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Monitoring, Evaluation and Best Practices

Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies

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Corn cultivated area

15/01/2009 Go to Evidence

1,004,000 hectares of corn ceased to be planted in Mexico between 1994 and 2006, showing a significant reduction in cultivated area (Arroyo, 2009).

1,004,000 hectáreas de maíz dejaron de sembrarse en México entre 1994 y 2006, mostrando una significativa reducción en la superficie cultivada (Arroyo, 2009).

Macías Uribe, C. (2019). World Agricultural Trade Reform, Insertion of Mexico´s agricultural sector under NAFTA and the WTO Agreement on Agriculture, 1994-2012. Textual, 74, 13-49.

Country: Mexico
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products Cereals and cereal products
Area: Family Farming Territorial Management
Instrument: Strategies, plans, policies or guidelines; sectoral or national Land use planning or agricultural zoning
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Value Chains Agricultural producers

Coffee producers

04/06/2008 Go to Evidence

10 million smallholder farmers depend on coffee as their main source of income, with coffee being produced by more than 25 million farmers in 80 countries (Bosselmann, 2008).

10 millones de pequeños agricultores dependen del café como su fuente principal de ingresos, siendo el café producido por más de 25 millones de agricultores en 80 países (Bosselmann, 2008).

Bosselmann, A. (2008). Using payments for environmental services to secure environmental services and livelihoods in coffee agroforests – A project portrayal. Scandinavian Forest Economics, 42, 421-440.

Tag: ClimateSmartAgriculture Value_chains FamilyAndCommunityFarmingSystems
Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Coffee and coffee products
Area: Family Farming Territorial Management
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Value Chains Agricultural producers
Result: Impact: Production inclusion

Agricultural extension

04/06/2008 Go to Evidence

100% of small coffee producers who are organized in cooperatives have access to research and extension services through cooperative funds (Bosselmann, 2008).

100% de los pequeños productores de café que están organizados en cooperativas tienen acceso a servicios de investigación y extensión a través de fondos cooperativos (Bosselmann, 2008).

Bosselmann, A. (2008). Using payments for environmental services to secure environmental services and livelihoods in coffee agroforests – A project portrayal. Scandinavian Forest Economics, 42, 421-440.

Tag: Regional_Cooperation Innovation
Country: Costa Rica Nicaragua
Sector: Coffee and coffee products Science, technology and innovation
Area: Science, Technology, and Innovation Associativity
Instrument: Agricultural extension services Education and training for farmers
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Producer organizations (cooperatives, etc.)
Result: Increased knowledge Improvement in technical assistance and rural extension services

Smallholder coffee plantations

04/06/2008 Go to Evidence

100% of Central American coffee areas are dominated by small producers with small holdings, unlike the large coffee estates found in Brazil (Bosselmann, 2008).

100% de las áreas cafetaleras de Centroamérica están dominadas por pequeños productores con pequeñas propiedades, a diferencia de las grandes fincas cafetaleras encontradas en Brasil (Bosselmann, 2008).

Bosselmann, A. (2008). Using payments for environmental services to secure environmental services and livelihoods in coffee agroforests – A project portrayal. Scandinavian Forest Economics, 42, 421-440.

Tag: FamilyAndCommunityFarmingSystems
Country: Costa Rica Nicaragua
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products Coffee and coffee products
Area: Family Farming Territorial Management
Instrument: Technical assistance to producers Land titling
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Value Chains Agricultural producers Land owners or users
Result: Impact: Production inclusion Improved land tenure security