Year of publication 2020

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Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

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Pages 62 p.

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Author FAO

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Publisher FAO ;

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Product type Book (series)

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ISBN 978-92-5-132376-2

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Series title Project Evaluation Series

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Series number apr/20

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Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) Challenges integrating nutrition and the elimination of hunger in agricultural programmes persist, especially in West Africa. Difficulties lie in the lack of overall understanding of the links between agriculture, nutrition and food security, in countries’ institutional capacity to concretize agriculture nutrition linkages, minimal coordination amongst key actors from multiple sectors and across countries, as well as the existence of the necessary enabling environment to support nutrition-sensitive agricultural policies. The projects GCP/RAF/476/GER “Establishing a hunger-free initiative for West Africa”, and GCP/RAF/477/GER “Mainstreaming nutrition in CAADP and agriculture policies and programmes in sub-Saharan Africa”, aimed to address the challenge of mainstreaming nutrition and hunger into agricultural initiatives in West Africa, especially the countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). A clustered, final evaluation, conducted from December 2017 to March 2018, assessed outcomes from both projects. The evaluation scope covered all countries in West Africa, while the evaluation team conducted field visits in Ghana, Namibia, Madagascar and Togo. Overall, both projects achieved the majority of intended outputs, and these activities aligned with countries’ needs. However, weak monitoring and evaluation of activities, including less than optimal monitoring indicators, hindered the projects’ ability to fully convey their achievements.

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Annex 1. Contribution to the Evaluation of FAO Nutrition Strategy

Annex 2. List of country and regional documents – policies, strategies, investment plans and programmes

Annex 3. List of events and trainings supported and organized through both projects

Annex 4. Nutrition policy marker to assess nutrition integration in policy documents

Annex 5. Overview of findings, conclusions and recommendations

Annex 6. Stages of change

Annex 7. Task and notes from working groups at Lomé workshop

Annex 8. Country review - Namibia

Annex 9. Country review - Nigeria

Annex 10. Country review – Seychelles

Annex 11. REC review – ECOWAS

Annex 12. REC review – PRESAN

Annex 13. Evaluation Framework

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