Monitoring and Evaluation of Agri-Finance & Value-Chain Lending Training Course in Machakos, Kenya
Classroom training in Machakos · next cohort Nov 2, 2026 · from USD 1,600
Lenders, donors and governments are channelling more credit into agriculture through input loans, warehouse receipt finance, outgrower schemes and credit guarantees, yet many cannot show whether that money reaches smallholders, gets repaid or changes farm incomes. Portfolio reports focus on disbursement and arrears, while farmer outcomes go unmeasured. Five days give you the tools to connect the two. You build a theory of change and results framework for a value-chain lending programme, then define indicators at portfolio, enterprise and household level.
Sessions cover portfolio-at-risk, repayment and outreach metrics, disaggregation by gender, youth and farm size, and social performance management. You design baseline and follow-up farmer surveys using tools such as KoboToolbox and ODK, apply results measurement practice drawn from the DCED Standard, and compare evaluation designs including difference-in-differences and contribution analysis to assess additionality. Seasonality, climate shocks and side-selling are treated as measurement problems in their own right. Agricultural finance officers, M&E specialists in banks and microfinance institutions, guarantee fund managers, development partner staff and agribusiness finance teams will apply it immediately. Afterwards you can produce a portfolio and impact dashboard that lenders and donors both trust. Join in the classroom, online or in-house and earn a CPD-accredited certificate.
At a Glance
Training in Machakos, Kenya
Machakos is a county town about an hour south-east of Nairobi, close to JKIA and Konza Technopolis.
More about training in Machakos →- Format
- Classroom, in Machakos
- Duration
- Mon - Fri (5 Days)
- Fee
- USD 1,600 (KES 115,000)
- Next start dates
- Nov 2, 2026, Nov 30, 2026, Dec 28, 2026
- Certificate
- Certificate of Completion
- Nearest airport
- Jomo Kenyatta International (NBO), about an hour by road
- From Nairobi
- About 60 km along Mombasa Road
- Time zone
- East Africa Time (UTC+3)
- Currency
- Kenyan shilling (KES). Fees are listed in USD and KES.
About this course
Finance is widely seen as one of the main constraints on agricultural growth in Africa, and banks, microfinance institutions, SACCOs, agribusinesses and development partners have responded with a growing range of products: seasonal input credit, warehouse receipt and inventory finance, contract farming arrangements, asset leasing and partial credit guarantees. Each claims to reach farmers who were previously excluded and to raise productivity and incomes. Evidencing those claims requires monitoring and evaluation systems that understand both credit risk and farm economics.
The Monitoring and Evaluation of Agri-Finance & Value-Chain Lending Training Course moves from programme logic to proof. Participants first map how value-chain finance works and where results should appear, then set indicators for portfolio quality, outreach, client protection and farmer-level change. The middle of the week focuses on data: loan management system extracts, farmer surveys, mobile data collection and quality checks. The final sessions address evaluation design, attribution and additionality, and the reporting of results to lenders, investors and funders.
Participants work with sample loan portfolio files and survey datasets throughout, and complete an M&E plan for an agri-finance programme of their choice.
Training Objectives
Participants will leave able to:
- Map the flows of credit, produce and payments in a value chain and identify where results should be measured.
- Construct a theory of change and results framework for an agricultural lending or guarantee programme.
- Select portfolio indicators such as portfolio at risk, repayment rate, outreach and average loan size.
- Define farmer and enterprise outcome indicators covering yields, incomes, technology adoption and resilience.
- Design farmer surveys and mobile data collection tools that account for seasonality and recall bias.
- Compare evaluation designs for estimating additionality and impact on borrowers.
- Present portfolio and impact results in dashboards suited to lenders, investors and donors.
What you'll learn
Key Takeaways
You take back to your institution:
- A results framework linking an agri-finance product to portfolio, enterprise and household outcomes.
- An indicator reference sheet with definitions, formulas, data sources and disaggregation.
- A farmer survey instrument ready for adaptation in KoboToolbox or ODK.
- A portfolio monitoring template that tracks PAR, repayment and outreach by value chain and season.
- An evaluation design note setting out how additionality will be assessed.
- A complete M&E plan for an agri-finance programme of your choice.
Training Methodology
Teaching moves between finance and field realities, combining:
- Analysis of anonymised loan portfolio files from agricultural lenders
- Survey design practicals using mobile data collection platforms
- Value-chain mapping exercises for crops and livestock common in the region
- Evaluation design clinics reviewing real programme scenarios
- Group presentations of M&E plans with structured peer feedback
Day 1: Agri-Finance Products and Programme Logic
- Value-chain finance: input credit, warehouse receipts, contract farming and leasing
- Credit guarantees, blended finance and risk-sharing facilities
- Actors and flows of money, produce and information in a value chain
- Theory of change for agricultural lending programmes
- Assumptions, risks and external factors in rural finance
- Exercise: mapping the results chain for a maize or dairy value chain
Day 2: Portfolio and Outreach Indicators
- Portfolio at risk, write-offs and repayment rates
- Outreach, depth and average loan size
- Gender, youth and farm-size disaggregation
- Client protection and social performance indicators
- Seasonal repayment patterns and their effect on indicators
- Lab: calculating indicators from a sample loan portfolio file
Day 3: Farmer and Enterprise Outcomes
- Yields, productivity and gross margin measurement
- Household income, assets and resilience indicators
- Technology adoption and market access measures
- Results measurement for value-chain programmes under the DCED Standard
- Attribution challenges: weather, prices and side-selling
- Workshop: drafting the indicator reference sheet
Day 4: Data Collection, Systems and Quality
- Extracting data from loan management and core banking systems
- Farmer survey design, sampling and recall periods
- Mobile data collection with KoboToolbox and ODK
- Data quality assessments and verification
- Linking portfolio data with survey results while protecting client privacy
- Practical: building and testing a farmer survey form
Day 5: Evaluation, Additionality and Reporting
- Baseline, midline and endline designs
- Difference-in-differences, matched comparison groups and contribution analysis
- Assessing financial and development additionality
- Dashboards and reports for lenders, investors and donors
- Using findings to adjust products and targeting
- Capstone: presenting an M&E plan for an agri-finance programme
The training is relevant to professionals financing or assessing agricultural value chains, for example:
- Agricultural finance and agribusiness relationship officers in banks
- M&E and social performance officers in microfinance institutions and SACCOs
- Managers of credit guarantee funds and blended finance facilities
- Programme officers in development partners and impact investors
- Value-chain and market systems development advisers
- Planning staff in agriculture ministries and development banks
- Finance and outgrower managers in agribusinesses and cooperatives
- Researchers and consultants evaluating rural finance programmes
Participants earn a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion issued by Vision Reach Global Consultancy by attending all five days and completing the portfolio lab, survey practical and final M&E plan.
