Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
Approximately 750 million people globally are exposed to severe levels of food insecurity and this statistic is trending upwards (Duncan et al., 2022).
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).
The 166 kg represents the average initial live weight of 6.5-month-old Holstein heifers under tropical conditions in El Salvador (Corea et al., 2020).
600 million cases of foodborne illness occur annually worldwide, causing 400,000 deaths (WHO, 2015).
1.92 Gt is the total carbon storage in Honduras, with most of the carbon stored in soil (GFW, 2024).
75% of emerging infectious diseases that affect humans are of animal origin (FAO, 2023).
