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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

Evidences

11 results

AGROIDEAS increases coffee yield

28/11/2025 Go to Evidence

92% increase in coffee yield per hectare among producers benefiting from the AGROIDEAS program (MIDAGRI, 2024).

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13036/2041

Tag: AgTech Value_chains Innovation InvestmentFinancing TFP
Country: Peru
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Science, Technology, and Innovation Value Addition
Instrument: Support or subsidy for the acquisition of production assets Seedling/working capital grants to start manufacturing or processing processes Agricultural extension services Direct transfers to producers
Beneficiary: Urban or peri-urban farmers Family agriculture Producer organizations (cooperatives, etc.) Agricultural producers
Result: Access to financial services Productive diversification Impact: Production inclusion Technological Innovation Improved productivity Income improvement

Agroideas increases coffee production value

28/11/2025 Go to Evidence

61% increase in the value of coffee production among households supported by the AGROIDEAS iniciative (MIDAGRI, 2024).

MIDAGRI, 2024

Tag: AgTech Value_chains Innovation InvestmentFinancing TFP
Country: Peru
Sector: Agrifood (products) Coffee and coffee products
Area: Science, Technology, and Innovation Value Addition
Instrument: Support or subsidy for the acquisition of production assets Seedling/working capital grants to start manufacturing or processing processes Agricultural extension services Direct transfers to producers
Beneficiary: Urban or peri-urban farmers Family agriculture Producer organizations (cooperatives, etc.) Agricultural producers
Result: Access to financial services Productive diversification Impact: Production inclusion Technological Innovation Improved productivity Income improvement

Cost of Internet in Latin America and the Caribbea

22/10/2023 Go to Evidence

14% and 12% of the income of the first quintile in Latin America and the Caribbean can be allocated to mobile and fixed broadband, respectively, reflecting a high average cost of the service (ECLAC, 2023).

El costo del servicio para la población del primer quintil puede llegar al 14% y al 12% del ingreso para banda ancha móvil y fija, respectivamente, en el caso de los países de América Latina y el Caribe, siendo un costo promedio aún bastante elevado (CEPAL, 2023)

CEPAL, 2023. Una mirada hacia la digitalización en el sector agrícola en América Latina y el Caribe. Heterogeneidad y políticas públicas

Tag: Digital_Inclusion
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Science, technology and innovation Communication technology
Area: Digital Transformation

Access to connectivity in rural areas

01/12/2022 Go to Evidence

56.6% of the inhabitants of rural areas do not have access to significant connectivity, which is equivalent to 36.2 million people in rural áreas (IICA, et al. 2022).

IICA, et al. 2022

IICA, Banco Mundial, CAF, Bayer, Microsoft y Syngenta. 2022. Conectividad rural en América Latina y el Caribe. Estado de situación, retos y acciones para la digitalización y el desarrollo sostenible. San José de Costa Rica

Tag: Urban_Rural_Gap Connectivity
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Communication technology
Area: Digital Transformation
Instrument: Internet of things
Result: Digital transformation

Remote sensing: plots with georeferencing

01/08/2022 Go to Evidence

262 (cotton) and 190 (citrus) plots were georeferenced to build NDVI series.

262 (algodón) y 190 (cítricos) parcelas se georreferenciaron para construir series NDVI.

Tag: Open_science Global_Agricultural_Productivity
Country: Argentina
Sector: Science, technology and innovation Agricultural Support Services
Area: SPS Services Digital Transformation
Instrument: Policy to Improve Data and Information Access and Management Early warning systems
Beneficiary: Value Chains Agricultural producers
Result: Information generation Improved productivity

Citrus technology adoption

01/08/2022 Go to Evidence

0.293 is the increase in technological adoption (citrus), which is highly significant.

0,293 es el aumento en adopción tecnológica (cítricos), altamente significativo.

Tag: Value_chains Innovation
Country: Argentina
Sector: Fruit and vegetables, includes roots and tubers
Area: SPS Services
Instrument: Technical assistance to producers Payments or subsidies to the producer for the acquisition of fixed assets (fixed capital formation)
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Agricultural producers
Result: Technological Innovation Improved productivity

Technology adoption

01/08/2022 Go to Evidence

56 % of beneficiaries reported adopting at least one new agricultural practice or technology after receiving the smart subsidy and technical assistance.

56 % de los beneficiarios reportaron haber incorporado al menos una nueva práctica o tecnología agrícola luego de recibir el subsidio inteligente y asistencia técnica.

Tag: AgTech Innovation SustainableProductivity
Country: Argentina
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products Agricultural Support Services
Area: Science, Technology, and Innovation SPS Services
Instrument: Education and training for farmers Payments or subsidies to the producer for the acquisition of fixed assets (fixed capital formation)
Beneficiary: Agricultural producers
Result: Technological Innovation Improved productivity Improvement in technical assistance and rural extension services

GPS Technology for Cocoa Monitoring

28/10/2021 Go to Evidence

100% of certified cocoa farmers in West Africa must provide their specific GPS coordinates to enable close monitoring via satellite technology according to Rainforest Alliance (Larrea et al., 2021).

100% de los agricultores de cacao certificados en África Occidental deben proporcionar sus coordenadas GPS específicas para permitir monitoreo cercano vía tecnología satelital según Rainforest Alliance (Larrea et al., 2021),

Tag: AgTech Forests&Biodiversity Deforestation
Country: West and Central Africa
Sector: Cocoa and cocoa products
Area: Digital Transformation
Instrument: Internet of things
Beneficiary: Agricultural producers
Result: Digital transformation Export and import traceability

FSC GIS and Earth Observation Portal

28/10/2021 Go to Evidence

1 new portal (FIS GIS and Earth Observation Portal) has been launched by FSC that will enable auditors to access geospatial information of FSC-compliant forest areas in real time (Larrea et al., 2021).

1 nuevo portal (FIS GIS and Earth Observation Portal) ha lanzado FSC que permitirá a auditores acceder a información geoespacial de áreas forestales compatibles con FSC en tiempo real (Larrea et al., 2021).

Tag: AgTech Forests&Biodiversity Innovation
Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Forestry, Agroforestry, Silvopastoralism and Timber Production
Area: Digital Transformation
Instrument: Blockchain or digital traceability Digitization of information
Beneficiary: Producer organizations (cooperatives, etc.) Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) Agricultural producers
Result: Digital transformation Export and import traceability