IFAD CONDUCTS MID-TERM REVIEW OF THE ATMI-ASEAN PROJECT
March 8 2019, Jakarta, Indonesia
Photo Credit: SEARCA
The mid-term review of the project funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) titled Agricultural Transformation and Market Integration in the ASEAN Region: Responding to Food Security and Inclusiveness Concerns (ATMI-ASEAN) was carried out by Dr. Fabrizio Bresciani, IFAD Lead Regional Economist of the Asia and the Pacific Division, on 8 March 2019 at the ASEAN Secretariat. The meeting was attended by the project implementers, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) led by Dr. Pramod Kumar Joshi, Director of IFPRI-South Asia, and the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) led by Dr. Pedcris M. Orencio, Program Head, Research and Development Department (RDD).
The mid-term review also served as the second supervision mission of the project. The objective was to assess the project's progress against its deliverables, discuss the plans for the remaining years of implementation, and decide about the overall program management. The first mission was conducted in 2018 where IFAD issued an aide-memoire to provide guidance to the project implementers in designing the annual work plan and budget (AWPB) for the ensuing project year.
