Highlights
Real-time evaluation of FAO’s COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme
21/10/2022
The COVID-19 pandemic is jeopardizing human health and disrupting the food
systems that are the foundations of health. FAO designed a COVID-19
Response and Recovery Programme with the goal of proactively and
sustainably addressing the socio-economic impacts of the pandemic.
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
13/10/2022
The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
is an opportunity to acknowledge the progress being made toward
preventing and reducing disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods,
economies and basic infrastructure in line with the international
agreement for reducing global disaster risk and losses.
10th anniversary of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure
06/10/2022
The overarching goals of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of
Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security are to achieve
food security for all and support the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in
the context of national food security.
Inclusive learning key to better forest data for climate action
05/07/2022
Scenes of flooding and storms can show us just how much weather and climate affects our lives. Climate change threatens our ability to ensure global food security, eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable development.
United Nations contributions to national evaluation capacity development and the evolution of national evaluation systems
05/06/2022
The global 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognizes the critical role of evaluation in translating its transformative vision into reality.
Joint evaluation of collaboration among the United Nations Rome-based agencies
10/11/2021
The UN Rome-based agencies – FAO, IFAD and WFP – collaborate in
many forms, from joint advocacy, policy and technical work to joint
projects. This is the first independent evaluation of collaboration.
Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation of the drought response in Ethiopia
02/03/2020
Droughts in Ethiopia have affected millions of people between 2015
and 2018, triggering a large-scale humanitarian response from the
international community.
Joint evaluations for assessing progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals
31/12/2019
Joint evaluations are an effective way of assessing progress towards the SDGs. In November 2018, WFP and FAO organized a multi-partner event in Johannesburg to identify lessons learnt from joint evaluations.
The inter-agency humanitarian evaluation of the response to the crises in the Philippines (Typhoon Haiyan), Central African Republic and South Sudan
16/10/2017
Between the end of 2013 and early 2014 three major humanitarian crises broke out in different parts of the world. The international humanitarian system has never faced such a test on its capacities.
Evaluation of FAO’s contribution to climate change adaptation and mitigation
02/11/2015
Climate change threatens our ability to ensure global food security, eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable development. This evaluation examined FAO’s contribution to climate change
adaptation and mitigation from 2009 to 2014, with selected case studies
from 11 countries.