Completed evaluations
Evaluation of the Information on Nutrition, Food Security and Resilience for Decision Making (INFORMED) Programme
29/01/2021
The INFORMED programme, implemented by FAO from 2015 to 2019, was designed to contribute to “increasing the resilience of livelihoods to threats and crises and contributing to the reduction of food insecurity and malnutrition”. The programme’s increased focused on Early Warning for Early Action (EWEA) was very relevant to fill existing gaps with a comparative advantage for FAO in slow onset and food chain crises contexts.
Evaluation of the project “Enhancing the contribution of small scale fisheries to food security and sustainable livelihoods through better policies, strategies and initiatives"
29/01/2021
The Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication are the first international instrument dedicated entirely to the immensely important small-scale fisheries sector. The project is part of the FAO Umbrella Programme for the promotion and application of the Guidelines.
Evaluation of the project “Strengthening the adaptive capacity and resilience of rural communities using micro watershed approaches to climate change and variability to attain sustainable food security in Cambodia”
29/01/2021
Cambodia is among the Least Developed Countries that continue to struggle with serious environmental issues, among which are climate change, water resources and land degradation. The project, implemented from 2014 to 2020, contributed to build the adaptive capacity of rural communities and reduce their vulnerability to climate change through micro-watershed management and climate resilient agriculture practices through interventions at national, sub-national and community levels.
Evaluation of FAO’s contribution to the Syrian Arab Republic 2012-2018
18/12/2020
The Syrian crisis has caused intense and sustained levels of violence in the country, which included large-scale destruction of agricultural infrastructure and disruption of all components of the food system. A total of 9.3 million people in the country are facing severe acute food insecurity. During the period subject to evaluation (2012-2018), FAO interventions targeted displaced and hosting households affected by the conflict across the country.
Evaluation of the project "Integrating climate resilience into agricultural and pastoral production for food security in vulnerable rural areas through the farmers field school approach"
18/12/2020
The project, implemented by FAO from May 2015 to August 2020, aimed to “enhance the capacity of Burkina Faso’s agricultural and pastoral sectors to cope with climate change, by mainstreaming climate change adaptation (CCA) practices and strategies into on-going agricultural development initiatives and agricultural policies and programming and upscaling of farmers adoption of CCA technologies and practices through a network of already established farmer field schools (FFS)”.
Real-time evaluation of FAO’s response to desert locust upsurge 2020–2021: Phase I
14/12/2020
Over the course of 2020, the most devastating Desert Locust upsurge of the past 25 years spread across parts of the Middle East, the greater Horn of Africa, and southwest Asia. The upsurge posed an unprecedented risk to livelihoods and food security in some of the most food insecure countries in the world.
Evaluation of "Promotion of climate-smart livestock management integrating reversion of land degradation and reduction of desertification risks in vulnerable provinces"
14/12/2020
From May 2020 to October 2020, FAO implemented the project to “reduce soil degradation, and mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the livestock sector of Ecuador”. The project was implemented seven provinces, distributed in three geographic regions of the country (coastal Ecuador, the Andes and Amazon).
Evaluation of the project "Integrated national monitoring and assessment system on forest ecosystems (SIMEF)"
03/12/2020
From August 2015 to May 2020, FAO implemented the project in order "to develop and implement an integrated monitoring and assessment system on carbon stocks and biodiversity in forest ecosystems (SIMEF) supporting the National Greenhouse Gases Inventory (INGEI) and the design of policies, regulations and SFM practices incorporating the REDD+ Programme and biodiversity conservation in forest ecosystems".
Evaluation of the Food and Nutrition Security, Impact, Resilience, Sustainability and Transformation (FIRST) Programme
23/10/2020
The FIRST Programme aims to support the governments of targeted countries to strengthen the enabling policy and institutional environment for food and nutrition security and sustainable agriculture (FNSSA). The programme is designed as a demand-based “policy assistance” facility which has its roots in the long-term partnership between FAO and the European Union and aims to add value to both partners’ actions at the country level.
Final evaluation of the project for the promotion of biomass-derived energy (PROBIOMASA)
23/10/2020
The Project for the promotion of energy derived from biomass (PROBIOMASA) seeks to increase the supply of renewable and competitive energy through the production of energy derived from biomass at the local level. [Spanish only]