The 5Q approach is simple, adaptable, responsive, effective, and better integrates stakeholders.Project beneficiaries can proactively participate in programs for greater livelihood, health, and environmental gains.
Raising the bar: How NCCOR supports researchersNCCOR
In 2015, the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) held a presidential breakfast roundtable at the Society of Behavioral Medicine's 36th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions. This excerpt from the roundtable, highlights how NCCOR is supporting researchers with tools to amplify their work and findings.
Success from the Ground Up? Participatory Monitoring in Forest RestorationCIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Manuel R. Guariguata and Kristen Evans at Forest Landscape and Ecosystem Restoration Day on 13 December 2016, as part of the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP13) held in Cancun, Mexico.
Raising the bar: How NCCOR supports researchersNCCOR
In 2015, the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) held a presidential breakfast roundtable at the Society of Behavioral Medicine's 36th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions. This excerpt from the roundtable, highlights how NCCOR is supporting researchers with tools to amplify their work and findings.
Success from the Ground Up? Participatory Monitoring in Forest RestorationCIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Manuel R. Guariguata and Kristen Evans at Forest Landscape and Ecosystem Restoration Day on 13 December 2016, as part of the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP13) held in Cancun, Mexico.
Innovative methods for measuring adoption of agricultural technologiesIFPRI-PIM
Overview of a workshop "Innovative methods for measuring adoption of agricultural technologies: Establishing proof of concept and thinking about scaling up" held on August 3-4, 2016 in Boston, USA following the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Agricultural and Applied Economic Association (AAEA). The event was jointly organized by Michigan State University, the Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA) of the CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC), and the CGIAR Research Program on Policy, Institutions, and Markets (PIM).
Where to Start With Climate Change - GSMSummit 2014, Liz HertzGrowSmart Maine
Why plan for growth and change, when it seems so much easier to simply react?
When there is a distinct and shared vision for your community - when residents, businesses and local government anticipate a sustainable town with cohesive and thriving neighborhoods - you have the power to conserve your beautiful natural spaces, enhance your existing downtown or Main Street, enable rural areas to be productive and prosperous, and save money through efficient use of existing infrastructure.
This is the dollars and sense of smart growth.
Success is clearly visible in Maine, from the creation of a community-built senior housing complex and health center in Fort Fairfield to conservation easements creating Forever Farms to Rockland's revitalized downtown. Communities have options. We have the power to manage our own responses to growth and change.
After all, “Planning is a process of choosing among those many options. If we do not choose to plan, then we choose to have others plan for us.” - Richard I. Winwood
And in the end, this means that our children and their children will choose to make Maine home and our economy will provide the opportunities to do so.
The Summit offers you a wonderful opportunity to be a part of the transformative change in Maine that we’ve seen these gatherings produce. We encourage you to consider the value of being actively involved in growing Maine’s economy and protecting the reasons we choose to live here.
GESTION Y TRANSFERENCIA DEL CONOCIMIENTO
NOMBRE DEL DOCTORADO:
DOCTORADO EN GESTIÓN Y TRANSFERENCIA DEL CONOCIMIENTO
UNIDAD IV.-TRANSFERENCIA DEL CONOCIMIENTO
NOMBRE DEL ALUMNO:
ANTONIO ROSALES IBARRA
NOMBRE DEL PROFESOR:
DRA. ROCÍO MARGARITA URESTI MARÍN
Innovative methods for measuring adoption of agricultural technologiesIFPRI-PIM
Overview of a workshop "Innovative methods for measuring adoption of agricultural technologies: Establishing proof of concept and thinking about scaling up" held on August 3-4, 2016 in Boston, USA following the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Agricultural and Applied Economic Association (AAEA). The event was jointly organized by Michigan State University, the Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA) of the CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC), and the CGIAR Research Program on Policy, Institutions, and Markets (PIM).
Where to Start With Climate Change - GSMSummit 2014, Liz HertzGrowSmart Maine
Why plan for growth and change, when it seems so much easier to simply react?
When there is a distinct and shared vision for your community - when residents, businesses and local government anticipate a sustainable town with cohesive and thriving neighborhoods - you have the power to conserve your beautiful natural spaces, enhance your existing downtown or Main Street, enable rural areas to be productive and prosperous, and save money through efficient use of existing infrastructure.
This is the dollars and sense of smart growth.
