Evaluation report of the livestock feed production and utilization project

Although the PM believes that the composition of the evaluation team and the short duration of the evaluation resulted in an evaluation lacking the desired depth and understanding, he feels that many of the recommendations are useful. Of the 40 recommendations made by the evaluation team, approximately half are considered valid and are being or will be implemented, e.g., establishment of a Seed Growers' Association. Of the others, some, according to the PM, are based on misunderstood or faulty information. For example, even though the project is -- contrary to the impression received by the evaluation team -- only secondarily concerned with livestock production, needs in the latter area require an M.S. not in nutrition, but in animal husbandry. Again, while the PM supports the need to continue the two training seminars, he feels they should encompass the project's entire subject matter, not just livestock. The evaluation team recommends that free inputs demonstrations be discontinued with larger private dairy farms and that demonstrations be held with herders owning 25 or fewer sheep. In response, the PM points out that free inputs to larger private dairy farms have not been general practice and that the average size of the flock within the integrated farm program is 18 head.