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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

7 results

Per capita rice consumption in Ecuador

09/07/2025 Go to Evidence

50 kilograms of rice is consumed by each Ecuadorian on average per year, demonstrating the importance of this cereal in the national diet (Redacción El Universo, 2025).

50 kilogramos de arroz consume cada ecuatoriano en promedio al año, lo que demuestra la importancia de este cereal en la dieta nacional (Redacción El Universo, 2025).

Redacción El Universo (9 de julio, 2025)

Tag: Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: Ecuador
Sector: Cereals and cereal products
Area: Bioinputs
Instrument: Direct purchase and delivery of agricultural inputs (seeds, fertilizers, etc.)
Beneficiary: Consumers Agricultural producers
Result: Impact: Food and nutritional security

INIAP basic seed production

09/07/2025 Go to Evidence

223.74 tons of basic, registered, and certified seed produced by INIAP between June 2022 and December 2024 (Redacción El Universo, 2025).

223.74 toneladas de semilla básica, registrada y certificada produjo el INIAP entre junio de 2022 y diciembre de 2024 (Redacción El Universo, 2025).

Redacción El Universo (9 de julio, 2025)

Tag: Global_Agricultural_Productivity
Country: Ecuador
Sector: Seeds
Area: Bioinputs
Instrument: Direct purchase and delivery of agricultural inputs (seeds, fertilizers, etc.)
Beneficiary: Public institutions Agricultural producers
Result: Improved productivity

Cotton: Total production increased

01/08/2022 Go to Evidence

US$ 21,214 is the increase in cotton production (significant at 10%).

US$ 21.214 es el aumento de producción en algodón (significativo a 10%).

Tag: Value_chains
Country: Argentina
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products
Area: Family Farming
Instrument: Technical assistance to producers Direct purchase and delivery of agricultural inputs (seeds, fertilizers, etc.)
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Agricultural producers
Result: Improved productivity

Technologies by supply chain: citrus

01/08/2022 Go to Evidence

Plant replacement, fertilization, IPM, quality and post-harvest were prioritized.

Reposición de plantas, fertilización, manejo integrado de plagas, calidad y postcosecha fueron priorizados.

Tag: Value_chains SustainableProductivity
Country: Argentina
Sector: Fruit and vegetables, includes roots and tubers Pesticides and other agrochemicals Seeds
Area: SPS Services
Instrument: Technical assistance to producers Direct purchase and delivery of agricultural inputs (seeds, fertilizers, etc.) Payments or subsidies to the producer for the acquisition of fixed assets (fixed capital formation)
Beneficiary: Value Chains Agricultural producers
Result: Plant disease control Improved productivity

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).

Tag: Trade&Environment SustainableProductivity
Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Vegetable and Animal Oils and Fats Cocoa and cocoa products Cereals and cereal products
Area: Bioinputs
Instrument: Direct purchase and delivery of agricultural inputs (seeds, fertilizers, etc.)
Beneficiary: Consumers Agricultural producers Land owners or users
Result: Improved water quality Soil health

People reached by HarvestPlus biofortified crops

03/01/2017 Go to Evidence

20 million people in farm households in developing countries are growing and consuming biofortified crops according to HarvestPlus (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).

20 millones de personas en hogares agrícolas de países en desarrollo están cultivando y consumiendo cultivos biofortificados según 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.

Tag: Nutrition_Smart_Agriculture Innovation Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: Bangladesh Bolivia Brazil China Colombia Guatemala Haiti India Nicaragua Nigeria Pakistan Panama Democratic Republic of the Congo Rwanda Uganda Zambia
Sector: Agri-Food (total) Seeds
Area: Bioinputs Biodiversity Conservation
Instrument: Direct purchase and delivery of agricultural inputs (seeds, fertilizers, etc.)
Beneficiary: Consumers Agricultural producers
Result: Technological Innovation Impact: Health and Nutrition Impact: Food and nutritional security

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.

Tag: Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: Mozambique Uganda
Sector: Fruit and vegetables, includes roots and tubers
Area: Bioinputs
Instrument: Direct purchase and delivery of agricultural inputs (seeds, fertilizers, etc.)
Result: Impact: Production inclusion