Efeca offers comprehensive monitoring and evaluation services, leveraging our extensive experience across various commodities including palm oil, coffee, timber, pulp and paper, sugar, tea, cocoa, and carbon. We provide market analysis, monitoring, reporting, data verification, and socio-economic impact assessments. Our evaluations deliver insights and recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of future activities.
Over a 6-month period, Efeca collaborated with 7 in-country sub-consultants to conduct the Final Evaluation of CIFOR’s study in 8 countries – Brazil, Peru, Guyana, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Myanmar. The evaluation focused on priority setting, research design, implementation, and ongoing engagement processes, assessing outcomes and extracting lessons for policy engagement.
Efeca assisted Bonsucro by analysing and preparing an aggregated, anonymised report of member submissions for their 2020 Continuous Improvement Report.
Since 2012, Efeca has authored and published Annual Progress Reports on behalf of the UK Roundtable on Sourcing Sustainable Palm Oil for the UK industry. The latest report is available in our UK Sustainable Palm Oil Initiative section.
Additionally, since 2018, we have monitored, verified, and published Annual Progress Reports for Soy on behalf of the UK Roundtable on Sustainable Soy, accessible under the UK Sustainable Soy Initiative section.
Efeca has produced the European Palm Oil Monitor reports for IDH and the European Palm Oil Alliance (EPOA), providing comprehensive insights into the palm oil sector in Europe.
2020 European Palm Oil Monitor reports for IDH and the European Palm Oil Alliance (EPOA)
2019 European Palm Oil Monitor reports for IDH and the European Palm Oil Alliance (EPOA)
We assess the impact and monitor progress of policies such as the EU FLEGT Action Plan. Efeca has also collaborated with the UK government’s Forests, Governance, Markets and Climate (FGMC) programme through the Project Evaluation and Learnings Team.
Efeca conducts evaluations of international palm oil standards and assesses timber standards such as FSC and PEFC for compliance with government and private company timber procurement policies.