Striving to provide improved extension services to the Agriculture and Fishery (AF) sector, the Agricultural Training Institute-Regional Training Center XI (ATI-RTC XI) will conduct a Result-Based Monitoring and Evaluation (RBME) study to determine the outcome of the implemented programs in the last three years.
The RBME is an internal ATI study that will assess the outputs, outcomes, and impact of the delivered interventions to ensure their relevance and alignment with the country's AF sector goals. This study will reveal the answers to the questions "so what," "how and why" the Institute does its day-to-day work.
As part of data collection, a survey was administered by the Planning and Monitoring Unit (PMEU) from April to June this year, covering 359 respondents who are Agricultural Extension Workers (AEWs) and farmers from 33 municipalities regionwide.
The survey asked for data on the extension intervention the respondents received, the use and application of the lessons they have learned from ATI training, and their farm productivity, resilience, and competitiveness.
Moreover, farmer respondents were also asked about their satisfaction rating of the services of their respective Municipal Agricultural Office (MAO).
The collected data from the survey will be analyzed and interpreted by PMEU to come up with better plans for the organizational management and improvement in the provision of extension interventions in the future.
Last year’s RBME study determined that 100% of the respondents had increased their knowledge of agriculture technologies by attending ATI training and programs in 2016. Meanwhile, 98.75% of the respondents said that the extension interventions they had received were very relevant and 88.75% of them had an increased income after applying the technology.