Success is clearly visible in Maine, from the creation of a community-built senior housing complex and health center in Fort Fairfield to conservation easements creating Forever Farms to Rockland's revitalized downtown. Communities have options. We have the power to manage our own responses to growth and change.
After all, “Planning is a process of choosing among those many options. If we do not choose to plan, then we choose to have others plan for us.” - Richard I. Winwood
And in the end, this means that our children and their children will choose to make Maine home and our economy will provide the opportunities to do so.
The Summit offers you a wonderful opportunity to be a part of the transformative change in Maine that we’ve seen these gatherings produce. We encourage you to consider the value of being actively involved in growing Maine’s economy and protecting the reasons we choose to live here.
GESTION Y TRANSFERENCIA DEL CONOCIMIENTO
NOMBRE DEL DOCTORADO:
DOCTORADO EN GESTIÓN Y TRANSFERENCIA DEL CONOCIMIENTO
UNIDAD IV.-TRANSFERENCIA DEL CONOCIMIENTO
NOMBRE DEL ALUMNO:
ANTONIO ROSALES IBARRA
NOMBRE DEL PROFESOR:
DRA. ROCÍO MARGARITA URESTI MARÍN
Se detalla el concepto, ejemplos, elementos, características de una infografía. los recursos. Se utilizó en el taller de foto-periodismo realizado con los estudiantes de cuarto año comunicación.
Esta presentación muestra el desarrollo del concepto de Agricultura Climáticamente Inteligente y su avances en Colombia, mostrando dos estudios de caso en el país.
Via Alfredo Vela Zancada http://www.slideshare.net/alfredovela/diseo-y-uso-docente-de-materiales-multimedia-infografas-y-screencasting?from_action=save
Sandra Patriacia Loaiza. Asistente de Investigación del Grupo Suelos-Latinoamérica y el Caribe (Suelos-LAC) del Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT).
Alternativas para enfrentar una sequía prolongadaFedegan
En esta cartilla queremos ofrecer al ganadero algunas alternativas prácticas que le ayudarán
a disminuir el impacto que una sequía prolongada pueda causar en sus sistemas
productivos.
Establecimiento de parcelas demostrativas de especies forrajeras en el trópic...Fedegan
Esta cartilla tiene el propósito de promover el empleo de prácticas apropiadas para el establecimiento óptimo de praderas, con materiales de gramíneas y leguminosas mejoradas a través de semillas revestidas, las cuales previamente mostraron, en pruebas preliminares en Brasil, buen establecimiento, adecuada adaptación, productividad y calidad nutritiva.
Multi stakeholder analysis NIPOFERD: success for knowledge transferFrancois Stepman
Presentation by C. Uchegbu of the Department of Animal Science and Technology, Federal University of Technology, Owerri.
27 June - 1 July 2016. Asaba, Nigeria. Workshop organised by the PAEPARD supported consortium: Knowledge transfer towards cost–effective poultry feeds production from processed cassava products to improve the productivity of small-scale farmers in Nigeria
How to write an development project evaluation report. Format and principle guidelines for mid-term and for completed projects. This format can be used for any kind of development project.
An introduction to Africa RISING phase 2 Program-wide approachesafrica-rising
Presented by Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon, Manager, Africa RISING ESA and WA projects, at the Africa RISING Science for Impact Workshop, Dar es Salaam, 17-19 January 2017
Benefits of EIA:
The benefits of EIA can be direct, such as the improved design or location of a project, or indirect, such as better quality EIA work or raised environmental awareness of the personnel involved in the project. In these cases, there will be with flow-on effects in their future work. As mentioned above, these potential gains from EIA increase the earlier the process is applied in the design process.
First experiences from Tanzania. Monitoring widescale adoption of climate smart agriculture practices using the 5Q approach. Scientists talk in a series of interviews how 5Q is doing in our first pilot.
Details benefits of monitoring and evaluation, and how institutional knowledge is built overtime, thus can used in the design, running and effectively delivering development goals.
An Introduction to Monitoring and Evaluation of Healthcare Projects. Monitoring and Evaluation is an integral component for the success of any donor-funded project as it provides accountability and well-informed decisions through the use of data and plan that guides implementation
Setting the scene – Trends in programming Research and Innovation for Impact Francois Stepman
6 April 2018. Rome. The SCAR Strategic Working Groups ARCH, AKIS and Food Systems organised jointly the Workshop: Programming Research and Innovation for Improved Impact
Presentation by Paul Winter
During this session we will:
*Review importance of monitoring and evaluation
*Share overview of grant model evaluation plan
*Review methodologies used in previous evaluations
*Share plans for future evaluation methodologies
Fortalecimiento de capacidades para la producción, traducción, diseminación y uso efectivo de datos y perspectivas climáticas en el sector agropecuario en la región SICA.
