Global programs / Technical and Operational Performance Support (TOPS)
<div>A pilot Postharvest Training and Services Center (PTSC) was launched in October <span style="font-size: 10pt;">2012 in Arusha, Tanzania as part of a United States Agency for International Development </span><span… DEC abstract (PA-00M-RB1)
Key awd:OAA-A-10-00006
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<div>A pilot Postharvest Training and Services Center (PTSC) was launched in October <span style="font-size: 10pt;">2012 in Arusha, Tanzania as part of a United States Agency for International Development </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(USAID) funded project. The five key components of the PTSC are (1) training of </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">postharvest trainers, (2) postharvest training and demonstrations for local small scale </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">clientele, (3) adaptive research, (4) postharvest services, and (5) retail sales of postharvest </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">tools and supplies. During the years of 2011–2012, a one year e-learning program was </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">provided to 36 young horticultural professionals from seven Sub-Saharan African countries. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">These postharvest specialists went on to train more than 13,000 local farmers, extension </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">workers, food processors, and marketers in their home countries in the year following </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">completion of their cours
Source: DEC abstract, PA-00M-RB1 (2015). This is the source's own text, not a cited summary of the documents.
Operated in: Africa, Asia, Syria, Sahel, Congo Democratic Republic, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Nepal, Pakistan, Haiti, Tanzania, Jordan, Malawi, Zambia, Africa South of Sahara, Ethiopia, Ukraine, Niger, Ghana, Lebanon, Turkey, Nicaragua, South Asia, Burundi, Southeast Asia, Mozambique.
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
not in the map yet: no district, region or facility is named for this program yet; only Malawi and Guatemala have place data so far
No district, region or facility is named in this program's documents yet. Place dots exist for Malawi and Guatemala only so far. Towns and natural features are not drawn.
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: global. Set by the countries the program's documents name most often. Medium confidence.
How sure we are: 0.667.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Save the Children (U.S.) | implementer | 2013 to 2023 | Stated in a document | 118 sources |
| Mercy Corps | implementer | 2016 to 2023 | Stated in a document | 112 sources |
Identifiers of the awards and the organizations that funded it. Amounts are under Money. Source: award records
Basis: read from a record field
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| OAA-A-10-00006 (cooperative agreement, FY2010) | 2013 to 2023 | Stated in a document | 147 sources |
| 72DFFP18LA00003 (leader with associates, FY2018) | 2018 to 2023 | Stated in a document | 64 sources |
Labels on the program's documents, not a description of what the program did. Source: DEC document tags
Sector profile (computed): Agriculture: crop production, inputs, pests, irrigation 32%; Economic opportunity (microenterprise, jobs, skills, poverty reduction) 7%; Disaster readiness, prevention and recovery 6%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-term evaluation of the technical and operational performance support (TOPS) program, cooperative agreement no. AID-OAA-A-10-00006 | 2013 | PA-00M-FSN | linked as an evaluation of this program |
| Paquet de Gestion des Connaissance et de Suivi Evaluation | 2017 | PA-00W-S4Z | evaluation-stage document (eval other, weak classifier) |
| Technical and operational performance support (TOPS) program : summative evaluation final report | 2019 | PA-00W-468 | linked as an evaluation of this program |
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
| Child Survival Collaborations and Resources Group (CORE Group) |
| implementer |
| 2013 to 2018 |
| Stated in a document |
| 16 sources |
| Food for the Hungry, Inc. (FHI) | implementer | 2013 to 2018 | Stated in a document | 10 sources |
| TANGO International Inc. | implementer | 2013 to 2018 | Stated in a document | 9 sources |
| The TOPS Program | implementer | 2013 to 2016 | Stated in a document | 7 sources |
| Save the Children | implementer | 2013 to 2018 | Stated in a document | 4 sources |
| Project Concern International (PCI) | implementer | 2014 | Stated in a document | 3 sources |
| Name | Role | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land O'Lakes, Inc. | implementer | 2015 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
| CARE International | implementer | 2017 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
| International Medical Corps | implementer | 2016 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
| ACDI/VOCA | implementer | 2014 to 2016 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
| World Vision Relief Organization | implementer | 2014 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Catholic Relief Services (CRS) | implementer | 2014 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| TechnoServe | implementer | 2016 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Lutheran World Relief (LWR) | implementer | 2014 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| GOAL | implementer | 2015 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| CARE USA | implementer | 2015 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| University Research Co., LLC (URC) | implementer | 2017 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| World Food Logistics Organization (WFLO) | implementer | 2015 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| AgriTechTalk CIC | implementer | 2014 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| The Electronic Cash Transfer Learning Action Network | implementer | 2016 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| The Ethiopia Home Garden Network | implementer | 2016 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Global Water Initiative | implementer | 2017 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth | implementer | 2016 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| RECO Industries LTD | implementer | 2017 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| WI-HER | implementer | 2015 | 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.
| 2015 |
| Stated in a document |
| 3 sources |
| 72DFFP18LA00001 (leader with associates, FY2018) | 2019 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| 72DFFP18LA00005 (leader with associates, FY2018) | 2019 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
Basis: read from a record field
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| USAID. Ofc. of Food for Peace (FFP) | 2013 to 2019 | Stated in a document | 76 sources |
| USAID. Bur. for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) | 2018 to 2023 | Stated in a document | 66 sources |
| AID-OAA-A-10-00006 | 2014 to 2016 | Stated in a document | 3 sources |
| USAID. Mission to Senegal | 2015 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2015 | Stated in a document read from a record field | 1 source |
| 2021 |
| PA-00Z-HR1 |
| evaluation-stage document (eval other, weak classifier) |
| Évaluation finale de SCALE (2022) Résumé des enseignements tirés | 2022 | PA-00Z-Q1C | evaluation-stage document (eval final, weak classifier) |
| Évaluation de l’agriculture résiliente de l’Approche Colline, Food Security Project, RDC | 2022 | PA-00Z-Q3G | evaluation-stage document (eval other, weak classifier) |
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