MSSRF is the monitoring partner in a project led by WorldFish to promote fishery for nutrition security in Odisha. The project is underway in seven blocks across three districts of Odisha: Jagatsinghpur and Naugaon blocks in Jagatsinghpur district; Khaira and Soro blocks in Balasore district; and Gopabandhu Nagar, Khunta and Kaptipada in Mayurbhanj district.
A 4-day workshop on ‘Monitoring and Evaluation’ for the WorldFish staff working on the project was organized in July 2019. The objective was to revise the theory of change (ToC) of the project in line with ongoing activities and develop the indicators for monitoring. Resource persons from an external agency, Association for Stimulating Know-how (ASK), facilitated the conduct of the workshop. Based on the revised ToC, logframe and project output and outcome indicators were finalized. This helped firm up the indicators for regular monitoring. WorldFish had reached 748 households across the three districts in 2 years. A sample of 26 per cent or 195 households was drawn from this, using stratified random sampling technique, for regular monitoring of activities. In addition to individual ponds, fishery is also being promoted in community-managed ponds. Two community ponds from each district have also been listed for regular monitoring. Three educated local youth from each district have been engaged as volunteers and given training to monitor the activities and collect data on a regular basis. Each volunteer has been assigned a set number of households and community ponds to monitor. Data is recorded in the pond-monitoring book designed by WorldFish. The monitoring report for the 6-month period October 2019–March 2020 covering pre-stock management, stocking and post-stock management has been submitted.
