Resources

Guidance Document
A guide: integrating communication in evaluation
The guide explains how to use communication to support evaluation, It is structured around three broad phases of the evaluation process: before, during and after, and provides advice and practical hints on how to use communication for each of these phases. Practical tools and templates are also...
Guidance Document
Integrating gender into implementation and monitoring and evaluation of cash transfer and public works programmes
This third FAO toolkit addresses why gender-sensitive implementation matters, reviews gender-sensitive programme implementation, monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and learning systems while describing how to develop a gender-sensitive M&E framework.
Technical Paper
Technical Note for planning and conducting evaluations during Covid-19
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to the implementation of quarantine measures and travel restrictions worldwide, impacting ongoing and future evaluation. FP’s Office of Evaluation released a technical note presenting a set of guiding principles and evaluability considerations to undertake evaluations...
e-learning
Building forward better initiative - Monitoring, evaluation and learning
The Building forward better initiative - ”Strengthening natural resources management capacities to revitalise agriculture in fragile contexts” project stems from the recognition of the importance of investing in human capital in fragile contexts. In the framework of the project a number of webinars...
Report
Review of monitoring and evaluation capacities in the agriculture sector
Carried out by the FAO Office of Evaluation in collaboration with EvalForward, the study aimed at shedding light on M&E activities, capacities and dynamics taking place in Ministries of Agriculture through interviews with officers working in monitoring and evaluation units in 23 countries and over a...
Brief
Review of monitoring and evaluation capacities in the agriculture sector
This brief summarizes the main results of the Review of monitoring and evaluation capacities in the agriculture sector carried out by the Office of Evaluaution of FAO with EvalForward. The study aimed at clarifying monitoring and evaluation (M&E) activities, capacities and dynamics taking place in...
Webinar
Data quality in agriculture and food security in the time of COVID-19
AVANTI and EvalForward organized an e-Panel to discuss challenges and explore solutions to data quality production in the agriculture sector in the context of the Covid 19, with: Tim Njagi, Research Fellow at the Tegemeo Institute, Kenya; Joas Tugizimana, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist at the...
Report
OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2020-2029
The Agricultural Outlook 2020-2029 is a collaborative effort of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. It brings together the commodity, policy and country expertise of both organisations as well as...
Report
The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020
The report complements the usual assessment of food security and nutrition with projections of what the world may look like in 2030, if trends of the last decade continue. Projections show that the world is not on track to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030 and, despite some progress, most indicators are...
Evaluation Synthesis
Lessons from Evaluations: Responding to Food Security during Covid 19
Under the framework of the Covid-19 Evaluation Coalition, Global Affairs Canada, FAO, IFAD, WFP and other agencies identified key lessons that should inform food security and nutrition interventions during covid-19. As a follow-up to this initiative, FAO, IFAD, UNIDO and WFP are launching a rapid...
Report
WFP Annual Evaluation Review 2019
The WFP Annual Evaluation Report 2019 highlights the evidence generated by centralized and decentralized evaluations carried out during the year. It also reveals the state of the evaluation function: in terms of evaluation coverage, quality, use, funding and partnerships. This year's report shows a...
Book
EVALUATION LANDSCAPE IN AFRICA
This book explores the discourse on evaluation in Africa and answers these questions: What is the purpose of evaluation in the region, based on the evaluations currently being conducted? What is the professional background of evaluators in Africa? What methods are used in evaluations in the region...