Feed the Future Senegal: Naatal Mbay 2015-2019

The datasets contained in this data asset were generated through the Feed the Future Senegal Naatal May project, an agricultural market systems development project from 2015-2019. Naatal Mbay worked with 120+ producer organizations across the irrigated rice, rainfed rice, maize, and millet value chains though a data collection system for monitoring and evaluation data that relied on engaging farmers and field agents of partner producer networks as active members of a data collection/feedback loop. Producer networks were trained to collect data and to use it to better plan and manage their own activities while also providing data for the project performance indicators. The producer networks used a set of data management tools established and validated through a close participatory process during the predecessor Projet Croissance Economique project with technical team and partner networks across different value chains. Excel spreadsheets, GIS software, and a CommCare-based mobile data collection application were used to generate agricultural input (fertilizer, seeds) requirements and crop forecasts, track field activities, map farms, and organize harvests. The databases contain information on the producer members, partner producer organizations of the project, monitoring of agronomic activities of plots, financing, marketing, and rainfall data. The databases were audited by Naatal Mbay’s M&E staff and aggregated for the project's key performance indicators.