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Table 3 Policy Descriptives

From: Government policy and agricultural production: a scoping review to inform research and policy on healthy agricultural commodities

Descriptives

 

Policy Types, n (%)

 Financial Support

65 (47%)

 Input Support

41 (29%)

 Output Support/Restrictions

18 (13%)

 Technical Support

15 (11%)

 Total

139a

Funding Source, n (%)

 Government

99 (82%)

 Donor Agencies

8 (7%)

 Foreign Organization

6 (5%)

 Foreign Government

6 (5%)

 Total

119

Policy Reach, n (%)

 National

59 (57%)

 Multinational

36 (35%)

 Otherb

8 (10%)

 Total

103

Location, n (%)

 European Union

34 (32%)

 China

15 (14%)

 United States

9 (9%)

 Otherb

47 (44%)

 Total

105

Year Implemented, n (%)

  > Year 2000

68 (60%)

  < Year 2000

45 (40%)

 Total

113

Target Crop, n (%)

 Cereal Crops (e.g., wheat, maize, rice)

31 (51%)

 Bioefuel/Oilseed Crops (e.g., castor oil, soybean oil, cottonseed oil)

5 (8%)

 Otherb

25 (41%)

 Total

61

  1. aGroups ≤ 5%
  2. bTotals will vary due to studies being classified under more than one category, or not reporting on all characteristics