Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
1 support fund has been established by RSPO to cover training or audit costs and help smallholder farmers implement improved agricultural practices and become certified (Larrea et al., 2021).
100% of the analyzed VSS include required criteria to maintain critical and sensitive ecosystems, except Fairtrade which has it as recommended (Larrea et al., 2021).
78% of the analyzed VSS (7 out of 9) include required criteria to minimize the impact of agrochemicals, excluding ISCC and ProTerra (Larrea et al., 2021).
89% of the analyzed VSS (8 out of 9) include required criteria for spatial planning to avoid biodiversity loss, excluding only Fairtrade (Larrea et al., 2021).
89% of the analyzed VSS (8 out of 9) require producers to restore natural areas, excluding only Fairtrade which has it as recommended (Larrea et al., 2021).
43% represented the average annual growth of new organic producers registered in Bahia between 2015 and 2017 (Sanchez et al., 2021).
4% was the average annual growth of new organic producers registered in Bahia during 2018-2020 (Sanchez et al., 2021).
Brazil accounts for 0.4% of the world's organic production area, totaling 1,136,857 hectares (Sanchez et al., 2021).
67% of the total agricultural area of Bahia corresponds to non-family agriculture, occupying 19 million hectares with only 169,000 farms (Sanchez et al., 2021).
365% was the annual average of new registrations of pesticide products in Brazil between 2016 and 2020, compared to 121 annual registrations between 2010 and 2015 (Sanchez et al., 2021).
