Regional programs / COWAN
Gardening, a small-scale enterprise which provides sustenance during drought and the dry season, has become an integral part of development efforts in Niger. DEC abstract (PN-ABM-085)
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The one-paragraph answer: years, implementer, funder and purpose, each from document metadata.
Gardening, a small-scale enterprise which provides sustenance during drought and the dry season, has become an integral part of development efforts in Niger. This report examines the efforts of U.S. PVO's and Nigerien NGO's to support gardening activities in the country. Section one discusses: (1) the political, environmental, and organizational role of NGO's; and (2) gardening, first introduced into Niger by returning migrant workers, missionaries, and Peace Corps volunteers in the late 1960's and the 1970's. Section two presents a series of mini case studies of various gardening efforts in Niger, giving consideration to the Maradi School Garden Project (sponsored by Church World Services), Lutheran World Relief, l'Association des Puisatiers de la Republique du Niger, Africare, Innovations and Reseaux pour le Developpement, Winrock International, the Peace Corps, and the Irrigated Wheat project at Lake Madarounfa. Section three discusses the positive impact of NGO's on the evolution of gardening in the country, as well as NGO relationships with both PVO's and gardeners; it is suggested that NGO's adopt a more participatory approach and work directly with villagers rather than with
Source: DEC abstract, PN-ABM-085 (1992). This is the source's own text, not a cited summary of the documents.
Operated in: Africa South of Sahara, Mali, Ghana, Sudan, Senegal, Botswana, Somalia, Nigeria, Kenya, Chad, Uganda, Burundi, Mozambique, Liberia, Sahel, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Southern Hemisphere, East Africa, Malawi, Niger, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Districts, regions and facilities the program's own documents name, with what the document says it did there. Source: sentences in the program's documents
Districts, regions and facilities named in the program's own documents, not verified sites. Place dots exist for Malawi and Guatemala only so far.
Sample Built from district names in Malawi documents while the full place data loads; it is not yet the finished place list.
Solid: the documents describe the program's work there. Faint: named in the program's documents. Bigger means more mentions. Shown: district; squares are facilities.
Countries where this program operated, set by the countries its documents name most often. Countries only tagged on documents are listed apart. Source: document tags, scope rule
Scope: regional. How the scope was set is not described yet. High confidence.
How sure we are: 0.9.
When the program ran, from its start year to the latest document year. A hatched bar means the start is our estimate. Source: award and document years
Axis: award years, end from years in documents. The start year comes from award fiscal year; the end is the latest document year, so the program may have run longer.
Who started the program, and which administration it began under. Timing only; it does not say who started it. Source: initiative records, start year
Organizations that ran this program, from award records and document authors. Prime and sub roles are not split yet. Source: award and document records
Named as an institutional author on documents; whether prime, sub or consortium member is not recorded. Basis: read from a record field
| Name | Role | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Datex, Inc. | implementer | 1990 to 1992 | Stated in a document | 9 sources |
| Comite de Coordination des Actions des ONG | implementer | 1990 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
Identifiers of the awards and the organizations that funded it. Amounts are under Money. Source: award records
Basis: read from a record field
Labels on the program's documents, not a description of what the program did. Source: DEC document tags
Sector profile (computed): Civil society 38%; Good governance 20%; Program management, planning and administration 10%
DEC topic and subject tags. They describe the documents, not what the program was. Each tag opens its evidence in the drawer.
Programs worth reading next, by topic, implementer, country and years. Similar by facets (topic, implementer, country, years) and, when available, description. It says the programs look alike, not how they are related in time. Source: catalog facets
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Studies that assessed this program, and the lessons taken from them. Source: linked evaluation documents
| Title | Year | Document | Why listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| AID grant no. AFR-0526-G-00-0049-00 to OEF International for a collaborative project with GAPVOD (the Ghana Association of PVOs in Development) to assist women's institutional development needs | 1990 | PD-FCK-544 | linked as an evaluation of this program |
| AID grant no. AFR-0526-G-00-1135-00 to Save the Children/USA to support three training sessions involving the planning, implementing, and evaluation of community development projects in Kadiana, Mali | 1991 | PD-FCV-235 | linked as an evaluation of this program |
| AID grant no. AFR-0526-G-00-1107-00 to the International Eye Foundation (IEF) for a collaborative program with Des Amities Belgo-Burundaises to launch a national prevention of blindness program in Burundi | 1991 | PD-FCU-692 |
Not recorded yet: support mechanisms, money rows. A missing record is not a finding. USAspending records start in FY2007; earlier obligations are missing, not zero.
Every document that cites this program, grouped by a stage label from a weak classifier. Source: document library
| World Education, Inc. | implementer | 1994 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Young Women's Christian Association | implementer | 1992 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Centre for Community Studies, Action and Development | implementer | 1992 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Tototo Home Industries | implementer | 1994 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
None recorded. Evaluation studies linked to this program are listed under Evaluations and lessons.
None recorded for this program. A counterpart appears only when a document names the government body and its role.
| 1990 |
| Stated in a document |
| 1 source |
| AFR-0526-G-0043 (grant, fiscal year not recorded) | 1990 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| AFR-0526-G-0046 (grant, fiscal year not recorded) | 1990 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| AFR-0526-G-0049 (grant, fiscal year not recorded) | 1990 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| AFR-0526-G-0066 (grant, fiscal year not recorded) | 1990 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| AFR-0526-G-1033 (grant, fiscal year not recorded) | 1991 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| AFR-0526-G-1034 (grant, fiscal year not recorded) | 1991 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| AFR-0526-G-1050 (grant, fiscal year not recorded) | 1991 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| AFR-0526-G-1053 (grant, fiscal year not recorded) | 1991 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| AFR-0526-G-1056 (grant, fiscal year not recorded) | 1991 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| AFR-0526-G-1067 (grant, fiscal year not recorded) | 1991 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| AFR-0526-G-1072 (grant, fiscal year not recorded) | 1991 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| AFR-0526-G-1075 (grant, fiscal year not recorded) | 1991 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| AFR-0526-G-1085 (grant, fiscal year not recorded) | 1991 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| AFR-0526-G-1091 (grant, fiscal year not recorded) | 1991 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| AFR-0526-G-1102 (grant, fiscal year not recorded) | 1991 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| AFR-0526-G-1107 (grant, fiscal year not recorded) | 1991 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| AFR-0526-G-1135 (grant, fiscal year not recorded) | 1991 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| PDC-0085-I-9087 (idiq, fiscal year not recorded) | 1992 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
Basis: read from a record field
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| USAID. Bur. for Africa. Ofc. of Development Planning | 1994 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| USAID. Bur. for Africa. Ofc. of Development Planning | 1990 to 1992 | Stated in a document | 18 sources |
Basis: read from a record field
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa Regional | 1990 to 1994 | Stated in a document | 28 sources |
| Mali | 1990 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
| linked as an evaluation of this program |
| Final evaluation of the private voluntary organization initiatives project (698-0526) | 1992 | PD-ABF-429 | evaluation-stage document (eval final, weak classifier) |
| Partnership initiatives fund (PIF) impact study | 1992 | PN-ABM-086 | evaluation-stage document (eval other, weak classifier) |