Final Evaluation of “Progressive Control of Peste des Petits Ruminants in Pakistan”
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In June 2017, the three and a half year project “Progressive Control of Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) in Pakistan” (GCP/PAK/127/USA) was completed. The purpose of this final evaluation is to analyse project achievements in their context, draw lessons for planners and recommend future actions that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Pakistan should take to accelerate the progressive control of the PPR disease in the country. The context of th e project was that PPR, which is a fatal and economically damaging infectious disease of sheep and goats, was widespread and prevalent throughout the country at a time when Pakistan was joining a specific progressive control pathway (PCP) to limit and eventually eradicate the infection. The project’s expected overall impact was to improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers by curtailing their losses from PPR. This would be achieved by implementing activities to curtail the spread of PPR in P akistan and mitigate its negative impacts on small ruminant-based livelihoods. Three main outputs were expected to contribute significantly to this: enhanced capacity for laboratory diagnosis and vaccine production; improved field surveillance for PPR; and demonstrations of effective control through vaccination in different animal husbandry systems and different locations of the country. The evaluation questions focused on whether the project successfully delivered its results in terms of improv ed diagnosis, surveillance and vaccination – the essential tools for Pakistan to begin its journey along the PCP. The evaluation team visited laboratories and veterinary offices, and interviewed and held discussions with veterinary staff and smallholder farmers in several provinces. This provided opportunity to gather information and opinion from these beneficiaries to correlate with reports and other information provided by the project.