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Cecile has over 25 years of professional experience in the international development sector, including public-private partnerships (PPPs), rural development, agricultureand food security, with a focus primarily on Africa.Karen Batjes (MPA, Carleton, Canada) Many of the people trained in m4sdi have become believers and practitioners of the approach because it addresses several of the most serious concerns in development, such as the difficulty in reaching primary stakeholders, designing effective strategies and related monitoring and evaluation (m&e), focusing on capacity development and change management, and achieving sustainable development impact. The strength of m4sdi lies in its people-centred approach and how it seeks to integrate management processes within a complex environment.The evolvement of the approach needs to be documented to share lessons learned and support capacity development. And so the principles and practices covered in this guide relate to a variety of development initiatives/organizations in the fields of agriculture, food security, local economic development, value chains, enterprise development, and ecosystem governance. Much of the discussion takes place within the often complex context of development. As such, the guide aims to find a good balance between comprehensiveness and the principle of 'less is more'. | who this guide is forThis guide is meant to help leaders, managers, decision-makers, m&e staff and other development practitioners navigate their organizations and development initiatives more effectively towards sustainable development impact. It provides ideas, theories and tools which will help practitioners to better:• understand the context in which the development initiative/organization operates, and tailor m4sdi to this specific context;• connect sustainable development-related goals to stakeholder perspectives and motivations;

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. This conference aimed to seek clarity in the role that monitoring and evaluation can play to support the transition toward inclusive and sustainable food systems.

This report presents the key highlights and contributions from the conference 'Communicating Evidence for Sustainable Development'. This conference was held on 4-5 April 2018 in Wageningen, the Netherlands and was the eleventh annual 'M&E on the Cutting Edge' conference. This event was organised by Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation (WCDI). This conference aimed to seek clarity in the role that communication can play in generating and using evidence for sustainable development.

The Food Systems for Healthier Diets (FSHD) program is a flagship under the A4NH CGIAR research program. It seeks to contribute to healthier diets for poor and vulnerable populations through a better understanding of food system-diet dynamics and through identifying and enabling innovations in value chains and policies. The present study aimed to systematically and methodically document, analyze, and synthesize the FSHD program's key learnings that emerged over the course of its implementation (2017)(2018)(2019)(2020)(2021)(2022). This "learning journey" captured lessons learned within and between FSHD Clusters of Activities and within and between four focal countries (Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Nigeria and Vietnam).A combination of document review, interviews (with program team members, key researchers and country coordinators), an online survey (among research partners in the focal countries) and consultative workshops was used to collect these lessons. This report presents the lessons learned across nine learning questions. It provides conclusions on food systems research for healthier and sustainable diets, as well as on programming for this type of research, to help nurture future food systems research.