International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The evaluation is reported in draft form in a document entitled ‘Gender Diagnosis and Evaluation of Three IFAD Funded Projects in Zimbabwe’. This report provides background, methodology, discussion and findings and recommendations gained from the evaluation of the three IFAD funded projects. The three projects were Smallholder Dry Areas Resource Management Project (SDARMP), Smallholder Irrigation Support Programme (SISP), and South Eastern Dry Areas Project (SEDAP).
The aim of the study was to facilitate the overall evaluation of the current projects identification, design, implementation and monitoring and evaluation (M & E) systems in relation to their inclusion of gender issues, and then based on these findings, to facilitate the design of effective and appropriate interventions for the discovered weaknesses. The Gender Diagnosis and Evaluation (GDE) assesses whether, and to what extent, the projects respond to the specific interests and needs of various categories of women, as compared to men and proposes strategies/actions to address existing and potential weaknesses…
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