Rwandas Climate Adaptation Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning System in the Agriculture Sector: Aims, objectives, and needs

The document outlines the framework for Rwanda's adaptation MEL system, specifically for the agriculture sector. It distinguishes MEL (adaptation) from MRV (mitigation), reviews existing national policies like the Green Growth and Climate Resilience Strategy and the 2020 updated NDC, and details the goals of monitoring progress, evaluating impact, and applying learning to inform policy. It identifies existing data sources, such as the ENR MIS and agricultural surveys, and proposes a way forward focusing on institutional arrangements and data collection processes.

• Rwanda distinguishes between Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) for adaptation and Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) for mitigation. MEL is used for adaptation because it "does not have a common global reference metric" and requires countries to define their own monitoring parameters, whereas MRV uses a "common metric (tonnes of carbon dioxide)" to verify emission reductions.
• The adaptation MEL system is grounded in several national policies, including the Green Growth and Climate Resilience Strategy (GGCRS) updated in 2023, the 2019 National Environment and Climate Change Policy, and the National Strategy for Transformation 2017–2024 (NST-1).
• The primary objectives of the adaptation MEL system, as defined by the updated NDC, are to report progress on adaptation actions, identify relevant global and national indicators, measure impact to confirm change, and identify challenges to inform essential policy changes.
• The system is designed to track non-greenhouse gas impacts, including environmental, social, and economic effects, while ensuring that "gender mainstreaming" is integrated into the sustainable development process.
• Existing data sources that inform the MEL system include the Environment and Natural Resources Management Information System (ENR MIS), Seasonal Agriculture Surveys, Agricultural Household Surveys, and the Baseline Climate Change Vulnerability Index.
• The government has established a legal mandate for adaptation MEL through Ministerial Order No 005/2021, which requires the preparation of a National Report on Climate Change to meet UNFCCC and Paris Agreement reporting requirements.
• The way forward for operationalizing the system in the agriculture sector involves reviewing institutional arrangements, assessing compatibility with the ENR-Result-Based Performance Management system, and exploring synergies with reporting for the SDGs and the Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction.

APA

Tsinda, A., Ntaganda, B., & Cyiza, B. (2023). Rwandas Climate Adaptation Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning System in the Agriculture Sector: Aims, objectives, and needs. NAP Global Network. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/napgn-en-2023-brief-1-rwanda-mel-agriculture-final.pdf

Chicago

Tsinda, Aim, Brenda Ntaganda, and Beatrice Cyiza. Rwandas Climate Adaptation Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning System in the Agriculture Sector: Aims, objectives, and needs. NAP Global Network, 2023. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/napgn-en-2023-brief-1-rwanda-mel-agriculture-final.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{tsinda2023rwandas, author = {Tsinda, Aim and Ntaganda, Brenda and Cyiza, Beatrice}, title = {{Rwandas Climate Adaptation Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning System in the Agriculture Sector: Aims, objectives, and needs}}, institution = {NAP Global Network}, year = {2023}, month = mar, url = {https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/napgn-en-2023-brief-1-rwanda-mel-agriculture-final.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }