Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
59% of the Sustainable Development Goals (10 out of 17) have environmental sustainability as a key objective related to green production (Cervera-Ferri & Ureña, 2017).
395 days of excessive volatility were recorded for soft wheat between January 2007 and June 2011, compared with 207 days between December 2001 and December 2006.
7 technical manuals have been published to improve the work of CENTA extension workers and other technology transfer efforts of PAF-Food Security (Martín Manzano, 2012).
61% of agricultural R&D personnel were employed by the government sector (ASTI, 2009).
40% of ETC researchers were dedicated to crop research and 22% to livestock (ASTI, 2009).
$USD2.8 billion (12% of the global total) was spending on agricultural R&D in LAC in 2000 (ASTI, 2009).
83% of agricultural R&D was financed by national governments in LAC in 2006 (ASTI, 2009).
75% of companies gain more benefits from information exchange (visits to "model" companies, customer-supplier forums, training in standard problem identification techniques) than what they fear from peer discussion about their problems (Sabel & Reddy, 2006).
