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Green production indicators in Latin America and t

01/02/2017 Go to Evidence

41% of the indicators proposed in the guide are part of the basic set of green production indicators for manufacturing industries in Latin America and the Caribbean (Cervera-Ferri & Ureña, 2017).

41% de los indicadores propuestos en la guía forman parte del conjunto básico de indicadores de producción verde para las industrias manufactureras de América Latina y el Caribe (Cervera-Ferri y Ureña, 2017).

Cervera-Ferri, J. L., & Ureña, M. L. (2017). Indicadores de producción verde. Una guía para avanzar hacia el desarrollo sostenible. Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).

Tag: Trade&Environment
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (countries)
Sector: Agrifood (products) Agricultural buildings, structures and facilities
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Bioeconomy
Result: Climate mitigation Improvement in technical assistance and rural extension services Information generation

International initiatives in indicators

01/02/2017 Go to Evidence

100% of the international initiatives considered for the development of green production indicators include the Sustainable Development Goals, indicators from OECD, UNEP, ILAC, ILO, and UNIDO (Cervera-Ferri & Ureña, 2017).

100% de las iniciativas internacionales consideradas para la elaboración de los indicadores de producción verde incluyen los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible, indicadores de la OCDE, PNUMA, ILAC, OIT y ONUDI (Cervera-Ferri y Ureña, 2017).

Cervera-Ferri, J. L., & Ureña, M. L. (2017). Indicadores de producción verde. Una guía para avanzar hacia el desarrollo sostenible. Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).

Tag: Regional_Cooperation Trade&Environment
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: International Trade and Regional Integration Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture
Instrument: Sustainability Standards or Protocols Bilateral, regional, multi-country, multilateral and global agreements Policy Monitoring and Evaluation
Result: Greater resource-use efficiency Impact: Environmental sustainability

SDGs related to green production

01/02/2017 Go to Evidence

59% of the Sustainable Development Goals (10 out of 17) have environmental sustainability as a key objective related to green production (Cervera-Ferri & Ureña, 2017).

59% de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (10 de 17) tienen a la sostenibilidad medioambiental como un objetivo clave relacionado con la producción verde (Cervera-Ferri y Ureña, 2017).

Cervera-Ferri, J. L., & Ureña, M. L. (2017). Indicadores de producción verde. Una guía para avanzar hacia el desarrollo sostenible. Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).

Tag: Trade&Environment
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (countries)
Sector: Environment and natural resources Multisectoral
Area: International Trade and Regional Integration Associativity Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture
Instrument: Intersectoral and interinstitucional coordination Sustainability Standards or Protocols
Result: Information generation Reduced carbon intensity of agrifood systems

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: Biodiversity Conservation Bioinputs
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

Global micronutrient deficiencies

03/01/2017 Go to Evidence

2 billion people, or one in three people globally, suffer from micronutrient deficiencies (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).

2 mil millones de personas, o una de cada tres personas a nivel mundial, sufren de deficiencias de micronutrientes (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 Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: One Health
Area: One Health
Instrument: Education and awareness building
Beneficiary: Consumers
Result: Malnutrition prevention

Cost-effectiveness of biofortification in Uganda

03/01/2017 Go to Evidence

15-20 US dollars per Disability Adjusted Life Year (DALY) saved costs orange sweet potato biofortification in Uganda (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).

15-20 dólares estadounidenses por Año de Vida Ajustado por Discapacidad (DALY) ahorrado cuesta la biofortificación de camote naranja en Uganda (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: Uganda
Sector: Fruit and vegetables, includes roots and tubers
Area: Bioinputs
Instrument: Support to technological research and development
Result: Profitability

Return on investment in biofortification

03/01/2017 Go to Evidence

17 US dollars of benefits may be gained for every dollar invested in biofortification according to the Copenhagen Consensus (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).

17 dólares estadounidenses de beneficios pueden obtenerse por cada dólar invertido en biofortificación según el Consenso de Copenhague (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 Green_Finance Innovation
Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Bioinputs
Instrument: Support to technological research and development
Beneficiary: Private enterprises Public institutions Producer organizations (cooperatives, etc.) Agricultural producers
Result: Profitability

Evidence detail

03/01/2017 Go to Evidence

300 millones de dólares estadounidenses invirtió HarvestPlus en actividades de biofortificación durante 2003-2016 (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: Green_Finance Innovation
Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Agri-Food (total) Science, technology and innovation
Area: Science, Technology, and Innovation Bioinputs
Instrument: Support to technological research and development
Result: Technological Innovation

Biofortified varieties released globally

03/01/2017 Go to Evidence

150 biofortified varieties of 10 crops have been cumulatively released in 30 countries according to HarvestPlus (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).

150 variedades biofortificadas de 10 cultivos han sido liberadas acumulativamente en 30 países 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: Innovation
Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Agri-Food (total) Seeds
Area: Bioinputs
Instrument: Plant genebanks
Beneficiary: Agricultural producers
Result: Productive diversification

Farm households reached by HarvestPlus

03/01/2017 Go to Evidence

4 million farm households are regularly growing biofortified crops in HarvestPlus target countries (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).

4 millones de hogares agrícolas están cultivando regularmente cultivos biofortificados en países objetivo 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.

Tag: FamilyAndCommunityFarmingSystems
Country: Bangladesh India Nigeria Pakistan Democratic Republic of the Congo Rwanda Uganda Zambia
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Family Farming
Beneficiary: Family agriculture
Result: Impact: Production inclusion