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Pesticide use

26/08/2022 Go to Evidence

50% less in the use of pesticides is the goal of the European Commission for 2030 (Corficolombiana, 2022).

Corficolombiana. (2022). Perspectiva sectorial: agroindustria. Bioinsumos: Panorama y oportunidades para el agro colombiano. 26 de Agosto de 2022.

Farm to Fork: New rules to reduce the risk and use of pesticides in the EU https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/qanda_22_3694

VSS with Agrochemical Minimization Criteria

28/10/2021 Go to Evidence

78% of the analyzed VSS (7 out of 9) include required criteria to minimize the impact of agrochemicals, excluding ISCC and ProTerra (Larrea et al., 2021).

78% de los VSS analizados (7 de 9) incluyen criterios requeridos para minimizar el impacto de agroquímicos, excluyendo ISCC y ProTerra (Larrea et al., 2021).

New pesticide registrations

30/08/2021 Go to Evidence

365% was the annual average of new registrations of pesticide products in Brazil between 2016 and 2020, compared to 121 annual registrations between 2010 and 2015 (Sanchez et al., 2021).

El 365% fue el promedio anual de nuevos registros de productos agrotóxicos en Brasil entre 2016 y 2020, comparado con 121 registros anuales entre 2010 y 2015 (Sanchez et al., 2021).

Sanchez, A. R. N., Cruz, T. V., Narezi, G., & Crepaldi, M. O. S. (2021). Organic production in the state of Bahia, Brazil: a spatio-temporal analysis of registrations and certification bodies (2014-2020). Sociedade & Natureza, 33, e60426. DOI: 10.14393/SN-v33-2021-60426

Grain demand

21/10/2018 Go to Evidence

25 units of soybean meal and 1 unit of corn meal are required for each unit of chicken produced in Mato Grosso (Garrett et al., 2018).

25 unidades de harina de soja y 1 unidad de harina de maíz son necesarias por cada unidad de pollo producido en Mato Grosso (Garrett et al., 2018).

Garrett, R.D., Koh, I., Lambin, E.F., le Polain de Waroux, Y., Kastens, J.H., & Brown, J.C. (2018). Intensification in agriculture-forest frontiers: Land use responses to development and conservation policies in Brazil. Global Environmental Change, 53, 233-243.

Use of supplements in livestock

21/10/2018 Go to Evidence

16% of cattle farmers in Mato Grosso supplemented their cattle with grain or rations according to the 2006 Agricultural Census (Garrett et al., 2018).

16% de los ganaderos en Mato Grosso suplementaban su ganado con granos o raciones según el Censo Agrícola de 2006 (Garrett et al., 2018).

Garrett, R.D., Koh, I., Lambin, E.F., le Polain de Waroux, Y., Kastens, J.H., & Brown, J.C. (2018). Intensification in agriculture-forest frontiers: Land use responses to development and conservation policies in Brazil. Global Environmental Change, 53, 233-243.

Grain demand for swine production

21/10/2018 Go to Evidence

2.5 units of soybean meal and 2 units of corn meal are required for each unit of pork produced in Mato Grosso (Garrett et al.,2018).

2.5 unidades de harina de soja y 2 unidades de harina de maíz son requeridas por cada unidad de carne de cerdo producida en Mato Grosso, Brasil (Garrett et al.,2018).

Garrett, R.D., Koh, I., Lambin, E.F., le Polain de Waroux, Y., Kastens, J.H., & Brown, J.C. (2018). Intensification in agriculture-forest frontiers: Land use responses to development and conservation policies in Brazil. Global Environmental Change, 53, 233-243.

# of countries with biofortification programs LAC

03/01/2017 Go to Evidence

6 countries receive technical assistance from HarvestPlus for biofortification programs in Latin America and the Caribbean: Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, Haiti, Nicaragua and Panama (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).

6 países reciben asistencia técnica de HarvestPlus para programas de biofortificación en América Latina y el Caribe: Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, Haití, Nicaragua y Panamá (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).

Bouis, H.E., & Saltzman, A. (2017). Improving nutrition through biofortification: A review of evidence from HarvestPlus, 2003 through 2016. Global Food Security, 12, 49-58.

Iron beans national production share in Rwanda

03/01/2017 Go to Evidence

10% of national bean production represent iron beans in Rwanda, only five years after their first release (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).

10% de la producción nacional de frijoles representan los frijoles con hierro en Ruanda, solo cinco años después de su primera liberación (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).

Bouis, H.E., & Saltzman, A. (2017). Improving nutrition through biofortification: A review of evidence from HarvestPlus, 2003 through 2016. Global Food Security, 12, 49-58.

% on-farm consumption of biofortified cassava 2015

03/01/2017 Go to Evidence

75% of all biofortified harvested roots were consumed on-farm in 2015, according to HarvestPlus estimates (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).

75% de todas las raíces biofortificadas cosechadas fueron consumidas en finca en 2015, según estimaciones de HarvestPlus (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).

Bouis, H.E., & Saltzman, A. (2017). Improving nutrition through biofortification: A review of evidence from HarvestPlus, 2003 through 2016. Global Food Security, 12, 49-58.

Households reached by orange sweet potato

03/01/2017 Go to Evidence

24,000 households were reached by the orange sweet potato intervention in Uganda and Mozambique from 2006 to 2009 (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).

24,000 hogares fueron alcanzados por la intervención de camote naranja en Uganda y Mozambique de 2006 a 2009 (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).

Bouis, H.E., & Saltzman, A. (2017). Improving nutrition through biofortification: A review of evidence from HarvestPlus, 2003 through 2016. Global Food Security, 12, 49-58.