Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
50 kilograms of rice is consumed by each Ecuadorian on average per year, demonstrating the importance of this cereal in the national diet (Redacción El Universo, 2025).
223.74 tons of basic, registered, and certified seed produced by INIAP between June 2022 and December 2024 (Redacción El Universo, 2025).
US$ 21,214 is the increase in cotton production (significant at 10%).
Plant replacement, fertilization, IPM, quality and post-harvest were prioritized.
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).
20 million people in farm households in developing countries are growing and consuming biofortified crops according to HarvestPlus (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).
