PROJECT PLANNING & INVESTMENT ANALYSIS

The Project concept, Principles of project planning & management, Analysis of development projects, Project appraisal techniques (measures of project worth), Project implementation, Monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment, Project management, Project planning matriThis course is designed to introduce learners to the principles and practice of designing, analysing and appraising agricultural development projects.  It lays emphasis on the stages of the project cycle, data collection and tools of planning and analysis.  It also covers application of project planning and analysis to policy and decision – making. It exposes the learner to the context, framework, rationale, and methods of planning and evaluating, as well as management of development projects.Objectives of this course is to enable learners to:

• Gain a sound theoretical understanding of the interrelationships between policy, development, project planning, analyses, implementation and evaluation and to relate this knowledge to current country realities;
• Develop an operational knowledge and know-how of selected methods and techniques of project planning and priority setting, analyses, evaluation and impact assessment; and
• Apply the gained knowledge to operational and local case studies.