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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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Rust resistance in coffee varieties

13/11/2020 Go to Evidence

Five coffee varieties, were assessed for 13 morphological traits and rust resistance. Colombia, Catimor, and Limani were highly resistant; Caturra was the most susceptible (Cosme-De La Cruz et al., 2020).

Cosme-De La Cruz, Buendía-Molina, Adama-Rojas & Pocomucha-Poma, 2020

Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (INIA) - Perú

Tag: Innovation FamilyAndCommunityFarmingSystems
Country: Peru
Sector: Agrifood (products) Coffee and coffee products
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture
Instrument: Support for the adoption of agricultural technologies (transfering to producers) Support to technological research and development
Beneficiary: Rural communities Agro-industrial producers
Result: Food affordability

Organic Matter Digestibility with Tropical Legumes

29/08/2020 Go to Evidence

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).

El 70.3% representa la digestibilidad aparente total de materia orgánica en dietas con heno de caupí, siendo 4.7 puntos porcentuales mayor que las dietas con pangola (Corea et al., 2020).

Corea, E.E., Castro-Montoya, J., Mendoza, M.V., López, F.M., Martinez, A., Alvarado, M.E., Moreno, C., Broderick, G.A., & Dickhoefer, U. (2020). Effect of forage source and dietary rumen-undegradable protein on nutrient use and growth in dairy heifers. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 269, 114658.

Tag: ClimateSmartAgriculture Dairy_CentralAmerica SustainableProductivity
Country: El Salvador SICA Region
Sector: Animal feed Dairy Value Chain
Area: Soil Health
Instrument: Support for the adoption of agricultural technologies (transfering to producers)
Beneficiary: Value Chains Agricultural producers
Result: Improved productivity Rational and precise use of fertilizers

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.

Tag: Global_Agricultural_Productivity Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: Rwanda
Sector: Fruit and vegetables, includes roots and tubers
Area: Bioinputs
Instrument: Support for the adoption of agricultural technologies (transfering to producers)
Beneficiary: Agricultural producers
Result: Impact: Production inclusion

Orange sweet potato adoption rate

03/01/2017 Go to Evidence

60% higher than control communities was the orange sweet potato adoption rate in the Uganda and Mozambique intervention (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).

60% superior a las comunidades control fue la tasa de adopción de camote naranja en la intervención de Uganda y Mozambique (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.

Tag: Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: Mozambique Uganda
Sector: Fruit and vegetables, includes roots and tubers
Area: Bioinputs
Instrument: Support for the adoption of agricultural technologies (transfering to producers)
Beneficiary: Rural communities
Result: Impact: Production inclusion