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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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Agroforestry rehabilitation

21/10/2024 Go to Evidence

30 hectares of land were transformed by the Fondes Amandes Community Reforestation Project, converting pastures into an organic agroforestry project (Govia & Roopnarine, 2024).

30 hectáreas de tierra fueron transformadas por el Proyecto de Reforestación Comunitaria de Fondes Amandes, convirtiendo pastizales en un proyecto agroforestal orgánico (Govia & Roopnarine, 2024).

Govia, S., & Roopnarine, R. (2024). Untapped and Untold: The Hidden Connection between Water and Sustainability in Trinidad and Tobago. Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA). Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

Tag: AgroecologicalSystems FamilyAndCommunityFarmingSystems Nature-Based_Solutions
Country: Trinidad and Tobago
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products
Area: Soil Health Family Farming
Instrument: Incentives or subsidies for the adoption of good sustainable production practices
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Rural communities
Result: Impact: Sustainable Rural Development Soil health

Employment in agri-food systems

14/10/2024 Go to Evidence

40.2% is the share of agrifood employment (including trade and transportation) in total employment in the Americas (FAO, 2024).

FAO (2024)

FAO. (2024). Estimating global and country-level employment in agrifood systems. Recuperado de: https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/08f5f6df-2ef2-45a2-85aa-b29c2ce01422/content

Country: Americas (aggregate)
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: International Trade and Regional Integration Family Farming Agrifood Context
Beneficiary: Agricultural workers
Result: Jobs generated

45 percent of the global population live in rural

08/10/2024 Go to Evidence

Around 3.4 billion people, 45 percent of the global population, live in rural areas of developing countries, and most depend on smallholder farms for their livelihoods and sustenance (IFAD, n.d.).

Apoyar la transformación de los sistemas alimentarios hacia la sostenibilidad y resiliencia. Libro Blanco. PNUD

Why rural people. (s.f.). FIDA. https://www.ifad.org/en/investing-in-rural-people

Country: World (aggregate)
Area: Family Farming

Organic Agro-exports and Food Security

01/09/2024 Go to Evidence

This study examined the relationship between air and sea surface temperatures, Peruvian organic agro-exports (2000–2022), and food security. It found that higher organic agro-exports reduce undernourishment globally and enhance access to healthy diets despite climate change (Coayla & Bedon, 2024).

Edelina Coayla; Ysabel Bedón

EcoDes - Grupo de Investigación Posgrado, Departamento de Economía y Administración, Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, Lima, Perú

Tag: Avanzar2030 Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: Peru
Sector: Agri-Food (total) Agricultural Support Services
Area: Family Farming Agrifood Context
Instrument: Support to technological research and development Policy to Improve Data and Information Access and Management
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Producer organizations (cooperatives, etc.)
Result: Food affordability Improved public policy formulation and implementation Institutional capacity building

Average size of organic dairy farms in the U.S.

01/09/2024 Go to Evidence

142 cows was the average size of organic dairy farms in the United States in 2021, increasing from 109 cows in 2008 (Gillespie et al., 2024).

142 vacas era el tamaño promedio de las granjas lecheras orgánicas en Estados Unidos en 2021, aumentando desde 109 vacas en 2008 (Gillespie et al., 2024).

Gillespie, J., Raszap Skorbiansky, S., & Law, J. (2024). U.S. Certified Organic Dairy Production: Three Decades of Growth (ERR-335). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

Tag: AgroecologicalSystems
Country: United States
Sector: Dairy Value Chain Dairy
Area: Territorial Management Family Farming
Instrument: Studies and diagnoses
Result: Transition to sustainable land use