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

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Internet Access in Rural Households

12/07/2023 Go to Evidence

More than 90% of rural households in Peru, Bolivia, El Salvador and Paraguay have no Internet connection.

Perú, Bolivia, El Salvador y Paraguay más del 90 % de los hogares rurales no cuentan con conexión a Internet.

CEPAL (Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe, Chile). 2020. Construir un nuevo futuro: una recuperación transformadora con igualdad y sostenibilidad (en línea). Santiago, Chile, ONU. Consultado 12 jul. 2023. Disponible en https:// repositorio.cepal.org/bitstream/handle/11362/46227/S2000699_es.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y.

Tag: Connectivity
Country: El Salvador El Salvador El Salvador El Salvador
Sector: Agri-Food (total) Information technology Communication technology
Area: Territorial Management Digital Transformation Family Farming
Instrument: Situation and prospective analysis (regional or international) Studies and diagnoses Prospective studies (forecasting)
Result: Information generation

Surface Area on Hillsides

30/12/2022 Go to Evidence

65% of the country's surface area is on hillsides, that is, with a slope greater than 15%, where most small producers cultivate (Martín Manzano, 2012).

El 65% de la superficie del país está en zona de laderas, es decir, con una pendiente mayor al 15%, donde la mayoría de los pequeños productores cultivan (Martín Manzano, 2012).

Martín Manzano, M. del M. (2012). La FAO y la agricultura familiar: El caso de El Salvador. FAO El Salvador.

Tag: AgroecologicalSystems FamilyAndCommunityFarmingSystems
Country: El Salvador
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products
Area: Soil Health Family Farming
Instrument: Land use planning or agricultural zoning
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Land owners or users
Result: Soil health

Postpartum diseases in dairy cows

17/06/2022 Go to Evidence

Retained placenta was observed in 304 cases out of 2685 available records, IUI were observed in 1397 cases out of 3320 records, and mastitis occurrence before the median frst service was observed in 511 cows out of 3290 records (Castro-Montoya et al., 2022)

Interrelationship between diseases and calving season and their impact on reproductive parameters and milk production of tropical dairy cows

Tag: Dairy_CentralAmerica
Country: El Salvador
Sector: Sustainable Livestock Dairy
Area: Agrifood Context
Beneficiary: Public institutions Researchers Agricultural producers

Carbon footprint of coffee in polycultures vs. mon

31/12/2021 Go to Evidence

6.2 to 7.3 kg CO₂e per kilogram is the carbon footprint of coffee in polycultures, compared to 9 to 10.8 kg CO₂e in monocultures (IICA, 2021).

6.2 a 7.3 kg CO₂e kg-1 de café pergamino es la huella de carbono del café en policultivos, frente a 9 a 10.8 kg CO₂e a la de monocultivos en México, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador y Colombia (IICA, 2021).

IICA.2021. Hojas de información: buenas prácticas para una agricultura climáticamente inteligente. https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1797-hojas-de-informacion:-buenas-practicas-para-una-agricultura-climaticamente-inteligente

Tag: AgroecologicalSystems
Country: El Salvador El Salvador El Salvador El Salvador El Salvador
Sector: Coffee and coffee products
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture

Policies that distort prices

01/12/2021 Go to Evidence

540 billion dollars are spent annually on producer support, two-thirds of which distort prices and damage the environment (FAO, UNDP and UNEP, 2021).

FAO, UNDP and UNEP; 2021

FAO, UNDP and UNEP. 2021. A multi-billion-dollar opportunity – Repurposing agricultural support to transform food systems. Rome, FAO.

Country: El Salvador El Salvador El Salvador El Salvador El Salvador El Salvador El Salvador El Salvador El Salvador El Salvador El Salvador El Salvador El Salvador El Salvador El Salvador El Salvador El Salvador El Salvador El Salvador
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products Agri-Food (total)
Area: International Trade and Regional Integration Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture
Instrument: Support or subsidy for agricultural producer prices Support to technological research and development Incentives or subsidies for the adoption of good sustainable production practices Subsidies to interest rates on agricultural loans Payments or subsidies to the producer based on agricultural production Payments or subsidies to the producer for the acquisition of fixed assets (fixed capital formation) Payments or subsidies for the acquisition of variable inputs (eg fertilizers) Direct transfers to producers Conditional social transfers
Result: Improved commercial competitiveness Improved productivity Impact: Food and nutritional security