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Impact Tracking: A Practitioner-Developed Approach to Scaling Agricultural Innovation in Ethiopia

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/11921/
https://doi.org/10.5337/2021.226
doi:10.5337/2021.226
 
Title Impact Tracking: A Practitioner-Developed Approach to
Scaling Agricultural Innovation in Ethiopia
 
Creator Child, K
Desta, G
Douthwaite, B
Haileslassie, A
Van Rooyen, A
Tamene, L
Uhlenbrook, S
 
Subject Innovation
Information Technology
 
Description This paper argues for more creativity and flexibility in agricultural research for development (AR4D) scaling and impact evaluation in complex contexts. While acknowledging the importance of setting reasonable end-of-project targets and outcomes, we argue that the achievement of outcomes and impacts, particularly in complex contexts, requires adaptive management and acknowledgment that significant positive outcomes and impacts may occur after the project funding cycle is complete. The paper presents a practitioner-developed approach to scaling AR4D innovations called Impact Tracking (IT). We illustrate IT in practice by presenting three case studies from Ethiopia in which IT proved crucial to achieving impact. The paper concludes by drawing lessons from the case studies and discussing what implications IT may have for development practitioners.
 
Publisher International Water Management Institute
 
Date 2021
 
Type Monograph
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/11921/1/WLE%20Legacy%20Series%201.pdf
Child, K and Desta, G and Douthwaite, B and Haileslassie, A and Van Rooyen, A and Tamene, L and Uhlenbrook, S (2021) Impact Tracking: A Practitioner-Developed Approach to Scaling Agricultural Innovation in Ethiopia. Project Report. International Water Management Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.