We are evaluating a moving picture
Posted on 17/11/2020 She shares her views on what to consider when designing an evaluation, the challenges of producing real-time information and innovative ways of...
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Lessons from the evaluation of IFAD’s support to innovations for inclusive and sustainable smallholder agriculture
Posted on 11/11/2020 by KOUESSI MAXIMIN ZACHARIE KODJO, Pamela Dianne White, Anne Floquet In this context, during 2019-2020, the IFAD independent office of evaluation (IOE) conducted a corporate-level evaluation of IFAD’s support to...
Evaluating business innovations in agriculture-based social enterprises
Posted on 26/10/2020 by Ravinder Kumar, Andy Frost Innovations can take different forms, including technological (probably the most obvious), organizational, business, social and policy. They also can...
Resilience in complex food crises: The case for building better evidence
Posted on 19/10/2020 by Hanna Paulose, Jonas Leo Heirman, Paul Christian, Chloe Fernandez In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to almost double this figure to a projected 265 million. Long-term projections indicate that food security...
How has Covid-19 affected data quality in the agriculture sector? Highlights on a recent e-Panel
Posted on 21/09/2020 by ETHEL SIBANDA All three underscored the importance of data quality in the sector, from calculating food security deficits, food production, and consumption, to more...
What challenges does Covid-19 present to independent and credible evaluations?
Posted on 21/07/2020 Dr. Robina Shaheen, Global Head of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Services, Action Against Hunger, UK: There is a greater burden of data...
Global development indicators are not just numbers
Posted on 13/07/2020 by Olivier Cossée The theme of this year's report is " Transforming food systems for affordable healthy diets". The SOFI 2020 report examines the cost of healthy diets...
How is the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent restrictions on movement affecting the conduct of evaluations?
Posted on 30/06/2020 Dr. Robina Shaheen, Global Head of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Services, Action Against Hunger, UK: The biggest effect has been on our ability...
Value chain approaches: reaching the very poor
Posted on 05/06/2020 by Fabrizio Felloni The subject is steadily gaining prominence in the development context, as traditional food systems are being replaced by organized value chains. In...
Can visual thinking facilitate evaluation? WFP’s innovative approach to validation workshops
Posted on 27/05/2020 by Yumiko Kanemitsu, Keisuke Taketani We produce many evaluations and a huge amount of evidence each year – but how much information are we really digesting? Michael Quinn Patton, Founder...
Importance of leadership in Results-based management. Highlights on a recent e-Panel
Posted on 20/05/2020 by ETHEL SIBANDA Three panellists, Angela Dannson, Elias Segla and Ian Goldman, shared real life examples based on their leadership experience in African agriculture...
Struggling to prove the obvious – How can evaluations show that community-driven development works?
Posted on 18/05/2020 by Johanna Pennarz Although CDD is recognized as an efficient way of delivering public goods, in particular in marginalized or fragile situations, evaluations often...