Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
The research analyzes ancestral practices of using natural fertilizers and biocides in Aymara agriculture in Puno, Peru. Through an ethnographic approach, it documents how peasant families use organic resources (such as plants, minerals, and human urine) to fertilize soils and control pests, thus preserving agricultural sustainability and traditional wisdom.
The 70.3% represents the apparent total tract digestibility of organic matter in cowpea hay diets, being 4.7 percentage points higher than pangola diets (Corea et al., 2020).
6.4 % of total agri-food system emissions come from fertilizer production and use (Sutton, Lotsch & Prasann, 2024).
80% of the world's fertilizer is consumed in middle-income countries (Sutton, Lotsch & Prasann, 2024).
15 % emissions could be reduced by reducing fertilizer use or adopting organic agriculture, but this could also reduce agricultural production by 5 %, increase food prices by 13 % and make healthy diets more expensive by 10 % (Sutton, Lotsch & Prasann, 2024).
50% less in the use of pesticides is the goal of the European Commission for 2030 (Corficolombiana, 2022).
20% is Colombia's self-sufficiency rate in primary fertilizers (Corficolombiana, 2022).
2.2% was the average annual increase in fertilizer use by Mexican producers between 2011-2021 (GAP, 2023).
4.0% is the expected annual growth rate in fertilizer consumption in Central American countries between 2011 and 2021 (GAP, 2023).
60 % increased the use of pesticides between 1997 and 2017, and more than 30 % increased the use of fertilizers between 2007 and 2017 in Latin America and the Caribbean (OECD, 2023).
