WORK IN SOMALILAND

December 2002

Employer: Agrisystems, Aylesbury, UK

Job title:         Agriculturist/Evaluator (one man mission)

Project title:              Promotion of Agricultural Production in Rural Areas of Erigavo District – Northwest Somalia

Donor:            European Commission/Italian Government

Mid Term Review of EC Funded project implemented by the Italian NGO CINS. The project is in a remote area of Somaliland where farmers are agro-pastoralists growing rainfed sorghum and maize and/or vegetables and fruit from spring irrigation. The main purpose of the project is to strengthen, diversify and make farming systems more sustainable.

The main objective of the review was to assess the project progress and achievements with reference to the project proposal and log frame and particularly to determine the efficiency, effectiveness of the implementation methodologies and the project’s internal procedures.  Based on the assessment, recommendations were formulated on how the project could strengthen