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Tue, 6 May 2014 17:07:36 +0200
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This is Godswill Ntsomboh Ntsefong from the Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD), Cameroon. I am presently the Lipids Analysis Laboratory Manager and Chief of improved oil palm seed production unit at IRAD of La Dibamba. I am equally a researcher and reviewer in peer review journals. My research interventions so far are focused on lipids analysis and integrated crop protection with particular concern on the oil palm. I also focus on the improvement of oil palm smallholder sector as well as Good Laboratory Practices and Management Principles. 



For this FAO e-mail conference on “Approaches and methodologies in ex post impact assessment of agricultural research”, I look forward to learning much on the topic from the great experience of all participants. May I point out two main issues that I feel may influence agricultural research and affect the objectivity of ex post impact assessment (epIA) in our context. These are: inappropriate communication and funding mechanisms, and administrative bottlenecks in agricultural research management and assessment.



- At times, the funding mechanism may involve no free prior informed consent (FPIC) of the principal investigator (PI) or research staff. This leads in most cases to incoherent project execution and the procurement of inappropriate materials/equipment by management or a third party due to their lack of clear/technical knowledge about the real use.

- Given that agricultural research mostly depends on weather and seasons with respect to each context, administrative bottlenecks on their part could result in research inputs that do not respect projected and seasonal deadlines leading to “out-of-season” project execution, project failure or incomplete projects.



In the same light as S.K.T. Nasar notes in his fifth point in Message 1, epIA of agricultural research might appear inconsistent  in cases where “parameters for which the research intervention was initially launched lose relevance by the time post-research is initiated” due to lateness or inappropriate project execution.



I already have the impression of being in a ship with groomed, experienced marines in the domain of epIA! I will certainly come out of it by the end with my own experience. Thanks to S.K.T. Nasar, Ekanath Khatiwada, and Dr. Amadou Issaka for their messages. 

 

Godswill Ntsomboh Ntsefong 

Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD), Cameroon

Specialized Oil Palm Research Centre (CEREPAH) of La Dibamba

P. O. Box 8360 Yaounde

Cameroon

Tel: (00237) 79 94 19 10 / (00237) 99 16 65 86

e-mail: Ntsomboh (at) yahoo.fr



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