Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
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).
600 million cases of foodborne illness occur annually worldwide, causing 400,000 deaths (WHO, 2015).
600 million cases, 420,000 deaths in 2010 and 31 million DALYs resulted from 31 global food hazards causing 32 diseases.
$20 billion is the direct economic loss due to zoonoses over a decade, and it is much more than $200 billion in indirect losses (World Bank, 2010).
