Commitment

Improve food self-sufficiency of tropical fresh fruits

Government / El Salvador

December 2021 — November 2029

Description

This commitment will be fulfilled through strengthening the coverage and quality of technical assistance and technology transfer to producers. Interventions will include:

• Fostering resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production and progressively improve soil and land quality.

• Regulating the ownership and possession of rustic and productive land.

• Reengineering the State Bank to serve the agricultural sector.

• Developing agricultural credits with reciprocal guarantees.

• Focusing agricultural package delivery.

• Harvesting water for production.

• Reactivating and modernising irrigation districts.

• Improving agricultural research for the development of nutrient-rich crops.

• Encouraging the production of fresh fruits and vegetables.

• Promoting and implementing urban and peri-urban agriculture.

• Providing technical assistance to women to organise and promote their empowerment and economic autonomy.

• Promoting producers’ association for the commercialisation of their products.

Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)

Title

Enhance food availability for food and nutrition security

Description

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Verification status
Verified
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Details

Target population characteristic
  • Age or life course stage/status
Global nutrition target(s)
Anaemia
Low birth weight
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
Childhood overweight
Adult obesity
Adult diabetes
Nutrition Action Classification(s)
Policy > Food supply chain
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Linked event(s)
  • 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
  • 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
N4G Summit theme(s)
  • Food systems

Measurement

Key indicator Percentage of self-sufficiency in fresh tropical fruits
Measurement plan Collect own data
Value Measurement date
Baseline 51.7% 2021
Target 56% November 2029

Progress

Value Measurement date Status
Progress report 54.1% June 2023 On Course
The reported progress indicates that the expected level thus far had been achieved, though must be maintained until the end date is reached.
Progress report None Unknown

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