Topics: Rural development
Evaluation Brief
2025 – Saving lives, time and money: Evidence from anticipatory action
Issued by FAO, OCHA, WFP We are in unchartered territory, with an existential funding crisis, soaring levels of humanitarian need and a spiralling number of extreme weather...
Evaluation Brief
Resilient Agrifood Systems Science Group Evaluation Case Study: the “One Health” Approach and its Application in Viet Nam
Issued on 2025 by CGIAR IAES This sub-study on One Heath Approach was conducted as part of the independent evaluation of the Resilient Agrifood Systems (RAFS) Science Group. The...
Technical Paper
OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2026–2035
Issued on 2026 by OECD; FAO; The Agricultural Outlook 2026–2035 is a collaborative effort of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Food and...
Report
United Nations Sustainable Development Group System-Wide Evaluation- 2026 Annual Report | Strengthening use, accountability and transparency
Issued on 2026 by United Nations Sustainable Development Group System- The 2026 Annual Report underscores that system-wide evaluation is most effective when taken up to improve performance, inform decision-making and...
Report
Research, programmes and evaluations in the land sector: trends and emerging lessons
Issued on 2026 by Land Facility Decision Support Unit (DSU) This research paper has been commissioned through the Land Facility Decision Support Unit (DSU) to synthesise both relevant academic literature and...
Event
How can evaluation support more adaptive governments in times of polycrisis?
ONLINE , - Webinar | Evaluation Week 2026 Join this conversation on futures, feedback and flexibility, bringing perspectives and experiences from Brazil, South...
Report
OECD: Mobilising private finance for development, climate and biodiversity in emerging markets and developing economies
Issued on 2025 by OECD Emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) face a historic investment opportunity: delivering USD 7.5 trillion annually of investment to...
Book
The State of the World’s Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture 2025 – The potential to produce more and better.
Issued on 2025 by FAO In order to meet the demands of a growing global population, agriculture needs to produce about 50 percent more food, feed and fibre by 2050 compared...
Report
Putting a systems approach into action
Issued on 2025 by FAO The purpose of Transforming food and agriculture through a systems approach is to clarify what a systems approach involves in practice across agrifood...
Event
A conversation with Corinna Hawkes (Director, Agrifood Systems and Food Safety Division, FAO) and Jim Woodhill (Senior Advisor, GDPRD)
Online, - A conversation with Corinna Hawkes (Director, Agrifood Systems and Food Safety Division, FAO) and Jim Woodhill (Senior Advisor, GDPRD) Join GDPRD's...
Guidance Document
Guidelines for the Evaluation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework
Issued on 2025 by UNEG The "Guidelines for the Evaluation of the United Nations Sustainable Cooperation Framework" were developed by the United Nations Evaluation Group...
Event
2025 Global Impact Evaluation Forum,
Rome-Hybrid, The 2025 Global Impact Evaluation Forum, hosted by WFP, in partnership with BMZ and Norad, will build on the momentum of the 2023 WFP Forum in Rome...
Event
Zimbabwe’s Inaugural Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Week 2025
Rainbow Towers in Harare., - Zimbabwe’s Inaugural Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Week 2025 Under the theme "Strengthening Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Towards...
Event
Neglected no more: Unlocking the potential of Neglected and Underutilised Species (NUS) for sustainable food systems and food security
ONLINE , - Neglected and Underutilised Species (NUS) - overlooked crops and edible plants - hold great potential to enhance food security, farmers' income, and...
Technical Paper
Neglected and Underutilised Species (NUS): Potential for Food and Nutrition Security-a Knowledge Review
Issued on 2025 by European Commission This knowledge review synthesises evidence on NUS in the following areas: NUS’s contribution to food security Nutritional benefit of NUS Consumer...
Report
A Literature Review on Frameworks and Methods for Measuring and Monitoring Sustainable Agriculture
Issued on 2014 by FAO A Literature Review on Frameworks and Methods for Measuring and Monitoring Sustainable Agriculture
Report
The use of monitoring and evaluation in agriculture and rural development projects Findings from a review of implementation completion reports
Issued by FAO The Paper is based (i) on a review of the M&E systems across the 74 World Bank-supported agricultural and rural development (ARD) projects, that were...
Report
Compendium of Evaluation Methods
Issued by UNEG Strengthening the professional capacity of UN evaluators to design and manage evaluations is a central objective of the United Nations Evaluation...
Report
Are We Getting There? A synthesis of UN system evaluations of SDG 5
Issued on 2024 by UN Women, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, WFP As we cross the midpoint of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and amidst stalled progress on achieving gender equality, the independent...
Book
Making monitoring and evaluation systems work : a capacity development toolkit
Issued by World Bank There are constant and growing pressures on governments and organizations around the world to be more responsive to demands from internal and external...