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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

19 results

Technical Assistance for Goat Production in Peru

01/12/2025 Go to Evidence

1000 personalized technical assistance interventions were carried out by INIA specialists to improve goat management, nutrition, and health practices in rural areas of Peru, strengthening productive capacities and the performance of the caprine production system (INIA, 2025).

INIA, 2025.

Tag: Gaps SustainableProductivity
Country: Peru
Sector: Life Animals Meat and animal products
Area: Family Farming
Instrument: Strategies, plans, policies or guidelines; sectoral or national
Beneficiary: Urban or peri-urban farmers Agricultural producers Land owners or users
Result: Impact: Sustainable Rural Development Productive diversification

Geographical Distribution of Goat Livestock (Peru)

01/12/2025 Go to Evidence

68% of Peru’s 2 million goats are concentrated in the northern coast, south-central zone, and Andean region, areas where precipitation ranges from 0–500 mm per year in arid and semi-arid zones, to elevations above 3,000 m a.s.l. with greater water availability, reflecting contrasts in forage supply and productive potential (INIA, 2025).

INIA, 2025

Tag: Gaps SustainableProductivity
Country: Peru
Sector: Life Animals Meat and animal products
Area: Family Farming
Instrument: Strategies, plans, policies or guidelines; sectoral or national
Beneficiary: Urban or peri-urban farmers Agricultural producers Land owners or users
Result: Impact: Sustainable Rural Development Productive diversification

Agroideas improves household income

28/11/2025 Go to Evidence

31% increase in self-employment income among households with longer participation in the AGROIDEAS iniciative (MIDAGRI, 2024).

MIDAGRI, 2024

Tag: AgTech Value_chains Innovation InvestmentFinancing TFP
Country: Peru
Sector: Information technology
Area: Science, Technology, and Innovation Value Addition
Instrument: Support or subsidy for the acquisition of production assets Seedling/working capital grants to start manufacturing or processing processes Agricultural extension services Direct transfers to producers
Beneficiary: Urban or peri-urban farmers Family agriculture Producer organizations (cooperatives, etc.) Agricultural producers
Result: Access to financial services Productive diversification Impact: Production inclusion Technological Innovation Improved productivity Income improvement

AGROIDEAS increases coffee yield

28/11/2025 Go to Evidence

92% increase in coffee yield per hectare among producers benefiting from the AGROIDEAS program (MIDAGRI, 2024).

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13036/2041

Tag: AgTech Value_chains Innovation InvestmentFinancing TFP
Country: Peru
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Science, Technology, and Innovation Value Addition
Instrument: Support or subsidy for the acquisition of production assets Seedling/working capital grants to start manufacturing or processing processes Agricultural extension services Direct transfers to producers
Beneficiary: Urban or peri-urban farmers Family agriculture Producer organizations (cooperatives, etc.) Agricultural producers
Result: Access to financial services Productive diversification Impact: Production inclusion Technological Innovation Improved productivity Income improvement

Agroideas increases coffee production value

28/11/2025 Go to Evidence

61% increase in the value of coffee production among households supported by the AGROIDEAS iniciative (MIDAGRI, 2024).

MIDAGRI, 2024

Tag: AgTech Value_chains Innovation InvestmentFinancing TFP
Country: Peru
Sector: Agrifood (products) Coffee and coffee products
Area: Science, Technology, and Innovation Value Addition
Instrument: Support or subsidy for the acquisition of production assets Seedling/working capital grants to start manufacturing or processing processes Agricultural extension services Direct transfers to producers
Beneficiary: Urban or peri-urban farmers Family agriculture Producer organizations (cooperatives, etc.) Agricultural producers
Result: Access to financial services Productive diversification Impact: Production inclusion Technological Innovation Improved productivity Income improvement

Agroideas improves guinea pig production

28/11/2025 Go to Evidence

44% increase in the value of guinea pig production among producers benefiting from the AGROIDEAS iniciative (MIDAGRI, 2024).

MIDAGRI, 2024

Tag: AgTech Value_chains Innovation InvestmentFinancing TFP
Country: Peru
Sector: Agrifood (products) Life Animals
Area: Science, Technology, and Innovation Value Addition
Instrument: Support or subsidy for the acquisition of production assets Seedling/working capital grants to start manufacturing or processing processes Agricultural extension services Direct transfers to producers
Beneficiary: Urban or peri-urban farmers Family agriculture Producer organizations (cooperatives, etc.) Agricultural producers
Result: Access to financial services Productive diversification Impact: Production inclusion Technological Innovation Improved productivity Income improvement

Number of Iniap rice varieties

09/07/2025 Go to Evidence

6 rice varieties are produced by Iniap: Iniap-Impacto, Iniap-FL Élite, Iniap-FL Arenillas, Iniap FL-1480 Cristalino, Iniap-20 and GO 04429 (Redacción El Universo, 2025).

6 variedades de arroz produce el Iniap: Iniap-Impacto, Iniap-FL Élite, Iniap-FL Arenillas, Iniap FL-1480 Cristalino, Iniap-20 y GO 04429 (Redacción El Universo, 2025).

Redacción El Universo (9 de julio, 2025)

Tag: Innovation
Country: Ecuador
Sector: Seeds
Area: Bioinputs
Instrument: Plant genebanks
Beneficiary: Public institutions Agricultural producers
Result: Productive diversification

Food Policy: Lessons and Priorities for a Changing

05/06/2025 Go to Evidence

Over the past 50 years, the world’s food systems have changed dramatically. Throughout, policy research has played a crucial role in providing evidence and analysis to inform decision-making that supports agricultural growth, better livelihoods, and improved food security and nutrition. The 2025 Global Food Policy Report examines the evolution and impact of food policy research and assesses how it can better equip policymakers to meet future challenges and opportunities.

Tag: NewGenerationPolicies Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Agri-Food (total) Agricultural Support Services
Area: Agrifood Context
Instrument: Expansion of the supply of agricultural credit Situation and prospective analysis (regional or international) Collect, analyze, disseminate and exchange data and information between countries
Beneficiary: Public institutions MSMEs Researchers
Result: Increased knowledge Impact: Sustainable Rural Development Productive diversification Impact: Food and nutritional security

Origin of the name "palta" for avocado

21/04/2025 Go to Evidence

Approximately 500 years have passed since the conquest of the Inca Tupac Yupanqui over the 'Palta Culture' settled in present-day Loja, Ecuador, an event that originated the most common name for avocado in South America and its diffusion in the Inca Empire (Velásquez, A., 2025).

500 años aproximadamente han pasado desde la conquista del Inca Tupac Yupanqui sobre la 'Cultura Palta' asentada en el actual Loja, Ecuador, evento que originó el nombre más usual para el aguacate en Sudamérica y su difusión en el Imperio Incaico (Velásquez, A., 2025).

Velásquez, A. (2025). Estudios arqueológicos del aguacate en Mesoamérica. Editorial Académica.

Country: Ecuador South America
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products Fruit and vegetables, includes roots and tubers
Area: Territorial Management
Result: Productive diversification