Influence of Result Based Monitoring and Evaluation Impact Process on Households’ Food Security in Muranga’s County, Kenya

Monitoring and evaluation process helps improve performance and achieve results. The Monitoring and Evaluation Impact process helps in the evaluation of activities such types of food produced; Number of trained households’ farmers; Availability of marketing Linkages for households; Achievement of the mission of farming project and evaluate extent of irrigation systems and any gaps realized in the process. Its goal improves current and future management of outputs, outcomes and impact. This study aims at establishing how Result Based Monitoring and Evaluation impact process influences households’ food security. Descriptive survey design was used. The sample size comprised 371 households, 7 local leaders, and 4 agricultural extensions officers. The result shows a positive and significant effect of Result Based Monitoring and Evaluation Impact process (R= .508, R2 =.258 and p<0.05). The study found strong relationship between Result Based Monitoring and Evaluation Impact process and household’s food security (R= .675). Coefficient of determination (R² =.455) indicates that Result Based Monitoring and Evaluation Impact process explain 45.5% of variation in household’s food security. This relationship was also found to be significant (F=265.601, p<0.05). The study recommends that Policy makers should ensure that public institutions and other implementing agencies adopt the right result based monitoring and evaluation processes that support food security at household level.