Influence of Stakeholder Participation in Utilization of Monitoring and Evaluation Results on the Performance of Fish Farming Projects in Kenya
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 9
Abstract
This study, sought to establish the influence of stakeholder participation in utilization of Monitoring and Evaluation results on the performance of fish farming projects in Kenya, a case of Economic Fish farming projects Nyeri County. This study was guided by a pragmatic research paradigm for a mixed research method in a concurrent parallel research design. The study targeted the eight fish farming projects funded by the Economic Stimulus programme in Nyeri County. The target population was1198 project participants. The sample size was 271 respondents comprising of 247 farmers, 4 project managers and 24 committee members obtained through purposive and stratified random sampling techniques. Structured questionnaires were administered to collect quantitative data while focus group discussions were conducted to collect qualitative data. The instruments were tested for validity and reliability through the content validity index (CVI=0.833) and the Cronbach Alpha‟ s index (a=0.795) for reliability. Regression models were used to analyse quantitative data while qualitative data was analysed using content analysis. The study found out that the level of stakeholder participation in utilization of Monitoring and Evaluation results was average (M=3.43).The study established a significant influence of stakeholder participation in utilization of M&E results (t=14.20, p<0.05) on performance of fish farming projects. The study recommends that fish farming projects should increase utilization of M&E results so as ensure better performance of fish farming projects. The study provides a stakeholder participation model for strengthening the performance of fish farming projects.
Authors and Affiliations
Paul Kiumbe,, Lydiah Wambugu. ,, Stephen Luketero
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