Completed evaluations
Africa Region Synthesis of Evaluations 2014-2019
23/03/2020
This paper documents FAO’s contribution to results, identifies gaps and emerging issues, and lessons learned. The synthesis is organized around three themes, namely, food security and nutrition (ending hunger), building resilience to threats and crises, and the sustainable management of natural resources.
Evaluation of FAO’s contribution to Georgia 2016-2019
20/03/2020
The purpose of the Georgia Country Programme Evaluation (CPE) is to provide feedback that will better orient FAO’s programme and boost the impact and resonance of the next Country Programming Framework (CPF). It seeks to contribute to learning at corporate, regional and country level by drawing lessons and making recommendations to steer FAO’s engagement there. It will also enrich FAO’s synthesis of findings and guidance for country-level support.
Report of the Synthesis of past evaluations in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region
02/03/2020
This synthesis of evaluations completed between 2014 and 2019 of FAO projects and programmes in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region aim to inform the FAO Regional Conference for the Near East (NERC) on the results, issues and lessons learned from OED evaluations.
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. Ethiopia was selected as the focus of the Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluations (IAHE), because of the large-scale humanitarian contribution to the government-led response to successive droughts in the country since 2015.
Final evaluation of ''Demonstration project for the decontamination of Persistent Organic Pesticides contaminated soils using non-thermal treatment methods''
28/02/2020
Since the 1980s, pesticides have been used in Botswana for agricultural production and to help control outbreaks of pests. Large quantities of unused pesticides remained in depots where they leaked from their containers and contaminated the soil, posing a threat to both human and environmental health. This project was set up to deal with contaminated soils and to strengthen pesticide lifecycle management to reduce accumulation of obsolete pesticides and the risk from pesticides in general.
Terminal evaluation of the project “Decision support for mainstreaming and scaling up of sustainable land management”
28/02/2020
Land degradation reduces food productivity and security, disrupts vital ecosystem functions and increases carbon emissions and vulnerability to climate change. 52 percent of the land used for agriculture worldwide is estimated to already be affected. Studies indicate that land degradation directly affects 1.5 billion people around the world.
Evaluation of FAO’s Asia Regional Integrated Pest Management and Pesticide Risk Reduction Programme in the Greater Mekong Subregion
25/02/2020
This evaluation assessed the role and contributions of FAO against the programme outcome-level results: (i) strengthened regulatory framework for the control and registration of pesticides; and (ii) adoption and economic benefits of the community-level Farmer Field School (FFS) activities in all partner countries within Phase II (from 2013 to 2018.
Final evaluation of “Disposal of persistent organic pollutants and obsolete pesticides in Mozambique”
25/02/2020
Pesticides have helped control disease and increase crop production for food security. However poor management of pesticides has shown negative impacts human health and the environment. FAO, supported by GEF, implemented a Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) project in Mozambique to safeguard and dispose existing stocks of obsolete pesticides, as well as working to reduce risk across the pesticide lifecycle at the policy level.
Mid-term evaluation of “Securing Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use in Huangshan Municipality”
24/02/2020
The project's specific objective is to “evaluate, adapt, and implement relevant best practices derived from the successful management of Huangshan National Scenic Reserve to strengthen and upgrade the existing municipal system of protected areas (PAs).”
Report by the FAO Office of Evaluation (OED) of the regional synthesis of lessons learned from, and trends identified in the country programme evaluations: in Asia and the Pacific 2014-2019
20/02/2020
This synthesis presents results of FAO Office of Evaluation (OED) evaluations completed between 2014 and 2019 for the Asia and the Pacific region, analysing FAO’s contribution, issues and lessons learned to inform decisions on future priorities and actions in the region.