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Lesson Learned

Structure evaluation for learning. In Nicaragua, the evaluations were not designed to measure and understand the pathways by which changes in farm income occur.

Structure evaluation for learning. In Nicaragua, the evaluations were not designed to measure and understand the pathways by which changes in farm income occur. In addition, the original assumptions of the program logic did not question the content or duration of training, or the content of technical support to program participants, so these basic questions were not built into the evaluation design. This limited MCC’s ability to learn why changes in farm income are occurring, even though the findings of the evaluation suggest that the type of in-kind financial support and duration of technical services make a difference in adoption over time. In the future, MCC and MCAs will look for opportunities to use impact evaluations to test traditional assumptions about what works and structure evaluations for learning.