Evaluation at FAO

Completed evaluations

Evaluations in FAO assess projects, programmes and strategies to generate and provide evidence-based information that is credible, reliable and useful for decision-making processes. 
18/05/2022

The “Institutionalisation of food safety in Bangladesh for safer food” project, funded by USAID and implemented between 2013 and December 2019, had as main objective to support the operationalisation of the newly established Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA).

17/05/2022

The Meeting the Undernutrition Challenge (MUCH) programme, funded jointly by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the European Union, had the overall objective to improve the enabling environment to eradicate food insecurity and malnutrition in Bangladesh.

13/05/2022

The objective of the 2022 Regional Synthesis of OED evaluations in the Europe and Central Asia region (ECA) is to identify lessons learned that may contribute to informed discussions on FAO’s strategic position and contributions to results in the region.

05/05/2022

This terminal evaluation covers the project "Mainstreaming ecosystem-based approaches to climate-resilient rural livelihoods in vulnerable rural areas through the farmer field school (FFS) methodology", funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

29/04/2022

The project was financed by the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund and executed jointly by FAO, UNESCO and IOM. The project was designed to promote an integrated approach to conflict prevention and effective reintegration of young returnees in two municipalities in the western highlands of Guatemala. [Spanish only]

20/04/2022

Phase III drew lessons for future operations and FAO’s work on desert locust in the Region. It found several areas for potential improvement in the future, in order to better prepare for, and respond to, future desert locust upsurges in the Horn of Africa and Yemen.

13/04/2022

This publication presents the findings of the terminal evaluation of the project ‘Securing biodiversity conservation and sustainable use in China’s Dongting Lake Protected Areas’ implemented in China’s Hunan Province. The project was designed to address key barriers to biodiversity conservation.

13/04/2022

The evaluation of the project assessed the project’s design, its achievements vis-à-vis its objectives, its impact, and its success areas, gaps, and lessons learned through a mixed-methods approach combining in-depth analysis of project documents with direct observations in the field, key informant interviews, in-depth interviews, and focus group discussions.

11/04/2022

This report is a synthesis of OED evaluations completed from 2019-2021 on FAO’s work in the Africa region. It documents FAO’s contribution to results, identifies gaps and emerging issues, and lessons learned.

11/04/2022

The FAO-EU forest law enforcement, governance and trade (FLEGT) programme seeks to reduce and eventually eliminate illegal logging. The FAO-EU FLEGT Programme funds projects created by governments, civil society and private sector organizations in Latin America, Africa and Asia to improve forest governance and promote trade in legal timber products on domestic and international markets.