: secondary data, farm surveys

IDO4: INCREASED CONSUMPTION OF TARGET COMMODITY RESPONSIBLE FOR FILLING A LARGER SHARE OF THE NUTRIENT GAP FOR THE POOR, PARTICULARLY FOR NUTRITIONALLY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS (WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE AND YOUNG CHILDREN).

Indicator Dietary Diversity Index (DDI)

Definition Dietary Diversity Index (DDI) is a count of the different foods or food groups over a specified period of time (reference period).

Data requirements Data: Household food consumption data (more detail through surveying each individual of selected households)Data source: secondary data, household surveys

Indicator Consumption of target commodities by target population

Definition Proportion of households and its individual members of target population consuming target commodities (beyond minimum threshold amount) over a specified period of time (reference period).

Data requirements Data: Household food consumption data (more detail through surveying each individual of selected households)Data source: secondary data, farm surveys

IDO5: LOWER ENVIRONMENT IMPACTS PER UNIT OF COMMODITY PRODUCED IN THE TARGET VALUE CHAINS.

Indicator Green House Gas (GHG) emission

Definition GHG emitted per unit of target commodity

Data requirements Data: Herd sizes, manure management, feed use data, milk production, carbon stocks, deforestationData source: Life cycle assessments

IDO6: POLICIES (INCLUDING INVESTMENTS) AND DEVELOPMENT ACTORS RECOGNIZE AND SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SMALL-SCALE PRODUCTION AND MARKETING SYSTEMS, AND SEEK TO INCREASE THE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN WITHIN THESE VALUE CHAINS, WILL CONTRIBUTE TO ALL OUTCOMES AT THE SYSTEM LEVEL.Indicator Conducive policy and development stakeholder context in support

of small-scale production and marketing systems

Definition Level of existence of a conducive policy (incl. investments) and development stakeholder context which is supportive to the development of small-scale production and marketing systems.

Data requirements Data: policies and development actors programmes concernedData source: secondary data, value chain community survey

CGIAR is a global partnership that unites organizations engaged in research for a food secure future. The CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish aims to increase the productivity of small-scale livestock and fish systems in sustainable ways, making meat, milk and fish more available and affordable across the developing world.

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