Carlos Navarro-Racines
Evento de socialización de los logros alcanzados por CCAFS en Centroamérica en el marco de la gira del Grupo Técnico de Cambio Climático y Gestión Integral del Riesgo (GTCCGIR) del CAC.
Guatemala, diciembre 1, 2021
Servicios climáticos para la agricultura: Incorporando información agroclimática local en la toma de decisiones.
Feria Internacional del Medio Ambiente (FIMA)
Servicios climáticos para la agricultura: Incorporando información agroclimática local en la toma de decisiones
Webinar: Recursos De Información Para El Sector Agrícola En La Región De America Latina Y El Caribe.
Plataforma de Acción Climática en Agricultura de Latinoamérica y el Caribe (PLACA)
Presentación del Módulo 2 "El cambio climático, retos y desafíos para el desarrollo sostenible" del diplomado “El cambio climático y el sector agropecuario: desafíos y oportunidades para un desarrollo resiliente, con bajas emisiones y adaptado al clima en Centroamérica y República Dominicana.
Instituto Centroamericano de Administración Pública (ICAP)
En el marco del LXIV Foro del Clima de América Central y
el XLII Foro de Aplicaciones de los Pronósticos Climáticos
a la Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional
Academia Nacional de Servicios Climáticos - Guatemala
Diplomado en Ciencias del Clima y Servicios Climáticos del Sistema Guatemalteco de Ciencias del Cambio Climatico (SGCCC)
https://sgccc.org.gt/el-sgccc-es-el-anfitrion-del-diplomado-en-ciencias-del-clima-y-servicios-climaticos/
Navarro, C. Modelación climática; Cambio climático y agricultura
Clase para Curso de climatología de la Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas y Ambientales (UDCA)
Abril 2021
Webinario: Modelación de cultivos para generar servicios
agroclimáticos (AquaCrop v.6)
LXI Foro del Clima de América Central
Jeferson Rodriguez Espinoza
Alejandra Esquivel
Carlos Navarro-Racines
J. Ramírez , D. Martínez, A. Martínez, J. Martínez, D. Giraldo, A. Muller, C. Bouroncle
Diplomado el enfoque territorios sostenibles adaptados al clima (TeSAC) en el corredor seco del oriente de Guatemala
Módulo 2 – Bloque 2 – Sesión 3
Carlos Navarro-Racines
E. Tünnermann, J. Ramírez, A. Martínez, J. Martínez
Diplomado “Inventario de Emisiones de Gases de Efecto Invernadero”, Universidad Nacional Agraria (UNA)
Módulo I Introducción. Procesos nacionales (políticas y convenios nacionales e internacionales)
Sesión 1 Introducción a la problemática del cambio climático global y observación de cambios
Importancia de los pronósticos aplicados al sector durante la crisis actual del COVID-19
XLI Foro de Aplicación de los Pronósticos Climáticos a la Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional: Perspectivas para el período Agosto - Octubre 2020 - 22 de julio del 2020
Presentación sobre las Mesas Técnicas Agroclimáticas en Centro América en el contexto de COVID-19, en el marco del webinar "Desafíos y oportunidades para alcanzar equidad de género en los servicios climáticos"
Training on Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) and Local Technical Agroclimatic Comittees (MTA / LTAC) to the DeRISK project team.
February 11 -19 2020, CIAT Hanoi, Vietnam
Conversatorio virtual - ¿Cómo pueden la Agricultura Sostenible Adaptada al Clima (ASAC) ayudar a mitigar los impactos en los sistemas agrícolas de América Latina debido al COVID-19?
Miércoles 20 de mayo de 2020
• ¿Qué estrategias alternativas podrían funcionar para diseminar información agroclimática? y ¿cómo estas pueden ser aprovechadas para diseminar información relacionada con el Covid -19?
• ¿Cuáles creen que serán las perspectivas a futuro en relación a la seguridad alimentaria de las comunidades rurales de América Latina dada la coyuntura de la pandemia?
• ¿Qué cultivos son clave para evitar una crisis de seguridad alimentaria en la región dada la coyuntura?
