{"id":9275,"date":"2026-06-16T11:48:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T11:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/ground_post\/lesotho-improving-adaptive-capacity-of-vulnerable-and-food-insecure-populations-2020-2024-decentralized-evaluation\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T11:48:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T11:48:14","slug":"lesotho-improving-adaptive-capacity-of-vulnerable-and-food-insecure-populations-2020-2024-decentralized-evaluation","status":"publish","type":"ground_post","link":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/ground_post\/lesotho-improving-adaptive-capacity-of-vulnerable-and-food-insecure-populations-2020-2024-decentralized-evaluation\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesotho, Improving adaptive capacity of vulnerable and food-insecure populations (2020-2024): Decentralized evaluation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<article class=\"content-side-image wfp-wrapper ph3 ph0-lg clearfix mb4\">\n<figure class=\"content-side-image__image nvl-compensate-side-padding--until-md\">\n    <!-- Cover image --><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfp.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/large\/public\/publication_covers\/37bdb360fcda603f9672c3bc98fac43e.jpg?itok=jXyMkMz7\" width=\"339\" height=\"480\" alt=\"https:\/\/docs.wfp.org\/api\/documents\/WFP-0000174327\/download\/\"><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<div class=\"content-side-image__content\">\n    <!-- Rich-text content --><\/p>\n<div class=\"summary mb4\">\n     This report presents the findings from the decentralized evaluation of the &#8220;Improving Adaptative Capacity of Vulnerable and Food Insecure Populations in Lesotho (IACOV)&#8221; project, covering the implementation period from October 2020 to August 2025.\n  <\/div>\n<div class=\"field field--body mb4\">\n<p>This independent evaluation provides an end-of-project assessment of activities across three components &#8211; institutional strengthening, climate change awareness, and community resilience &#8211; focusing on national levels and the southern districts of Mafeteng, Mohale\u2019s Hoek and Quthing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The evaluation served both accountability and learning objectives, with a priority on learning to inform the design of IACOV Phase 2 and future climate resilience programming under the Lesotho Country Strategic Plan (CSP) 2019-2024. 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