Evaluation and Impact Assessment of Technologies and Developmental Activities in Agriculture, Fisheries, and Allied Fields

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Methods , tool and techniques for evaluation and impact assessment of development programme/Ajit Kumar Roy. 2. PRA techniques in evaluation and impact assessment of R&D Projects/K. Ponnusamy. 3. Logical framework approach: an important key for project monitoring, evaluation and impact analysis/Biswarup Saha. 4. A study of growth pattern and technological impact on pulse production in Uttar Pradesh/B.V.S. Sisodia and M.K. Sharma. 5. Assessment of impact of investment in collaborative integrated research in freshwater fish biodiversity for conservation and sustainability of fisheries in India/S.P. Singh. 6. Impact of crop diversification on agricultural output and employment during post economic liberalization period in Uttar Pradesh/A.D. Upadhyay and R.P. Lawania. 7. Information management for integrated rehabilitation of Tsunami affected people through technological intervention in Andaman and Nicobar Islands/M. Balakrishnan, N. Ravisankar, S. Jeyakumar and R.C. Srivastava. 8. An overview of socio-economic impact of cashew production and implicative strategies/R. Venkattakumar. 9. A study on the impact of socio-economic and farm specific variables on technical efficiency of aquaculture farms of Andhra Pradesh/G.P. Reddy, M.N. Reddy and Bala Prakash. 10. Remote sensing techniques for estimation and impact assessment in aquaculture/M. Jayanthi. 11. Need for conservation of coastal zone vegetation with reference to mangroves for environmental and socio-economic balance in coastal area of India/Kumundranjan Naskar. 12. Assessment of impact of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) on ecology and socio-economy/R.N. Mandal, R,. Bar, D.N. Chattopadhyay and A.K. Datta. 13. Estimation of growth of shrimp farming in India a nonparametric regression approach/C. Sarada, M. Krishnana, Prajneshu and K.P. Chandran. 14. Assessment of importance of live food on freshwater ornamental fish farming/K.N. Mohanta. 15. Impact of fluxomics to future research in bioinformatics and systems biology/Meena Misra and Amarendra Narayan Misra. 16. Impact of medical informatics on healthcare/Ajit Kumar Roy, Vikramjit Poddar and Anjan Roy. 17. Impact assessment of information and communication technology on food grain production in India/Anil Rai, K.K. Chaturvedi, V.K. Bharia and V. Ramasubramanian. 18. Assessment of status of agricultural insurance in India/Satyabrata Pal and Subhabaha Pal. 19. Programme evaluation of Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yogana (SGSY) in Orissa/Narayan Chandra Pani and Nirupama Panda. 20. Agro-ecosystem analysis and impact assessment of technological interventions: a case study/B.K. Chand. Annexures. Index.

"The book entitled 'Evaluation and Impact Assessment of Technologies and Developmental Activities in Agriculture, Fisheries and Allied Fields' is aimed to cater tot he growing demand of Impact Evaluation (IE) studies as the primary purpose of Impact Assessment (IA) is to estimate the magnitude and distribution of changes in outcome and impact indicators among the target population and to assess the extent to which these changes can be attributed to the interventions being evaluated.

The book, probably first of its kind in the country spreads over twenty chapters contributed by the subject matter specialist and practitioners working in various fields contain both methodology and analytical issues of IA. Chapters on basis impact assessment methodologies like PRA techniques, logical framework approach for project monitoring, evaluation and impact analysis with latest available economic, financial, social, environmental, and MDG indicators are also highlighted. Case studies on technological impact on agro-ecosystem, pulse production, crop diversification on agricultural output and integrated rehabilitation of Tsunami affected people in Andaman and Nicobar Islands are also available. Most importantly socio-economic impact of cashew production, shrimp farming, aquaculture production, conservation of ecology of coastal zone vegetation with reference to Mangroves and water hyacinth are contributed by renewed experts. Case studies on assessment of ICT, remote sensing fluxomics and agricultural insurance on future crop production in India are of significance. Programme evaluation of Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yogana (SGSY) is of important for those involved in such projects.

The book contains complete list glossary on IA, list of IA studies conducted in India by Programme Evaluation Organisation of Planning Commission, sector wide priority indicators for agriculture and rural development which will serve as a ready references."