• ¿Cuáles creen que son las principales oportunidades para que los agricultores adopten prácticas de Agricultura Sostenible Adaptada al Clima? … ¿Cree que la situación actual de Covid- 19 aumenta estas oportunidades? y ¿Cómo?
• ¿Cómo asegurar que no se desvíen recursos que son fundamentales para el desarrollo de las comunidades rurales debido a la pandemia?
• ¿Cómo desde la ciencia podemos ayudar a mitigar las repercusiones económicas que enfrentan y/o enfrentarán los agricultores debido al Covid-19?
• ¿Cómo cambia la coyuntura actual la manera de hacer investigación agrícola? ¿Qué deberíamos cambiar?
• ¿Qué cambios supondrá la pandemia para la cadena de abastecimientos de alimentos de los países de América Latina?
• ¿Qué oportunidades se presentan para cambiar las relaciones de producción entre el campo y las ciudades a raíz de la pandemia?
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Introduction:
RNA interference (RNAi) or Post-Transcriptional Gene Silencing (PTGS) is an important biological process for modulating eukaryotic gene expression.
It is highly conserved process of posttranscriptional gene silencing by which double stranded RNA (dsRNA) causes sequence-specific degradation of mRNA sequences.
dsRNA-induced gene silencing (RNAi) is reported in a wide range of eukaryotes ranging from worms, insects, mammals and plants.
This process mediates resistance to both endogenous parasitic and exogenous pathogenic nucleic acids, and regulates the expression of protein-coding genes.
What are small ncRNAs?
micro RNA (miRNA)
short interfering RNA (siRNA)
Properties of small non-coding RNA:
Involved in silencing mRNA transcripts.
Called “small” because they are usually only about 21-24 nucleotides long.
Synthesized by first cutting up longer precursor sequences (like the 61nt one that Lee discovered).
Silence an mRNA by base pairing with some sequence on the mRNA.
Discovery of siRNA?
The first small RNA:
In 1993 Rosalind Lee (Victor Ambros lab) was studying a non- coding gene in C. elegans, lin-4, that was involved in silencing of another gene, lin-14, at the appropriate time in the
development of the worm C. elegans.
Two small transcripts of lin-4 (22nt and 61nt) were found to be complementary to a sequence in the 3' UTR of lin-14.
Because lin-4 encoded no protein, she deduced that it must be these transcripts that are causing the silencing by RNA-RNA interactions.
Types of RNAi ( non coding RNA)
MiRNA
Length (23-25 nt)
Trans acting
Binds with target MRNA in mismatch
Translation inhibition
Si RNA
Length 21 nt.
Cis acting
Bind with target Mrna in perfect complementary sequence
Piwi-RNA
Length ; 25 to 36 nt.
Expressed in Germ Cells
Regulates trnasposomes activity
MECHANISM OF RNAI:
First the double-stranded RNA teams up with a protein complex named Dicer, which cuts the long RNA into short pieces.
Then another protein complex called RISC (RNA-induced silencing complex) discards one of the two RNA strands.
The RISC-docked, single-stranded RNA then pairs with the homologous mRNA and destroys it.
THE RISC COMPLEX:
RISC is large(>500kD) RNA multi- protein Binding complex which triggers MRNA degradation in response to MRNA
Unwinding of double stranded Si RNA by ATP independent Helicase
Active component of RISC is Ago proteins( ENDONUCLEASE) which cleave target MRNA.
DICER: endonuclease (RNase Family III)
Argonaute: Central Component of the RNA-Induced Silencing Complex (RISC)
One strand of the dsRNA produced by Dicer is retained in the RISC complex in association with Argonaute
ARGONAUTE PROTEIN :
1.PAZ(PIWI/Argonaute/ Zwille)- Recognition of target MRNA
2.PIWI (p-element induced wimpy Testis)- breaks Phosphodiester bond of mRNA.)RNAse H activity.
MiRNA:
The Double-stranded RNAs are naturally produced in eukaryotic cells during development, and they have a key role in regulating gene expression .
Cancer cell metabolism: special Reference to Lactate PathwayAADYARAJPANDEY1
Normal Cell Metabolism:
Cellular respiration describes the series of steps that cells use to break down sugar and other chemicals to get the energy we need to function.
Energy is stored in the bonds of glucose and when glucose is broken down, much of that energy is released.
