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Book (stand-alone)Evaluating the impacts of cash and complementary agricultural support interventions in fragile settings
The case of Somalia
2022Also available in:
No results found.This study examines the FAO cash plus agriculture program in Somalia. This multi-faceted intervention provides agricultural inputs, training and cash transfers to vulnerable agro-pastoralist households living in districts and villages that experienced severe weather shocks. We exploit variations in the implementation of this program to assess the effect of receiving inputs only and inputs plus cash on a range of protective and productive outcomes. Specifically, we make use of household survey data collected in 2019 and apply a quasi-experimental Inverse Probability Weighted Regression Analysis (IPWRA) matching approach to estimate the impact of the two different interventions on food security, assets, adoption of inputs and adoption of agricultural practices. We find positive and significant impacts on a number of productive outcomes and some difference between the two treatments: while inputs seem to increase asset wealth, cash plus reduces food insecurity and higher levels of income diversification, suggesting that the cash component facilitates investments in livelihoods diversification. Moreover, we find evidence of heterogeneous impacts under conditions of weather shocks, and between socio-economic segments of the population. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetEl Niño 2023–2024: Evidence from FAO's anticipatory action interventions
May 2025
2025Also available in:
No results found.Ahead of the 2023–2024 El Niño-induced hazards, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) implemented anticipatory actions in 24 countries, reaching 1.7 million people with timely and preventive support. The interventions focused on drought, flood and cyclone risks, targeting vulnerable rural communities in Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Pacific with interventions such as cash-based transfers, agricultural input distributions, water conservation technologies, animal health campaigns and training, among others. The aim was to ensure immediate support to the most at-risk countries based on analysis of historical trends, seasonal forecasts, agricultural seasonality and vulnerability of populations at risk. Scaling up anticipatory action is a strategic investment: saving lives and livelihoods today while reducing humanitarian needs over time. -
Book (stand-alone)Rapid assessment and microsimulation of impacts of a Cash+ pilot intervention in Kyrgyzstan 2022
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This report presents the results of a mixed-method rapid assessment that provides both indicative quantitative information and in-depth qualitative analysis on the household-level impacts of the Cash+ pilot. The assessment focused on the effects of the pilot intervention on dietary diversity, income generation and poverty reduction outcomes as well as household decision-making. To establish the impacts of the pilot, the assessment relied on comparing subjective perceptions of households that participated in the pilot, those receiving only cash transfers but not the pilot, and a sample of other households that did not receive either support (as a comparison group). This was accomplished through a qualitative study and a quantitative study. The rapid assessment was complemented by a microsimulation analysis of potential poverty impacts and implications for food consumption diversity that made use of the Kyrgyz Integrated Household Survey (KIHS) conducted in 2014, which is representative at the national level.
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