One of the objectives of the Feed the Future (FTF) Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy (FSP) project is to foster credible, inclusive, transparent and sustainable policy processes at country level. As part of the monitoring and evaluation framework of FSP, the project has proposed two qualitative indicators to assess and track the institutional architecture and quality of policy processes on agriculture and food security in FTF countries where the project has major country level activities. Zambia is one of the countries where the FSP project has such activities. This dataset represents the baseline survey conducted in 2016 to assess and monitor: 1) the quality of agriculture and food security policy processes in Zambia, and 2) quality of the institutional architecture for agriculture and food security policy processes, as measured by stakeholder evaluation survey to capture the level of satisfaction and confidence. There are 23 observations of 88 variables in this dataset.

One of the objectives of the Feed the Future (FTF) Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy (FSP) project is to foster credible, inclusive, transparent and sustainable policy processes at country level. As part of the monitoring and evaluation framework of FSP, the project has proposed two contextual qualitative indicators to assess and track the institutional architecture and quality of policy processes on agriculture and food security in FTF countries where the project has major country level activities. Senegal is one of the countries where the FSP project has such activities. This dataset represents a survey conducted in 2017 to assess and monitor: 1) the quality of agriculture and food security policy processes in Senegal, and 2) quality of the institutional architecture for agriculture and food security policy processes, as measured by stakeholder evaluation survey to capture the level of satisfaction and confidence.

One of the objectives of the Feed the Future (FTF) Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy (FSP) project is to foster credible, inclusive, transparent and sustainable policy processes at country level. As part of the monitoring and evaluation framework of FSP, the project has proposed two qualitative indicators to assess and track the institutional architecture and quality of policy processes on agriculture and food security in FTF countries where the project has major country level activities. Zambia if one of the countries where the FSP project has such activities. This data asset includes two Datasets of survey data from stakeholder surveys conducted in 2019. One dataset is about stakeholder perceptions of the quality of agriculture and food security policy processes in Zambia, and the quality of the institutional architecture for agriculture and food security policy processes. The other is about stakeholders' policy preferences using the Best-Worst-Scaling methodology.

One of the objectives of the Feed the Future (FTF) Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy (FSP) project is to foster credible, inclusive, transparent and sustainable policy processes at country level. As part of the monitoring and evaluation framework of FSP, the project has proposed two qualitative indicators to assess and track the institutional architecture and quality of policy processes on agriculture and food security in FTF countries where the project has major country level activities. Mali is one of the countries where the FSP project has such activities. This dataset represents the baseline survey conducted in 2017 to assess and monitor: 1) the quality of agriculture and food security policy processes in Mali, and 2) quality of the institutional architecture for agriculture and food security policy processes, as measured by stakeholder evaluation survey to capture the level of satisfaction and confidence.

One of the objectives of the Feed the Future (FTF) Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy (FSP) project is to foster credible, inclusive, transparent and sustainable policy processes at country level. As part of the monitoring and evaluation framework of FSP, the project has proposed two qualitative indicators to assess and track the institutional architecture and quality of policy processes on agriculture and food security in FTF countries where the project has major country level activities. Nigeria is one of the countries where the FSP project has such activities. This dataset represents the midline survey conducted in 2018 to assess and monitor: 1) the quality of agriculture and food security policy processes in Nigeria, and 2) quality of the institutional architecture for agriculture and food security policy processes, as measured by stakeholder evaluation survey to capture the level of satisfaction and confidence.

One of the objectives of the Feed the Future (FTF) Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy (FSP) project is to foster credible, inclusive, transparent and sustainable policy processes at country level. As part of the monitoring and evaluation framework of FSP, the project has proposed two qualitative indicators to assess and track the institutional architecture and quality of policy processes on agriculture and food security in FTF countries where the project has major country level activities. This data asset was collected under the USAID funded Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy (FSP), which is awarded to a consortium comprised of Michigan State University (MSU), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the University of Pretoria (UP).

Evaluation reports The department periodically conducts evaluations of Global Affairs Canada priorities, programs and projects. Evaluation serves as a practical management tool for reviewing performance of programs and activities. The information gathered through an evaluation helps improve the design as well as the implementation of upcoming programs and initiatives. A report is generated for each evaluation conducted.

The Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation (FTF-P4I) initiative is a USAID-funded program that helps commercialize agricultural innovations in smallholder markets by supporting public-private partnerships to meet food security objectives. FTF-P4I requires private sector subawardees to report on proprietary business and sales data rather than collect farmer-level data, and when necessary program staff then use this data in combination with assumptions around product usage to calculate specific indicators such as the number of farmers impacted by program activities or the number of hectares under improved technologies or management practices. FTF-P4I then confirms farmer-level impact with additional field surveys, especially for subawardees with significant potential impact on women or with sales to farmers through third party distributors. These measures guarantee greater data quality of both sales data and assumptions used to calculate indicators, such as the number of farmers applying improved technologies, as well as promote better precision on farmer-level impact and impact on women. The submitted dataset includes the results of seven subawardees located in Kenya (Surehatch, AATF) and Mozambique (BOM, iDE, NCBA CLUSA, EMCL).

Dataset file can be found in the metadata below under "Attachments". Feed the Future’s Africa Lead II project partnered with The Mediae Company, a Kenya-based media education company, to develop a pilot season of Africa’s first agriculture-focused reality TV program: Don’t Lose the Plot (DLTP). Targeting youth in Kenya and Tanzania, the show aired in Kenya and Tanzania between May and July 2017. The program’s objectives were to encourage youth to consider farming as a lucrative career choice, provide information on how to start agribusinesses, and share useful agronomic information. Africa Lead commissioned Kantar Public East Africa to evaluate the impact of DLTP on knowledge, attitudes, and behavior, or intention to change behavior, related to farming and agribusiness practices. This data asset includes quantitative data collected through a cross-sectional household survey in Kenya and Tanzania. Data collection took place between August and December 2017 and targeted both viewers and non-viewers of DLTP aged 18 to 35 years. A total sample of 3,737 target individuals were interviewed in Kenya, including 406 verified viewers. In Tanzania, 3,383 target individuals were interviewed, including 527 verified viewers.

This asset contains performance information on specific policy actions that could be associated with specific members of partner governments including those with whom FTF’s bilateral Missions and Posts regularly interact. Particularly in instances where policy actions were behind schedule or not taken, making such information public could have significant negative impacts on USAID relationships with host-government counterparts, thereby interfering with USAID's ability to effectively discharge responsibilities related to those relationships. Feed the Future was launched in 2010 to address global hunger and food insecurity. The aim was to give families and communities in some of the world’s poorest countries the freedom and opportunity to lift themselves out of food insecurity and malnutrition. Specifically Feed the Future helps partner countries to:  Improve agricultural production and markets and create new opportunities for security and prosperity  Strengthen the resilience of communities to shocks that can lead to famine and political unrest  Reduce hunger and improve nutrition, especially among mothers and children  Increase the exchange of ideas, technologies and products that benefit citizens at home and communities abroad