Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
50,000 participating families is the goal to increase their availability and diversity of food in 2014 according to PAF indicators (Martín Manzano, 2012).
325,044 farms (82%) are classified as small producers, whose cultivation area is less than three hectares according to the agricultural census (Martín Manzano, 2012).
65% of the country's surface area is on hillsides, that is, with a slope greater than 15%, where most small producers cultivate (Martín Manzano, 2012).
The article discusses how climate policies can benefit from land use approaches that integrate forest conservation and sustainable agriculture. Using a model applied to a hypothetical farm in South America, the authors assess the ecological and economic viability of the “compartment approach” (CAP), which proposes a mix of small plots of diverse crops, reforestation of abandoned lands and cons...
20-50% of rural households sell maize after satisfying their own food needs in Zambia (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).
75% of all biofortified harvested roots were consumed on-farm in 2015, according to HarvestPlus estimates (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).
1 billion people seeks to reach HarvestPlus with biofortification by the year 2030 (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).
4 million farm households are regularly growing biofortified crops in HarvestPlus target countries (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).
6 tons per hectare exceeds Iniap seed varieties, compared to the national average of 4.8 tons (Redacción El Universo, 2025).
The 151 g/kg DM represents the crude protein content in cowpea hay, being 95.5 g/kg DM higher than pangola grass hay (55.5 g/kg DM) (Corea et al., 2020).
