I am Ekanath Khatiwada, a private sector development specialist with more than 15 years experience both in Africa (ESA Region) and Asia. My sectoral experience includes; promoting various rural agribusiness enterprises, renewable energy enterprises and programme monitoring and evaluations (PME). I conducted a number of market studies; some of them are cardamom sub sector market study in Nepal, gum acacia value chain study in South Sudan, shea butter market assessment in South Sudan and coordinated a biogas feasibility study for Zambia. I am currently an independent consultant working on market development, present assignments include; a Making Markets Work for the Poor (M4P) feasibility study of renewable energy in Zambia for the SNV Zambia renewable Energy programme and a milk for school (M4S) business model development for the World Food Programme (WFP), Zambia.
I am excited to learn from this impact assessment of agricultural research email exchange conference. Especially how to balance the quantitative and qualitative attribution balance on the agri sector and agribusiness related project impact assessment. I am sure I will be able to bring some practical aspect of results measurement on market development and value chain.
I would like to ask you my small question here: Agriculture sector is itself very much complex, in such type of the impact assessment process, how do you consider the aspects of systemic change? To explain more: To realise agriculture’s full potential, as a driver of food security, environmental sustainability and economic opportunity, requires shifting the way the system operates. Therefore, to better achieve results in agriculture there should be a right mix of right policy, infrastructure, service provision, input supply and markets. This can be achieved by undertaking system analyses and bringing relevant parties together to set a joint agenda for agricultural development, we should address underlying systemic constraints collectively . This multi-actor engagement approach includes a whole series of stakeholders, like smallholders, the private sector and governments. Therefore, I was asking my above question on how to include all these complex environment into the agriculture impact assessment strategies ?
Ekanath Khatiwada
Consultant -Market development
C/O: SNV, Zambia P.O Box 31771,
7 Nkanchibaya Road
Lusaka
Zambia
Tel: +260 976800418 (Mobile)
e-mail: ekanath2003 (at) gmail.com
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