Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
20% of participating families improve gender equity relations as expected result of PAF-Food Security (Martín Manzano, 2012).
80% of participating families adopt good agricultural practices as an indicator of the first product of PAF-Food Security (Martín Manzano, 2012).
162 CENTA extension workers have been trained in technical assistance in production technologies, agricultural diversification and SAN methodologies (Martín Manzano, 2012).
250% increased corn imports in Mexico between 1994 and 2006 under NAFTA framework, showing a significant increase in external dependency (Arroyo, 2009).
1,004,000 hectares of corn ceased to be planted in Mexico between 1994 and 2006, showing a significant reduction in cultivated area (Arroyo, 2009).
In Central America, coffee is planted on nearly 1 million ha and sustains the livelihood of 300,000 farmers (Bosselmann, 2008).
38% represents the coefficient of variation around the trend of Costa Rica's export price between 1961 and 1997 (Bosselmann, 2008).
100% of shaded coffee fields provide connectivity within degraded and fragmented forests, facilitating movement and maintenance of key wildlife populations (Bosselmann, 2008).
100% of coffee is the second most valuable product in the international market after oil (Bosselmann, 2008).
10 million smallholder farmers depend on coffee as their main source of income, with coffee being produced by more than 25 million farmers in 80 countries (Bosselmann, 2008).
