The impact evaluation involved data collection and evaluation at the baseline in 2019 and at the end line point in 2023. The Baseline Survey Data Collection involved creating a profile of smallholder farmers, their household characteristics, including poverty and food consumption estimates as well as nutrition-related indicators; farming practices; access to and utilization of agricultural inputs and services; access to finance; yields; sales; gender roles; and others.

It enabled the establishment of a baseline for farmer livelihood and farming-related indicators before the start of project implementation. The End line Survey Data Collection involved the establishment of how the project affected the farmer’s household agricultural practices, uptake of inputs and yields, assessed the project’s impact on household income and poverty reduction, assessed the project’s impact on household food security and dietary diversity, established how the project affects the status and empowerment of women within farming households, identified the project’s impact on farmers’ access to finance and evaluated the extent to which the project impact varies by geographic area, crop and/or sex.