Cell utilize energy in the form of ATP.
The first step of respiration is called glycolysis. In a series of steps, glycolysis breaks glucose into two smaller molecules - a chemical called pyruvate. A small amount of ATP is formed during this process.
Most healthy cells continue the breakdown in a second process, called the Kreb's cycle. The Kreb's cycle allows cells to “burn” the pyruvates made in glycolysis to get more ATP.
The last step in the breakdown of glucose is called oxidative phosphorylation (Ox-Phos).
It takes place in specialized cell structures called mitochondria. This process produces a large amount of ATP. Importantly, cells need oxygen to complete oxidative phosphorylation.
If a cell completes only glycolysis, only 2 molecules of ATP are made per glucose. However, if the cell completes the entire respiration process (glycolysis - Kreb's - oxidative phosphorylation), about 36 molecules of ATP are created, giving it much more energy to use.
IN CANCER CELL:
Unlike healthy cells that "burn" the entire molecule of sugar to capture a large amount of energy as ATP, cancer cells are wasteful.
Cancer cells only partially break down sugar molecules. They overuse the first step of respiration, glycolysis. They frequently do not complete the second step, oxidative phosphorylation.
This results in only 2 molecules of ATP per each glucose molecule instead of the 36 or so ATPs healthy cells gain. As a result, cancer cells need to use a lot more sugar molecules to get enough energy to survive.
Unlike healthy cells that "burn" the entire molecule of sugar to capture a large amount of energy as ATP, cancer cells are wasteful.
Cancer cells only partially break down sugar molecules. They overuse the first step of respiration, glycolysis. They frequently do not complete the second step, oxidative phosphorylation.
This results in only 2 molecules of ATP per each glucose molecule instead of the 36 or so ATPs healthy cells gain. As a result, cancer cells need to use a lot more sugar molecules to get enough energy to survive.
introduction to WARBERG PHENOMENA:
WARBURG EFFECT Usually, cancer cells are highly glycolytic (glucose addiction) and take up more glucose than do normal cells from outside.
Otto Heinrich Warburg (; 8 October 1883 – 1 August 1970) In 1931 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology for his "discovery of the nature and mode of action of the respiratory enzyme.
WARNBURG EFFECT : cancer cells under aerobic (well-oxygenated) conditions to metabolize glucose to lactate (aerobic glycolysis) is known as the Warburg effect. Warburg made the observation that tumor slices consume glucose and secrete lactate at a higher rate than normal tissues.
Earliest Galaxies in the JADES Origins Field: Luminosity Function and Cosmic ...Sérgio Sacani
We characterize the earliest galaxy population in the JADES Origins Field (JOF), the deepest
imaging field observed with JWST. We make use of the ancillary Hubble optical images (5 filters
spanning 0.4−0.9µm) and novel JWST images with 14 filters spanning 0.8−5µm, including 7 mediumband filters, and reaching total exposure times of up to 46 hours per filter. We combine all our data
at > 2.3µm to construct an ultradeep image, reaching as deep as ≈ 31.4 AB mag in the stack and
30.3-31.0 AB mag (5σ, r = 0.1” circular aperture) in individual filters. We measure photometric
redshifts and use robust selection criteria to identify a sample of eight galaxy candidates at redshifts
z = 11.5 − 15. These objects show compact half-light radii of R1/2 ∼ 50 − 200pc, stellar masses of
M⋆ ∼ 107−108M⊙, and star-formation rates of SFR ∼ 0.1−1 M⊙ yr−1
. Our search finds no candidates
at 15 < z < 20, placing upper limits at these redshifts. We develop a forward modeling approach to
infer the properties of the evolving luminosity function without binning in redshift or luminosity that
marginalizes over the photometric redshift uncertainty of our candidate galaxies and incorporates the
impact of non-detections. We find a z = 12 luminosity function in good agreement with prior results,
and that the luminosity function normalization and UV luminosity density decline by a factor of ∼ 2.5
from z = 12 to z = 14. We discuss the possible implications of our results in the context of theoretical
models for evolution of the dark matter halo mass function.
