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Forests, Communities, and Conservation: Key Takeaways from FAO Evaluations
21/03/2025

Forests play a crucial role in food security, nutrition and livelihoods. They contribute to sustainable agrifood systems, supporting farming by providing homes for pollinators, maintaining soil health, retaining water, offering food and shade for livestock, regulating temperatures and acting a...

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International Women’s Day 2025: What FAO has learned about reaching, benefiting and empowering women in projects
07/03/2025
As we celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March 2025, we reflect on what FAO evaluations have taught us about working towards gender equality.
Wrapping Up 2024: Key insights from three thematic evaluations shaping FAO’s work
18/12/2024
As 2024 draws to a close, the FAO Office of Evaluation reflects on the pivotal role of thematic evaluations in advancing FAO's mission. 
Seeing the Big Picture: How graphic facilitation can unlock the potential of your evaluation
27/11/2024

As the first stage of the Uganda Country Programme (2018 – 2024) review concluded, the evaluation team aimed to maximise the usefulness of debriefing workshops with national stakeholders and the FAO country office team. The goal was to validate preliminary findings, collect additional data and...

Fisheries and Aquaculture: insights from recent FAO evaluations
26/11/2024

Fisheries and aquaculture continue to demonstrate their critical role in addressing global food security and poverty alleviation. According to the 2024 State of World F...

Tackling Better Nutrition: Five critical actions from FAO’s evaluation of reducing food loss and waste
27/09/2024
What can we do the reduce food loss and waste? Learn about the recommendations from FAO's evaluation of PPA Better Nutrition 4.
Evaluating South-South and Triangular Cooperation
20/09/2024
Following the celebration of the UN SSTC day, here are key lessons from the evaluation conducted by FAO in 2022.
Evaluating forests and forest livelihood projects
20/03/2024
Forests are not only home to millions of species but also play a critical role in sustaining the livelihoods of communities across the globe.
Key recommendations on FAO's work on gender
08/03/2024
Gender issues in agriculture and development are widespread and persistent, affecting both men and women in various ways.
Dimitra clubs: community listeners’ clubs for the empowerment of women and men
07/03/2024
Dimitra clubs are rural groups of women, men and young people who organize on a voluntary basis to discuss development challenges and find solutions together.