Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
The study compares three sowing methods (furrows, continuous seeding, and broadcasting) of the Cuba OM-22 hybrid grass in the dry tropics of Peru, evaluating biomass, initial establishment, survival, and forage nutritional composition. The results show significant differences in yield and nutritional quality depending on the method applied, providing useful evidence for improving forage practices ...
Climate change threatens subsistence agriculture by reducing productivity and increasing food insecurity, especially in vulnerable rural communities, requiring differentiated policies and local adaptation strategies (Córdova, 2021).
20% of participating families reduce the prevalence of gastrointestinal and acute respiratory diseases as improvement indicator (Martín Manzano, 2012).
10,000 participating families improve their diet, hygiene habits and safe food handling according to second product indicators (Martín Manzano, 2012).
2.2 years is the average education received in rural areas of El Salvador, and an important part of the rural population has not received formal education (Martín Manzano, 2012).
3 months of consuming biofortified orange maize significantly increased total body vitamin A stores in 5-7-year-old children in Zambia (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).
9 percentage points decreased the prevalence of low serum retinol in children who consumed orange sweet potato in Uganda (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).
64% more likely to resolve their iron deficiency had children who consumed biofortified pearl millet for six months in Maharashtra, India (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).
4.5 months of consuming iron biofortified beans showed significant increase in hemoglobin and total body iron in iron-depleted university women in Rwanda (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).
2 billion people, or one in three people globally, suffer from micronutrient deficiencies (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).