Multi-source connectivity as the driver of solar wind variability in the heli...Sérgio Sacani
The ambient solar wind that flls the heliosphere originates from multiple
sources in the solar corona and is highly structured. It is often described
as high-speed, relatively homogeneous, plasma streams from coronal
holes and slow-speed, highly variable, streams whose source regions are
under debate. A key goal of ESA/NASA’s Solar Orbiter mission is to identify
solar wind sources and understand what drives the complexity seen in the
heliosphere. By combining magnetic feld modelling and spectroscopic
techniques with high-resolution observations and measurements, we show
that the solar wind variability detected in situ by Solar Orbiter in March
2022 is driven by spatio-temporal changes in the magnetic connectivity to
multiple sources in the solar atmosphere. The magnetic feld footpoints
connected to the spacecraft moved from the boundaries of a coronal hole
to one active region (12961) and then across to another region (12957). This
is refected in the in situ measurements, which show the transition from fast
to highly Alfvénic then to slow solar wind that is disrupted by the arrival of
a coronal mass ejection. Our results describe solar wind variability at 0.5 au
but are applicable to near-Earth observatories.
Richard's aventures in two entangled wonderlandsRichard Gill
Since the loophole-free Bell experiments of 2020 and the Nobel prizes in physics of 2022, critics of Bell's work have retreated to the fortress of super-determinism. Now, super-determinism is a derogatory word - it just means "determinism". Palmer, Hance and Hossenfelder argue that quantum mechanics and determinism are not incompatible, using a sophisticated mathematical construction based on a subtle thinning of allowed states and measurements in quantum mechanics, such that what is left appears to make Bell's argument fail, without altering the empirical predictions of quantum mechanics. I think however that it is a smoke screen, and the slogan "lost in math" comes to my mind. I will discuss some other recent disproofs of Bell's theorem using the language of causality based on causal graphs. Causal thinking is also central to law and justice. I will mention surprising connections to my work on serial killer nurse cases, in particular the Dutch case of Lucia de Berk and the current UK case of Lucy Letby.
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Factsheet about the 5Q approach
1. • Reducing hunger and poverty requires effective strategies but many traditional
monitoring and evaluation methods are costly, complicated, rigid, slow, and do
not include the opinions of the project beneficiaries.
• The 5Q approach is simple, adaptable, responsive, effective, and better
integrates stakeholders.
• Project beneficiaries can proactively participate in programs for greater
livelihood, health, and environmental gains.
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Since 1967 / Science to cultivate change
Climate-smart tools for East Africa
The 5Q approach
2. Investment outcome
The 5Q approach aims to simplify monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) methods, in order to improve
transparency, mutual accountability, and the effectiveness of research and development projects. The fast,
easy-to-use, and cost-effective approach offers something that traditional MEL methods don’t: project
implementers receive quick feedback on their project in order to make adjustments during the project
cycle. Project beneficiaries can proactively participate in programs that directly impact their lives, including
throughout the project design, implementation, and evaluation processes, in order to have their needs
better understood and met.
The challenge
Given the difficulty of reducing poverty and hunger and the plethora of strategies available towards
this mission, it is critical to conduct objective and systematic evaluations of interventions, as well as to
critically learn lessons gathered. But many traditional monitoring and evaluation methods are expensive,
rigid, timely, and often fail to include the most important voice: those of the true stakeholders, like farmers
and consumers, who are often geographically and culturally distant from most donor and implementing
organizations, hard to reach, and diverse.
The opportunity
The 5Q approach can revolutionize M&E in development, making it responsive and effective, and ensuring
mutual accountability and integration of stakeholders in a new way. Donors and implementers can be
better connected to the beneficiaries. Research and development projects can be more flexible, adaptable,
and impactful.
The strategy
The 5Q approach asks just 5 simple questions at regular intervals to each one of a project’s stakeholder
groups (e.g., farmers, project implementers, and donors) and rapidly analyzes their answers to assess if
the project is on track, and if not, adapt quickly. Answers are collected through a means best suited to each
group, such as face-to-face surveys, mobile phone apps, web apps, and participatory video. Responses are
automatically stored in a central database, processed, and disseminated through an online dashboard to
visualize changes – for example in knowledge, attitude, skills, and practices – throughout the project cycle.
Contact: Anton Eitzinger, Spatial Analyst and Climate Change Scientist,
a.eitzinger@cgiar.org
The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) – a member of the
CGIAR Consortium and leader of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate
Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) – develops technologies,
innovative methods, and new knowledge that better enable farmers, especially
smallholders, to enhance eco-efficiency in agriculture. www.ciat.cgiar.org
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Since 1967 / Science to cultivate change
May2015.Photos:G.Smith/CIAT