Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
150 biofortified varieties of 10 crops have been cumulatively released in 30 countries according to HarvestPlus (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).
1 billion people seeks to reach HarvestPlus with biofortification by the year 2030 (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).
50% of the Estimated Average Requirement (EAR) for vitamin A seek to provide biofortified yellow cassava and orange maize (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).
100% of the Estimated Average Requirement (EAR) for vitamin A can provide biofortified orange sweet potato (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).
60% of the Estimated Average Requirement (EAR) for iron provide biofortified iron beans and iron pearl millet (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).
60-80% of the Estimated Average Requirement (EAR) for zinc provide biofortified zinc wheat and zinc rice (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).
1% of GDP was the minimum target for investment in agricultural R&D for international organizations in 2013 (IDB and IFPRI, 2016).
