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. 
07/06/2021

The Evaluation of FAO’s contribution to the humanitarian–development–peace (HDP) nexus revisits and brings together in a coherent narrative the many approaches of conflict management and peace-sustaining work carried out over the years on natural resources management and rights-based frameworks. It analyses the body of work developed through emergency activities, in crisis and conflict contexts – shaped by the ever-stronger recognition of the need to focus on longer-term resilience.

07/06/2021

Yemen is now home to the world’s worst humanitarian crisis with half of its population facing severe acute food insecurity despite ongoing humanitarian food assistance. To meet the demands for active learning, the FAO Office of Evaluation (OED) conducted a review of the FAO Yemen corporate surge response systems, structure, strategy and delivery.

12/05/2021

This Programme Evaluation Report (PER) outlines some of the highlights of the 95 evaluations conducted by the FAO Office of Evaluation (OED) in the period 2019–2020. These include evaluations of Country Programmes and projects, thematic strategies, resilience and emergency evaluations, FAO’s statistical work and the strategic results framework, as well as the first evaluations in a series on FAO’s contributions to the SDGs.

04/03/2021

This evaluation assesses the extent to which FAO adopted an effective, coherent and transformative approach to its work on climate action from 2015 to 2020, by contributing to the achievement of SDG 13 targets and the Paris Agreement.

26/02/2021

This evaluation aims to identify lessons learned and provide strategic recommendations on how FAO programmes can be better oriented in Sierra Leone. FAO’s overall contribution to developmental challenges was assessed in the priority areas defined in the CPFs covering 2012–16 and 2017–19.

22/02/2021

The evaluation covers FAO's cooperation program in Colombia under the Country Programming Framework 2015–2019. The report assesses FAO's strategic positioning in Colombia, the level of achievement of planned results, and provides perspectives to guide future cooperation between FAO and the Government of Colombia.

10/02/2021

FAO has been involved in the Emerging Pandemic Threats Programme (EPT-2), funded by USAID since 2014. The programme sets out to minimize impact of existing global pandemic threats and to detect, respond to and improve prevention of emerging threats.

03/02/2021

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is the ability of microorganisms to fight antimicrobial compounds, reducing the efficacy of treating diseases in humans, animals, and plants. AMR risk is outpacing human population growth, owing to misuse of antimicrobials in large quantities in food systems, and is a serious threat to food security and sustainable development.

01/02/2021

The evaluation of the FAO Country Program in Tunisia (2016-2020) examines the relevance of FAO's strategic positioning in relation to the country's priorities and the Organization's comparative advantages as well as FAO's contributions to the expected results in the five priority areas of the Country Programming Framework (CPF) and FAO Strategic Objectives. [French only]

30/01/2021

Forty-nine million people live in the Lake Chad region, exploiting its rich natural resources and relatively constant supply of water, fodder and fertile land all year round. The area used to be a food production hub, with local markets supplying produce to Cameroon, Chad, the Niger and Nigeria.