The course series "Social analysis for inclusive agrifood investments" is designed to provide a diverse audience with the approaches, methods and tools necessary to integrate social dimensions into the design, implementation, monitoring
and evaluation of agrifood investments.
The course series consists of the following courses:
Introductory course
Social analysis for inclusive agrifood investments – Introduction
This is an introduction to a series of three courses designed to provide a diverse audience with the approaches, methods and tools necessary to integrate social dimensions into the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of agrifood investments. This introductory course provides an overview of social analysis and describes its importance in understanding the root causes of poverty, vulnerability and the risks of social exclusion in the context of global efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. It also discusses the challenges of making investments in agrifood systems more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient. Finally, it illustrates how the series of courses is organized, by providing an overview of the contents covered by each course.
Course 1
Social analysis for inclusive agrifood investments – Managers
This is the first in a series of three courses designed to provide a diverse audience with the approaches, methods and tools necessary to integrate social dimensions into the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of agrifood investments. Specifically, this course covers the management aspects of social analysis and aims to sensitize managers to the role and importance of social analysis in the design of agrifood projects and programmes. It also provides guidance on how to integrate social analysis effectively into the investment process.
Course 2
Social analysis for inclusive agrifood investments – Practitioners
This is the second in a series of three courses, designed to provide a diverse audience with the approaches, methods and tools necessary to integrate social dimensions into the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of agrifood investments. In particular, this course provides guidance to practitioners on how to conduct social analysis to enhance the inclusiveness of agrifood investments. It describes the conceptual framework, the methodology, the tools and the concrete tasks for conducting the analysis and incorporating its findings into investment projects.
Course 3
Social analysis for inclusive agrifood investments – Field experts
This is the third in a series of courses designed to provide a diverse audience with the approaches, methods and tools necessary to integrate social dimensions into the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of agrifood investments. This course aims to assist social analysts/field practitioners in generating primary data, using qualitative methods that can help to draw a detailed picture of the local social context where investments are being planned or implemented. It also explains what information would typically need to be collected through field visits at district and community levels, and how to collect and analyse it to meet the immediate needs of a mission’s objectives.
Depending on the interest of learners, the self-paced course series can be completed as a whole, or as individual courses (or lessons), taken independently.
Throughout the course series, references are made to specific courses or lessons where certain subjects are covered more extensively. Each course takes the learner step-by-step through real-life scenarios using interactive screens, and is complemented by exercises and links to additional material and websites for further reading.