Income-Generating Activities - Action Against Hunger

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During the monitoring phase, attention must be paid to the previous conditions
and hypothesis established during the programme formulation.
I.I. Indicators
To be able to carry out monitoring, it is necessary to establish indicators that will
be regularly evaluated. The logical framework (LFW) of the programme contains this
information, defined according to the objectives of the intervention. In the case of
IGA, the most commonly used indicators for monitoring are:
• Production (whether it be agricultural products, processed products or services
offered)
— Productive goods and assets
— Techniques applied
— Productivity
• Sales
• Management of activities
• Knowledge acquired and applied
There should not be too many indicators, and they should be:
• Sensitive: The indicators must be sensitive to changes in the situation of the
project; they must evaluate changes in the short term.
• Measurable: The necessary data should be easily collected and measured.
• Achievable
• Specific: The indicators must measure the specific conditions that the project
is trying to influence.
• Time bound
Appendix 17 gives some examples of logical frameworks used for IGA.
I.II. Monitoring plan
The type of monitoring, the procedures (questionnaires, interviews etc.), and the
division of responsibilities between team members will be outlined in a monitoring
plan (Appendix 20 offers an example of a plan in a table format).
The initial parameters of the variables on which the programme is focused should
be represented by a baseline that can be used to make comparisons to evaluate the
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INCOME GENERATING ACTIVITIES: A KEY CONCEPT IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SECURTIY