Monitoring Evaluation Accountability Learning (MEAL) Specialist

Organizational Setting

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) contributes to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda through the FAO Strategic Framework by supporting the transformation to more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems, for better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life, leaving no one behind.

FAO is a specialized agency of the UN that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. FAO's goal is to achieve food security for all and ensure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. With 195 Members (194 countries and the European Union), FAO works in over 130 countries worldwide.

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has approved the Government of India's GEF-7 project “Promotion of Sustainable Food Systems in India through Transforming Rice-Wheat Systems in Punjab, Haryana, Odisha and Chhattisgarh” (GCP/IND/184/GFF), part of the GEF-7 Food Systems, Land Use and Restoration (FOLUR) Impact Programme. The project objective is to promote sustainable, integrated landscapes and efficient food value and supply chains at scale in rice- and wheat-based food systems in India. It works across two contrasting agro-ecological contexts: the intensive rice-wheat systems of the Indo-Gangetic Plain in Punjab and Haryana, and the biodiversity-rich, forested rice-growing landscapes of Chhattisgarh and Odisha.

The project is organized around four components: (1) integration of cross-sector sustainability provisions into food systems and planning frameworks, (2) enhanced capacities for climate-smart food production practices and responsibly sourced commodity value chains, (3) landscape management and restoration to sustain food systems and deliver global environmental benefits, and (4) knowledge management to guide policies and maximize impacts. The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW) is the Project Executing Entity/Operational Partner, and the project is implemented through a National Project Management Unit (NPMU) at the national level and State Project Management Units (SPMUs) in each of the four target states, under the oversight of the National and State Project Steering Committees.

The position is located in the FAO Country Office in India, within the project's NPMU.