Choose Where You Want to Learn
Monitoring and Evaluation of Agri-Finance & Value-Chain Lending Training Course Venues
KenyaMachakosNext Nov 2· 13 dates$1,600Viewing- KenyaNairobiNext Nov 9· 13 dates$1,500
- KenyaMombasaNext Oct 26· 13 dates$1,600
- KenyaNaivashaNext Nov 2· 13 dates$1,500
- KenyaKisumuNext Oct 26· 13 dates$1,500
UgandaKampalaNext Nov 2· 13 dates$1,900
RwandaKigaliNext Oct 26· 13 dates$1,900
TanzaniaArushaNext Nov 9· 13 dates$1,900- TanzaniaDodomaNext Oct 26· 13 dates$1,800
- TanzaniaDar es SalaamNext Oct 26· 13 dates$2,000
- TanzaniaZanzibarNext Nov 16· 13 dates$2,600
NigeriaLagosNext Nov 16· 13 dates$2,800- NigeriaAbujaNext Nov 9· 13 dates$2,800
South AfricaPretoriaNext Nov 2· 13 dates$3,200- South AfricaJohannesburgNext Nov 2· 13 dates$3,400
- South AfricaCape TownNext Oct 26· 13 dates$3,800
UAEDubaiNext Oct 26· 13 dates$3,800
GhanaAccraNext Nov 16· 13 dates$4,500
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Frequently Asked Questions About Monitoring and Evaluation of Agri-Finance & Value-Chain Lending Training Course in Machakos
Everything you need to know about this course before you register.
Monitoring and Evaluation of Agri-Finance & Value-Chain Lending Training Course runs as classroom training in Machakos, Kenya, in Monday-to-Friday cohorts that start every four weeks. The venue, daily timings and joining details are sent in your Joining Instructions email ahead of the start date.
The next Machakos cohort starts on November 2, 2026, and a new intake follows every four weeks. Pick a date under "Upcoming sessions in Machakos" above and click Register; your seat is confirmed once payment or a signed purchase order is received.
The classroom fee for Monitoring and Evaluation of Agri-Finance & Value-Chain Lending Training Course in Machakos is USD 1,600 per delegate, covering tuition and course materials. Register 3 or more delegates together and a 5% team discount is applied automatically.
Yes. Besides Machakos, Monitoring and Evaluation of Agri-Finance & Value-Chain Lending Training Course runs as classroom training in Nairobi, Mombasa, Naivasha, and Kisumu. It also runs as live online training you can join from anywhere in Kenya, and in-house at your organisation's own premises.
Yes — Monitoring and Evaluation of Agri-Finance & Value-Chain Lending Training Course can be delivered at your offices in Machakos or at a venue you choose, on dates that suit your team, with case studies tailored to your sector. Message our training advisors to request a proposal.
By the end of the Monitoring and Evaluation of Agri-Finance & Value-Chain Lending programme, you'll be able to map the flows of credit, produce and payments in a value chain and identify where results should be measured, construct a theory of change and results framework for an agricultural lending or guarantee programme, select portfolio indicators such as portfolio at risk, repayment rate, outreach and average loan size, and define farmer and enterprise outcome indicators covering yields, incomes, technology adoption and resilience. The full breakdown of topics is covered session by session in the Course Outline tab above.
The training is relevant to professionals financing or assessing agricultural value chains, for example: Agricultural finance and agribusiness relationship officers in banks, M&E and social performance officers in microfinance institutions and SACCOs, Managers of credit guarantee funds and blended finance facilities, Programme officers in development partners and impact investors, Value-chain and market systems development advisers, Planning staff in agriculture ministries and development banks, Finance and outgrower managers in agribusinesses and cooperatives, and Researchers and consultants evaluating rural finance programmes.
Monitoring and Evaluation of Agri-Finance & Value-Chain Lending Training Course typically runs as 5 Days. It's available as in-person classroom, live virtual, and in-house corporate training — every course can also be delivered on-site for your team on dates that suit you.
Yes — delegates who meet the attendance requirement receive a Certificate of Completion for Monitoring and Evaluation of Agri-Finance & Value-Chain Lending Training Course from Vision Reach Global Consultancy, issued in the name you register with, so double-check the spelling at checkout.
Monitoring and Evaluation of Agri-Finance & Value-Chain Lending Training Course is pitched at intermediate professionals. If you're unsure whether it's the right fit for your current role or background, message our training advisors before you register and they'll help you confirm.
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