Third Party Monitoring of USAID-Funded Agriculture and Food Security Program

i-APS provided Third-Party Monitoring (TPM) of the USAID Food-for-Peace (now Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance) program implemetned by Global Communities from May 2018 to July 2019.

The program focused on bread production, beginning with enhanced local capacity to process wheat flour through the rehabilitation of flour mills and bakeries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Locally-grown wheat was provided to the mills, then distributed, along with yeast, to the rehabilitated bakeries.

Local Councils registered consumer families, while bread distribution agents delivered bread to communities at a subsidized price with the aim of contributing to improvements in food security.

i-APS designed and implemented a context-responsive and
demand-driven third-party monitoring system to provide independent data and
findings to the implementing partner.

The TPM began in May 2018, concluded initially on January 31
2019 and was extended for 6-months to the end of June 2019.

i-APS developed a TPM and verification mechanism that gave GC
key information that was needed monthly to update programing approaches.
Information provided by the i-APS TPM covered relative performance of
contractors independently verifying if rehabilitation activities were
implemented; production issues at specific bakeries; the Local Council family
registration and rationing system; and determining program impacts on bread
production and consumption.

Donor: USAID

Status: Completed