Mid-term Review of: Enhancing Food Security and developing Sustainable Rural Livelihoods Project

Enhancing Food Security and Developing Sustainable Rural Livelihoods Project

The Mid-term Review (MTR) was undertaken in August-September 2009, by an Environmental Expert/Team Leader from Nordic Consulting Group (NCG) Norway, supported by a national consultant from Malawi appointed by FAO and a representative from the parent Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (“the Ministry”, jointly referred to as the Review Team – or “the RT”).

Such a Mid-term Review is part of the normal project cycle in development projects supported by the Norwegian Government. The Project was reviewed based on desk study of written documents and interviews with the Malawian project staff and other stakeholders in Lilongwe and the project area during the period 31 August – 11 September 2009.

The report contains a brief introduction to the project features and a systematic review of the most significant aspects of the Project; together with the Review Team’s own assessment of the project achievements and performance. The aim of the MTR was largely to see if the Project was “on track” and to give recommendations for further implementation of the Project, if required. The elements reviewed, in addition to the appropriateness of the project design (including the LFA elements) and the project progress at large, were relevance,  effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability of the Project.