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. 
28/07/2017

This report presents the findings of an evaluation of the Environmentally Sustainable Food Security Programme (ESFSP) in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. The aim of the ESFSP was to reduce the long-term vulnerability of rural populations affected by Cyclone Nargis in May 2008, through interventions supporting the recovery of the crops and fisheries sectors.

08/07/2017

This biennial Programme Evaluation Report covers the period of 2015-2016. The main purpose of the report is to provide Member Countries and other readers with an analytical summary of the emerging and recurrent trends in evaluations, and to discussthe main results, gaps and lessons found in FAO’s work.

31/05/2017

The project contained three main components: i) improved knowledge and capacities for climate change adaption; ii) better access of livestock and crops to water through water for production; iii) increased resilience of agricultural production systems in the cattle corridor. The main purpose of the evaluation was to provide accountability to donors and key stakeholders; inform project management on achievements, challenges and lessons learned; and provide recommendations.

12/05/2017

The FSPS-CB programme was designed to support targeted state level government institutions in addressing capacity gaps related to: i) a food security inter-sectoral institutional coordination framework and food security policy and information system; and ii) the line ministries’ policy planning, budgeting, monitoring and implementation capacities.

30/04/2017

The main purpose of the evaluation was to provide accountability to the donor and partners by assessing FAO’s contribution to the overall objective of the programme i.e. improved, reliable and equitable distribution of irrigation water to increase agricultural production and productivity for improved food security. The final evaluation assessed achievements of the projects at district- and farm-levels derived from project reporting, surveys, interviews and GIS maps and photographs.

13/04/2017

This report outlines the main findings and conclusions from an evaluation of FAO’s contribution to reducing rural poverty (SO3) through the Strategic Programme 3 (SP3). SO3 is one of the five Strategic Objectives approved at the 38th FAO Conference session (June 2013), as part of the Revised Strategic Framework 2010-19.

12/04/2017

This report provides a final evaluation of the project Strategies for Trawl Fisheries Bycatch Management which started in November 2011. The project supported activities in five participating countries – the Republic of Indonesia, the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, the Republic of Philippines, the Kingdom of Thailand and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam – as well as at the regional level.

31/03/2017

The Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) project was established in 1994. This report presents the final evaluation of the project, covering the period from 2013 to 2016. The purpose of the evaluation was to inform the Project Working Group (PWG), the Project Task Force (PTF), donors and other stakeholders about the project’s achievements towards attaining the expected results, and the sustainability of these results.

09/01/2017

This evaluation assessed FAO’s contribution in the Kyrgyz Republic through each of the priority areas of work under the Country Programming Framework 2015–2017: food security and nutrition, sustainable management of natural resources, climate change and rural poverty reduction.

30/11/2016

The purpose of this evaluation was to analyse FAO’s assistance to the Government of South Africa and the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF). The evaluation highlights the results of each of the project components, as well as the causes for successes and failures, over the entire period of project implementation (2007-2016).