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. 
16/12/2019

Unclear tenure and conflicts are the major factors in deforestation of forest areas targeted by the project implemented by FAO, aimed at securing tenure rights for forest landscape-dependent communities: linking science with policy to advance tenure security, sustainable forest Management and people’s livelihoods.

15/12/2019

The project "Protection of the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem (CCLME) " was a regional initiative to set-forth governance reforms, investments and management programmes to help CCLME countries address priority transboundary concerns regarding the reduction of fisheries and related biodiversity and water quality.

15/12/2019

Inadequate agricultural policies and poorly enforced regulations lead to the accumulation of unused pesticides. In Benin, stockpiles of obsolete pesticides have become a great concern, posing a threat not only to human health and environment, but also to the sustainable development of the region.

09/12/2019

Declines in the sugarcane and banana industries of the Caribbean have resulted in an accumulation of disused pesticides. The adverse effect of agrochemicals, particularly pesticides, on human health and the environment is a global concern. The project was implemented by FAO to promote the sound management of pesticides throughout their life-cycle in the Caribbean region, and reduce the risks they pose.

22/11/2019

Cuba is a mostly urban country that scores highly on human development indicators and meeting the Millennium Development Goals. Several factors, including hurricanes and drought, have limited access to high quality and safe food, however. Agricultural productivity has also been constrained by internal factors and international economic dynamics, meaning 70...

30/10/2019

This evaluation of FAO’s Strategic Results Framework was carried out to assess the efficiency of the Results Framework, to assess its effectiveness in supporting the results-based management of FAO’s programme of work as an accountability tool and to identify lessons that can inform the formulation of FAO’s next Strategic Results Framework in 2020.

22/10/2019

FAO adopted its Strategy for Partnerships with the Private Sector in 2013 to promote more private sector involvement in its programmes and operations, responding to calls of Member States.

07/10/2019

In 2018, the FAO Office of Evaluation (OED) conducted an evaluation of the work of the Subregional Office for Mesoamerica (SLM) covering the period 2012-2017. SLM offers adequate technical support for the development and increase of FAO operations in Mesoamerica and has generated synergies with other subregional or regional initiatives. With SLM's...

16/09/2019

In Southwest Angola, the impacts of climate change have contributed to a reduction in soil coverage and an increase in soil erosion. To address these challenges, the GEF project "Land Rehabilitation and Rangelands Management in Smallholders Agro-pastoral Production Systems in South Western Angola” supported activities contributing to the strengthening of...

05/09/2019

The FAO-EU FLEGT Programme supports government agencies, non-governmental organizations and private sector associations to work together in support of legal and trade reforms in timber producing countries with the aim of increasing legal trade in timber.