Testing of Promoted Practices

The indicator assesses the proportion or number of trained farmers who tried an agronomic practice promoted by your intervention on their own farms. It indicates the extent to which farmers are interested in its use.

Determine the indicator's value by using the following methodology:

1) Specify what exactly it means to try the promoted methodology – what exactly needs to be done, how, with what materials, for what purpose, etc. (for example, “establishing terraces on fields” means establishing terraces a) covered by grasses or trees; b) on contours every 1m of field elevation or at least every 15m of slope).

2) Collect the required information by asking a representative sample of trained farmers whether they (or their households’ members) have tried to follow the promoted practice. If the reply is YES, ask further questions that will help you to determine whether the practice has been followed correctly. If possible, verify the answers by conducting observations.

3) Calculate the percentage or number of farmers who a) have tried the promoted practice, and b) have tried it correctly (decide in advance which result you will use for your indicator).

Disaggregate the data by wealth and other relevant criteria.

1) If you promote a larger number of practices, consider changing the indicator to “% / number of farmers who in the past [specify the time period] tried at least X out of X promoted agronomic practices on their farms” (for example, 2 out of 4).