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Peruvian agricultural exports

20/11/2019 Go to Evidence

To US$5 billion in 2019 amounted to Peruvian agricultural exports, 12% in total exports (IDB, 2019).

A US$5.000 millones en 2019 ascendió las exportaciones agrícolas peruanas, un 12% en el total de las exportaciones (BID, 2019)

BID, 2019. De promesas a resultados en el comercio internacional: Lo que la integración global puede hacer por América Latina y el Caribe

USA imports fresh fruit

20/11/2019 Go to Evidence

90% of fresh fruit imports in the United States came from Latin America in 2016 (IDB, 2019).

El 90% de las importaciones de fruta fresca en Estados Unidos provenía de América Latina en el 2016 (BID, 2019)

BID, 2019. De promesas a resultados en el comercio internacional: Lo que la integración global puede hacer por América Latina y el Caribe

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.

Percentage of vitamin A target in orange sweet pot

03/01/2017 Go to Evidence

100% of the Estimated Average Requirement (EAR) for vitamin A can provide biofortified orange sweet potato (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).

100% del Requerimiento Promedio Estimado (EAR) de vitamina A puede proporcionar el camote naranja biofortificado (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.

Percentage of provitamin A in breeding targets

03/01/2017 Go to Evidence

50% of the Estimated Average Requirement (EAR) for vitamin A seek to provide biofortified yellow cassava and orange maize (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).

50% del Requerimiento Promedio Estimado (EAR) de vitamina A buscan proporcionar la yuca amarilla y el maíz naranja biofortificados (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.

Reduction low serum retinol with orange sweet pota

03/01/2017 Go to Evidence

9 percentage points decreased the prevalence of low serum retinol in children who consumed orange sweet potato in Uganda (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).

9 puntos porcentuales disminuyó la prevalencia de retinol sérico bajo en niños que consumieron 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.

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.

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.

Efficacy of iron biofortified beans in Rwanda

03/01/2017 Go to Evidence

4.5 months of consuming iron biofortified beans showed significant increase in hemoglobin and total body iron in iron-depleted university women in Rwanda (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).

4.5 meses de consumo de frijoles biofortificados con hierro mostraron aumento significativo en hemoglobina y hierro corporal total en mujeres universitarias con deficiencia de hierro en Ruanda (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.