Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
9 Voluntary Sustainability Standards were analyzed operating in agricultural commodities: Fairtrade International, Rainforest Alliance, Organic, RSPO, ISCC, RTRS, ProTerra, FSC and PEFC (Larrea et al., 2021).
4 main forest commodities (cocoa, palm oil, soybean and timber) have been identified as drivers of deforestation and are subject to various VSS (Larrea et al., 2021).
5 years is the period prior to certification that the Organic standard requires farmers to show they have not converted valuable natural environments to agricultural land (Larrea et al., 2021).
3 specific palm oil products (Stearin, Palm oil, Palm kernel oil) are covered by the sustainability provisions of the EFTA-Indonesia CEPA (Larrea et al., 2021).
3 private sustainability standards (RSPO, ISCC and POIG) are required as binding obligation for preferential tariff treatment in Switzerland under CEPA (Larrea et al., 2021).
2005 is the cut-off date established by RSPO for not certifying operations that have converted areas with high biodiversity conservation value after this date (Larrea et al., 2021).
1 billion liters was the global consumption of vegetable oils for biodiesel in 2000, increasing to more than 48 billion liters in 2020 (USDA, 2024).
2-3% of Catamarca's exports correspond to extra virgin olive oil, being a product with strong export orientation (CEPAL et al., 2023).
Three quarters of the growth of Argentina's agrifood sector in the last two decades has come from grains and oilseeds (World Bank, 2024).
73% of biodiesel comes from vegetable oils (31% palm, 24% soybean and 14% rapeseed), while 21% comes from used cooking oils (IFPRI, 2023).
