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The State of Food and Agriculture 2019 responds to this question, providing key guidance for an effective and sustainable solution of the problem. The report provides new estimates of the world’s food that is lost from post-harvest up to, but excluding, the retail level. It also offers a...

Evaluating Climate Change Action for Sustainable Development builds upon a selection of the most relevant and practical papers and presentations given at the 2014 conference. This book aims to provide an authoritative interdisciplinary perspective of innovative and emerging evaluation knowledge and...

Since 2015, the world has shown great enthusiasm for the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030.However, after more than four years since the launch of the Agenda, there are at least two threatening challenges for sustainable development. This report not only looks at challenges ahead but also uses...

In this report, FAO examines major global trends and data from up to 234 countries and territories on 17 out of the 21 SDG indicators it is responsible for, plus one for which it is a partner agency.

Sustainable development is the most urgent challenge facing humanity. The fundamental question is how the world economy can continue to develop in a way that is socially inclusive, advances human rights, and ensures environmental sustainability. This report presents the status quo and pratices that...

The authors proposes the handprint assessment approach as a holistic measure for smallholder farmers' contribution to the SDGs and targets and classify them in the groups: Basic needs of SDGs, Social SDGs,Governance SDGs, Environment SDGs and Economic SDGs.

Agriculture and rural development research will play a critical role in meeting the ambitious targets under SDGs 1 and 2. In recent years there has been heightened emphasis on both the rigorous evaluation of development interventions and systematic reviews and meta-analyses based on such evaluations...

This document serves as guidance on how the FAO Office of Evaluation can assess the processes and outcomes of FAO capacity development interventions. Although primarily targeting evaluation practitioners in FAO, the framework can be used by anyone engaged in project design, implementation and...

This report presents the proceedings of EvalColombo 2018, the first ever parliamentarians evaluation event held from 17-19 Sep 2018 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The theme of the event was "Responsible Parliaments, Embracing Evaluation for Agenda 2030. EvalColombo2018 was attended by over 250 delegates...

Free e-learning course of 3 hours developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Bioversity International. The course includes: The relationship between...

This briefing looks at how the 2030 Agenda and its goals can provide a sustainable development framing for a broader range of national evaluation efforts. Key issues examined are: assessing how well national policies, programmes and projects fit with one another and across the SDGs; the value of the...

This brochure sets out some recommendations to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, including transforming food systems and agriculture; nourishing humanity while nurturing the environment; investing in rural people and family farmers; and leaving no one behind.