Completed evaluations
Mid-term evaluation of “Disposal of obsolete pesticides including persistent organic pollutants, promotion of alternatives and strengthening pesticides management in the Caribbean”
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.
Evaluation of the positioning and contributions of FAO’s programme in Cuba 2013–2018
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...
Evaluation of FAO's Strategic Results Framework
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.
Evaluation of the FAO Strategy for Partnerships with the Private Sector
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.
Evaluation of the work of the Subregional Office for Mesoamerica 2012-2017
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...
Final Evaluation of the Project “Land Rehabilitation and Rangelands Management in Smallholders Agro-pastoral Production Systems in South Western Angola (RETESA)”
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...
Mid-term evaluation of the FAO-EU FLEGT Programme, phase III
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.
Final evaluation of the project “Integrated management of mangrove and associated wetlands and coastal forest ecosystems in the Republic of the Congo”
07/08/2019
The project "Integrated management of mangroves and associated wetlands and coastal forest ecosystems in the Republic of the Congo" was implemented between July 2013 and December 2017 by the Government of the Republic of the Congo and FAO. The main phase of the final evaluation, which took place between July...
Evaluation of FAO’s contribution to the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste 2015-2018
07/08/2019
Much of Timor-Leste’s economic infrastructure became severely damaged after decades of conflict. This has negatively impacted many of the country’s essential services such as healthcare, agriculture and education. FAO intervened in support of small-scale family farming with a programme focused on a set of much needed policy formulations and revisions, agriculture data and information generation, climate-resilience farming and ecosystem-based natural resource management.
Joint FAO/WFP evaluation of the project "Supporting the resilience of vulnerable populations in northern Mali"
24/07/2019
Between 2015 and 2018, FAO and WFP implemented a joint programme funded by the European Union to build community resilience in northern Mali. A final evaluation was conducted between May and September 2018. (In French)