Bees for Poverty Reduction Under The Mango Tree Society New Delhi, India April 23-25, 2014

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1 Bees for Poverty Reduction Under The Mango Tree Society New Delhi, India April 23-25, 2014 Team Members: Sujana.K, Pragati Sharma contact:

2 Monitoring and (Impact) Evaluation Methods Needs Assessment Process Evaluation Impact Evaluation Analysis of Beneficiary Needs 1. Why are we doing the project? 2. Who is the target population? 3. Why do we think this approach will work in this context? 4. What else could we do? Analysis of Program Implementation 1. Services being delivered? 2. Clients satisfied? 3. Services reaching target population? 4. Can we improve costeffectiveness? Measures How Much the Program Impacts Beneficiaries 1. Health of mothers and children improved? 2. Learning outcomes improved? 3. More people in jobs? 4. Less poverty?

3 Simplified Results Chain PROGRAM INTERMEDIATE OUTCOMES IMPACT Theory of Change

4 E. Name(s) of implementing organization(s)?: UTMT in partnership with VRUTTI, BAIF, IGS, Reni Pani Lodge, Taj Safaris 1. Program intervention summary A. Brief description of program activities and outputs: 1. Community mobilisation > Increase awareness about the benefits of pollination by indigenous bees resulting in increased income for the farmer, > Enrolment for the programme. 2. Provide initial beekeeping training > Farmers start keeping bee boxes 3. Provide hand holding support > Farmers have 2 active beeboxes at end of 15 months (could be an outcome) B. Who is targeted? 350 Tribal/Small farmers C. Where is it conducted? 16 villages in 4 districts in MP D. When is it conducted? July Aug (community mobilisation) Sept-Oct (initial 2 day training) Nov-Aug (Hand holding support)

5 2. Intermediate outcomes and impacts A. Summary of intermediate outcomes: (Examples: increased teacher efforts, health worker attendance, knowledge of service providers, more business start-ups, change in farm practices etc.) Increased awareness about bees & their importance for agriculture Increased yields of short term crops like vegetables and better market value for these crops Additional livelihood opportunity generated B. Summary of key impacts: (Examples: improved pupil learning, youth skills, child and maternal health, employment prospects, reduced poverty, etc.) Increase in incomes by at lest 30% due to increased yields and income stream from honey, beeswax and sale of colonies Replacement of unsustainable honey hunting practises by sustainable beekeeping Market access for Honey and Beeswax. Reduction in the use of Chemical Pesticides leading to good practices in Agriculture.

6 3. Summary: results chain PROGRAM INTERMEDIATE OUTCOME IMPACT What is the program about? Inputs HR, Funds, Beekeeping expertise and Inputs Activities Awareness generation, Beekeeping training and Handholding support Outputs No. of Trained Farmers, No. of Active Beeboxes, Honey Flow, increased yields and livelihood creation- Master Trainers, input suppliers Intermediate outcome indicators? No of beekeepers after undergoing training Creation of local cadre of skilled Master Trainers Inception of local value chain (carpenters producing beeboxes, SHGs producing SBs/BV) Impact indicators? No. of active beekeepers after 15 months of training 30% increase in agriculture yield for beekeeper families Supplement household income Improve nutrition levels of the family (blood samples) More women practise beekeeping in target areas

7 4. Data collection:0 program indicators(whats under our control A. List program indicators to be collected: Numbers and names of people trained in beekeeping Number of beekeepers Number of Active beekeepers (after 15 months) (intermediate indicators) Number of Filled Bee boxes Number of dropouts Amount of honey harvested No. of Master Trainers B. Method of data collection (e.g. electronic healthworker interviews, admin data, etc.): -- Registration of trainee farmers Baseline and endline surveys Monthly data collection from the field Case Studies C. Frequency of data collection: - Monthly basis D. Who will collect the data: Master Trainers, Field Staff, Programme Staff, Investigators

8 4. Data collection: intermediate and impact indicators A. List indicators to be collected: Increase in Agricultural Yields > Increase in incomes/nutrition levels Honey Value Chain > Nutrition / Market Access/Income impact Bee keeping indicators > Success of the programme B. Method of data collection (e.g. electronic health worker interviews, admin data, etc.): Baseline and Endline Study. Technology intervention (What we would like), Currently, Through Paper Surveys. C. Frequency of data collection: Twice over a period of 2 years at a new area. C. Who will collect the data: Research Organizations, Volunteers, Field Staff, Programme Staff.

9 5. Impact evaluation design A. Research question: - Impact of bee keeping on the lives of small farmers and -Impact of beekeeping on agriculture yields? Describe the intervention in the (add treatment arms, if applicable): Treatment: Trained Bee Keepers from the same district Control: Untrained Farmers from the same district. A. Describe the sample size (e.g. 30 schools, 15 pupils each) Treatment: 200 trained bee keepers from 6 villages in the same district Control: 200 untrained farmers from 6 villages in the same district. B. Describe the program assignment rule: (e.g. random selection of schools) - The selection of Villages under the programme will be based on the following factors : -Number of Trained farmers in the area - Proximity of the villages for logistical management - A matching design.

10 6. Communication of results Key Message 1 (e.g. communicate program impacts on child health): A. What is the nature of the key message? -To generate AWARENESS about INDIGENOUS bee keeping as an additional livelihood activity for the tribals in Madhya Pradesh. - How the beekeeping activity has led to an increase in incomes of the households having trained bee keepers. A. Who is the target audience? - Partner Organizations - Government and donor agencies - CSR Units of MNCs - Banks and MfIs - Research institutes and agricultural universities - Staff internally. A. What communication tools will you use (e.g. brief, video, blog etc.) - Case studies of Farmers documented as Videos - Concept Note of what the organization does, Blogs that are shared on the Facebook Page - Project reports Key Message 2: A. To create an impact on the lives of women and children through Bee keeping