Meta-Evaluation of Extension Evaluation

The Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS) has commissioned the Natural Resources Institute to develop a toolkit for the evaluation of extension (projects, programmes, tools and initiatives). This commission has a number of components: A meta-evaluation of 15-20 evaluation case studies(presented here) A meta-review of the literature relevant to extension evaluation methods A workshop with practitioners and experienced evaluators to discuss the findings of a) and b) and to identify an initial set of tools A proposal for testing the proposed tools in a second phase of the project A brief of the toolkit for policymakers. The overall purpose of this project is to identify methods for better evaluation of extension through the development of a toolkit for extension evaluation. The meta-evaluation and meta-review will also provide an in-depth basis for the selection of the approaches, methods and tools in the toolkit. Link: http://www.g-fras.org/en/knowledge/gfras-publications/file/62-meta-evaluation-of-extension-evaluation