Mid-Term Evaluation of Performance Enhancement Programme for the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock for Better Service Delivery to Farmers (PEP II) (2020)

The Performance Enhancement Programme II (PEP II) is a Euro 10 Million initiative with a five-year implementation period from May 2016 to July 2021. It follows a similar 10th EDF Performance Enhancement Programme. PEP II is part of the EU 11th EDF 2014-20 National Indicative programme for Zambia which emphasises agriculture as one of three focal sectors. Southern and Luapula are selected as pilot provinces for PEP II activities before they are rolled out country wide.

The Mid-Term Evaluation provides an assessment of the results achieved to date and make recommendations so that the programme can achieve, as much as possible, its goals as stated in the programming documents. It will also identify impediments to the efficient and effective implementation of the programme to date and make recommendation to overcome or circumvent these impediments in the most prudent manner possible. The Mid-Term Evaluation will establish the impact of the suspension of activities implemented under the Multi Annual Programme Estimate on the achievement of objectives. It will also establish whether the split to two ministries (MOA and MFL) had an effect on the performance of the Action.