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Evaluation reportEvaluation of FAO’s contributions to Sustainable Development Goal 2
Support to agricultural investment
2021Also available in:
No results found.Agricultural investment is key to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2). This study – part of the evaluation of the role of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in supporting SDG 2 – examines the FAO Investment Centre’s role in promoting agricultural investment in Africa, focusing on investment programme design and implementation. The study finds that despite an increase in lending, international financial institutions have less and less capacity to prepare and supervise ever more complex operations and are particularly short of in-country capacity. This makes it difficult to contextualize interventions for sustainability and results. In-country specialists who understand and have experience of working with farmers are therefore needed, making the Investment Centre a critical resource. Notwithstanding recent infusions of support, however, it remains understaffed and underfunded. As far as the Investment Centre’s 2018 cooperative agreement with the African Development Bank is concerned, the study finds that while the Centre has undertaken some work under the agreement, financial and political constraints may be why it has not yet gained significant programmatic traction. It also finds that the Centre’s World Bank partnership is strong, but faces a number of challenges. The Investment Centre is working with the Office of FAO’s Chief Economist to develop a programme of engagement, which will give World Bank country managers the data they need to make informed decisions on agricultural investment. The study also calls for greater FAO senior management and country office support in FAO’s interactions with the World Bank. -
High-profileTrade and Sustainable Development Goal 2: Policy options and their trade-offs
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2020With trade recognized as a means of implementation under Agenda 2030, policy-makers will need to ensure that trade, and policies affecting trade and markets, are taken into consideration as part of their efforts to achieve SDG 2. The five targets that set out the level and ambition of SDG 2, as well as trade itself, often constitute distinct competing policy priorities for governments. It is therefore important that policy-makers identify and recognize areas in which difficult tradeoffs may be needed between competing policy objectives, and identify possible ways in which these can be addressed. Furthermore, while the different targets set out under SDG 2 are mutually interdependent and inter-related, it is important to address the trade policy dimension of each component individually as part of a broader plan of action. -
Evaluation reportEvaluation of FAO’s contributions to Sustainable Development Goal 2
Support to value chain development
2021Also available in:
No results found.This review forms part of the overarching evaluation of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) contribution to Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2), as requested by the FAO Programme Committee at its 125th session. Although FAO’s support for valuechain development is wide ranging, the focus of the review is on FAO’s experience of roots and tubers value-chain development in Africa from 2015 to 2019, in particular, the development of the cassava value chain in Malawi. The study found that FAO’s value-chain development work is most successful when it takes into account and addresses the vast range of complex issues involved in value-chain development, some of which are non-technical. For example, peoples’ perception, attitudes and behaviours about food derivatives and new product development may need to be factored in when scaling up pilot interventions to ensure their success. Additionally, many of FAO’s value-chain development actions have been successful, but challenges remain with regard to the transformative upscaling necessary to ensure that rural smallholders can sustainably and equitably participate in the dynamics of the transition from subsistence to commercial agriculture. Among others, the study recommends that FAO consult with as many local actors as possible prior to designing, developing and implementing its value-chain initiatives to gain a comprehensive overview of issues and context.
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