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Critical review of indicators, metrics, methods, and tools for monitoring and evaluation of biofortification programs at scale

Sound monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems are needed to inform effective biofortification program management and implementation. Despite the existence of M&E frameworks for biofortification programs, the use of indicators, metrics, methods, and tools (IMMT) are currently not harmonized,...

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Autores principales: Rodas-Moya, Santiago, Giudici, Francesca M., Mudyahoto, Bho, Birol, Ekin, Kodish, Stephen R., Lachat, Carl, Abreu, Taymara C., Melse-Boonstra, Alida, van het Hof, Karin H., Brouwer, Inge D., Osendarp, Saskia, Feskens, Edith J. M.
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9607891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36313073
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.963748
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author Rodas-Moya, Santiago
Giudici, Francesca M.
Mudyahoto, Bho
Birol, Ekin
Kodish, Stephen R.
Lachat, Carl
Abreu, Taymara C.
Melse-Boonstra, Alida
van het Hof, Karin H.
Brouwer, Inge D.
Osendarp, Saskia
Feskens, Edith J. M.
author_facet Rodas-Moya, Santiago
Giudici, Francesca M.
Mudyahoto, Bho
Birol, Ekin
Kodish, Stephen R.
Lachat, Carl
Abreu, Taymara C.
Melse-Boonstra, Alida
van het Hof, Karin H.
Brouwer, Inge D.
Osendarp, Saskia
Feskens, Edith J. M.
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description Sound monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems are needed to inform effective biofortification program management and implementation. Despite the existence of M&E frameworks for biofortification programs, the use of indicators, metrics, methods, and tools (IMMT) are currently not harmonized, rendering the tracking of biofortification programs difficult. We aimed to compile IMMT for M&E of existing biofortification programs and recommend a sub-set of high-level indicators (HLI) for a harmonized global M&E framework. We conducted (1) a mapping review to compile IMMT for M&E biofortification programs; (2) semi-structured interviews (SSIs) with biofortification programming experts (and other relevant stakeholders) to contextualize findings from step 1; and (3) compiled a generic biofortification program Theory of Change (ToC) to use it as an analytical framework for selecting the HLI. This study revealed diversity in seed systems and crop value chains across countries and crops, resulting in differences in M&E frameworks. Yet, sufficient commonalities between implementation pathways emerged. A set of 17 HLI for tracking critical results along the biofortification implementation pathway represented in the ToC is recommended for a harmonized global M&E framework. Further research is needed to test, revise, and develop mechanisms to harmonize the M&E framework across programs, institutions, and countries.
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spelling pubmed-96078912022-10-28 Critical review of indicators, metrics, methods, and tools for monitoring and evaluation of biofortification programs at scale Rodas-Moya, Santiago Giudici, Francesca M. Mudyahoto, Bho Birol, Ekin Kodish, Stephen R. Lachat, Carl Abreu, Taymara C. Melse-Boonstra, Alida van het Hof, Karin H. Brouwer, Inge D. Osendarp, Saskia Feskens, Edith J. M. Front Nutr Nutrition Sound monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems are needed to inform effective biofortification program management and implementation. Despite the existence of M&E frameworks for biofortification programs, the use of indicators, metrics, methods, and tools (IMMT) are currently not harmonized, rendering the tracking of biofortification programs difficult. We aimed to compile IMMT for M&E of existing biofortification programs and recommend a sub-set of high-level indicators (HLI) for a harmonized global M&E framework. We conducted (1) a mapping review to compile IMMT for M&E biofortification programs; (2) semi-structured interviews (SSIs) with biofortification programming experts (and other relevant stakeholders) to contextualize findings from step 1; and (3) compiled a generic biofortification program Theory of Change (ToC) to use it as an analytical framework for selecting the HLI. This study revealed diversity in seed systems and crop value chains across countries and crops, resulting in differences in M&E frameworks. Yet, sufficient commonalities between implementation pathways emerged. A set of 17 HLI for tracking critical results along the biofortification implementation pathway represented in the ToC is recommended for a harmonized global M&E framework. Further research is needed to test, revise, and develop mechanisms to harmonize the M&E framework across programs, institutions, and countries. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9607891/ /pubmed/36313073 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.963748 Text en Copyright © 2022 Rodas-Moya, Giudici, Mudyahoto, Birol, Kodish, Lachat, Abreu, Melse-Boonstra, van het Hof, Brouwer, Osendarp and Feskens. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Nutrition
Rodas-Moya, Santiago
Giudici, Francesca M.
Mudyahoto, Bho
Birol, Ekin
Kodish, Stephen R.
Lachat, Carl
Abreu, Taymara C.
Melse-Boonstra, Alida
van het Hof, Karin H.
Brouwer, Inge D.
Osendarp, Saskia
Feskens, Edith J. M.
Critical review of indicators, metrics, methods, and tools for monitoring and evaluation of biofortification programs at scale
title Critical review of indicators, metrics, methods, and tools for monitoring and evaluation of biofortification programs at scale
title_full Critical review of indicators, metrics, methods, and tools for monitoring and evaluation of biofortification programs at scale
title_fullStr Critical review of indicators, metrics, methods, and tools for monitoring and evaluation of biofortification programs at scale
title_full_unstemmed Critical review of indicators, metrics, methods, and tools for monitoring and evaluation of biofortification programs at scale
title_short Critical review of indicators, metrics, methods, and tools for monitoring and evaluation of biofortification programs at scale
title_sort critical review of indicators, metrics, methods, and tools for monitoring and evaluation of biofortification programs at scale
topic Nutrition
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9607891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36313073
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.963748
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