Abstract:

Hybrid sweet potatoes have been a target crop in improving the livelihoods of farming communities through diverting and aiming to produce the crop for subsistence and for commercial purposes, however, this is still far from being realized. The crop is mostly produced by farmers in the sub-county for subsistence purposes by a big percentage of the peasants. Currently; efforts to raise awareness in the crop to be embraced by all stakeholders in the agricultural sector as a commercial crop are still low with most of them unaware of such initiatives. This study therefore sought to establish the influence of project implementation process on performance of hybrid sweet potato projects in Kenya: A case of Njoro Sub-County, Nakuru County, and the moderating effect of monitoring and evaluation practices on the relationship between the two variables. The study also sought to examine how capacity building, stakeholder’s engagement and utilization of extension services influence the performance of hybrid sweet potato projects in Njoro sub-County. The study further sought to establish the combined influence of project implementation process on performance of hybrid sweet potato projects in Njoro sub-County; to determine the extent to which monitoring and evaluation practices influence performance of hybrid sweet potato projects in Njoro sub-County; and to establish the moderating effect of project monitoring and evaluation practices on the relationship between project implementation and performance of hybrid sweet potato projects in Njoro sub-County