Agriculture, irrigation and rural development

Agricultural programme evaluation, value-chain studies, hydro-agricultural development, farm surveys and agricultural advisory systems: EMK Consulting mobilises agro-economists, rural engineering experts and field enumerators.

International advisory team reviewing technical and strategic plans — Expertise assembled around the mandate

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Understanding the challenge

Moroccan agricultural programmes — hydro-agricultural development, small and medium-scale irrigation, value-chain development, agricultural advisory services — mobilise significant public and donor financing and require rigorous evaluations combining agro-economics, rural engineering and field surveys. Our approach connects production data, farm surveys, economic analysis and an institutional reading of support schemes.

Frame

Objectives, scope, governance

Analyse

Data, documents, benchmarks

Field

Interviews, surveys, visits

Recommend

Findings, scenarios, costing

Transfer

Debrief, tools, capabilities

How we can support

Agricultural and rural programme evaluation

Hydro-agricultural development, small and medium-scale irrigation, value-chain and farmer-support programmes: mid-term, final and impact evaluations.

Value-chain and sector studies

Crop and livestock value-chain diagnostics, competitiveness, processing, aggregation, marketing and market integration.

Irrigation and agricultural water management

Studies and evaluations of irrigation schemes, water-saving programmes, conversion to drip irrigation and water-user association governance.

Agricultural and socio-economic surveys

Farm and rural household surveys: sampling, questionnaires, field data collection, technology adoption and income measurement.

Agricultural advisory and producer organisations

Evaluation and structuring of advisory systems, support to cooperatives, producer groups and interprofessional bodies.

Agricultural strategies and policies

Support to national and regional strategies, agricultural plans, food security, sustainability and climate adaptation.

What the assignment should enable

Defensible evaluations

Findings grounded in production data, farm surveys and economic analysis of support schemes.

Genuine field insight

Enumerator and expert teams mobilised across irrigation schemes, villages and producer organisations.

Operational recommendations

Costed scenarios to adjust programme targeting, governance and financing.

Questions commonly addressed