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Lessons about evaluating responses to the pandemic: Insights from the World Food Program Developmental Evaluation

As we approach the official one year anniversary of the beginning of the pandemic, Michael shares an evaluation of the COVID-19 response by one global humanitarian organization at the center of the worldwide response to the pandemic: the World Food Programme (WFP).

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Food and Agriculture Systems: A Blue Marble Evaluation Perspective

In writing about transformation in Blue Marble Evaluation, I quoted Million Belay, coordinator of the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa, who said: “At last there is a realization that change, fundamental change in the way we are living, is needed.” I met Million at

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Transforming Small Scale Fisheries with a Blue Marble Lens: the Case of West Africa

This webinar explores the integration principle of Blue Marble Evaluatino, with a case study on sustainable fisheries.

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Transforming Food Systems with Beacons of Hope

Learn more about how Beacons of Hope is working to transform the global food system, and how they are using Blue Marble Evaluation to support this work. 

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Conference Report: Monitoring and Evaluation for Inclusive and Sustainable Food Systems

This report presents the key highlights and contributions from the conference ‘Monitoring and Evaluation for Inclusive and Sustainable Food Systems’. This conference was held on 3-4 April 2019 in Wageningen, the Netherlands and was the twelfth annual ‘M&E on the Cutting Edge’ conference. This event was organised by Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation (WCDI) in collaboration with Wageningen Economic Research and the Food & Business Knowledge Platform.

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Cecile Kusters, Hermine ten Hove, Diane Bosch, Marion Herens and Seerp Wigboldus
Year
2019

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Blue Marble Case Example: The Global Alliance for the Future of Food

Presenters: Michael Quinn Patton, Pablo Vidueira

Summary: Hear from the world's first Blue Marble Evaluator, Pablo Vidueira, about his work supporting the Global Alliance for the Future of Food, an alliance of mostly private foundations working to leverage their resources and networks to get sustainable food systems on the political, economic, and social agenda. 

Author
Pablo Viduera
Year
2019

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Collaborative Crop Research Program (CCRP) Case Study

Presenter: Claire Nickin & Marah Moore

Summary: Learn about an ongoing Blue Marble Evaluation of the Collaborative Crop Research Program. The McKnight Foundation’s Collaborative Crop Research Program (CCRP) funds collaborative research between smallholder farmers, leading local researchers, and development practitioners to explore solutions for sustainable, local food systems.

Author
Claire Nicklin, Marah Moore
Year
2019

Case study

Evaluating Agriculture Systems Change

The Collaborative Crop Research Program (CCRP) funds 85 agriculture research projects in the Andes and Africa. CCRP’s work has an Agroecological Intensification (AEI) focus based on using ecological principles to sustainably cultivate land. The emphasis is on principles, because the actual practices will vary according to social and ecological contexts. AEI is part of a broader global movement on agroecology.

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