Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
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).
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).
16% of cattle farmers in Mato Grosso supplemented their cattle with grain or rations according to the 2006 Agricultural Census (Garrett et al., 2018).
2.5 units of soybean meal and 2 units of corn meal are required for each unit of pork produced in Mato Grosso (Garrett et al.,2018).
25 units of soybean meal and 1 unit of corn meal are required for each unit of chicken produced in Mato Grosso (Garrett et al., 2018).
6 countries receive technical assistance from HarvestPlus for biofortification programs in Latin America and the Caribbean: Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, Haiti, Nicaragua and Panama (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).
10% of national bean production represent iron beans in Rwanda, only five years after their first release (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).
75% of all biofortified harvested roots were consumed on-farm in 2015, according to HarvestPlus estimates (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).
24,000 households were reached by the orange sweet potato intervention in Uganda and Mozambique from 2006 to 2009 (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).
100% of coffee cooperatives offer economies of scale through joint purchasing, cooperative funds, testing facilities and Fair Trade certification (Bosselmann, 2008).
