How can monitoring data do more than measure impact? How can it become a tool for learning, decision-making, and strategy?
Join us for a conversation with ANDE Member, Root Capital, an agricultural financier and technical assistance provider with more than 25 years of experience supporting agricultural enterprises and smallholder farmers.
As Root Capital develops its strategy for 2030 and beyond, it is rethinking the role monitoring data can play in its impact journey. Drawing on 25 years of experience designing and operationalizing monitoring systems, this session will explore what Root Capital has learned, the challenges it has encountered, and how it is thinking differently about monitoring for the future.
🗓️ August 27, 2026
đź•— 7:00 – 8:00 PM ICT | 3:00 – 4:00 PM EAT | 8:00 – 9:00 AM ET
Why does this matter?
Monitoring systems generate valuable data but collecting data is only part of the equation. The real opportunity lies in using that data to understand what is working, adapt approaches, inform strategic decisions, and ultimately improve impact.
As organizations navigate increasingly complex development and entrepreneurship ecosystems, there is a growing need to make monitoring systems more useful, actionable, and connected to strategy.
Who should join?
This session is for ecosystem practitioners working across:
- Monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning
- Strategy and organizational development
- Program and portfolio management
- Impact measurement and management
- Entrepreneurship support and development finance
Whether you are designing a monitoring system, looking to make better use of the data you already collect, or thinking about how monitoring can better inform organizational strategy, this conversation offers an opportunity to learn from Root Capital’s experience and exchange perspectives with peers.
What can you expect?
Participants will:
- Hear practical lessons from Root Capital’s 25 years of experience with monitoring systems
- Explore common challenges and trade-offs in designing and operationalizing monitoring approaches
- Learn how monitoring data can support organizational learning and strategic decision-making
- Gain insights into how Root Capital is reimagining monitoring as part of its strategy toward 2030 and beyond
- Engage in an open conversation and exchange ideas with peers working on similar questions
Jorge Bouchot Viveros is the Senior Manager of Research and Impact Evaluation at Root Capital, currently serving as Interim Director of Impact MEL. He co-designs and conducts impact evaluation research to test organizational assumptions and deliver evidence-based insights for programmatic decision-making. His work supports both internal teams and external stakeholders in the social impact sector. Prior to joining Root Capital, Jorge conducted research for the Inter-American Development Bank, the International Labour Organization, and Mexico’s Ministry of Finance. He also served as an ODI Fellow for over three years, advising the Government of Vanuatu within the Prime Minister’s Office and the Department of Labour.
Jorge holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Birmingham (UK) and a Master’s degree from El Colegio de México.
Scott Caple currently serves as a Senior Analyst in Impact Monitoring at Root Capital, where he engages in the development of monitoring frameworks and insightful analysis that help to understand how agricultural finance can strengthen livelihoods and resilience for rural communities. His work focuses on pragmatic monitoring systems that yield actionable information to support program design and decision making. His experience started in donor engagement with an emphasis on donor reporting and has since evolved into monitoring.
Scott holds his Master’s degree in Geoinformation Sciences from Salem State University to deepen his undergraduate degree in Geography from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.