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Mexico Hectares of Agricultural Use

01/06/2023 Go to Evidence

Mexico reached 32.1 million hectares for agricultural use (INEGI, 2022).

México alcanza las 32.1 millones de hectáreas para uso agrícola. (INEGI, 2022).

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía de México (INEGI)

World population

04/03/2023 Go to Evidence

Half of the world's population lives in households dependent on agrifood systems (FAO, 2023).

Casi la mitad de la población mundial vive en hogares vinculados a sistemas agroalimentarios. (FAO, 2023).

FAO

Crop adaptation

01/03/2023 Go to Evidence

52,959 hectares in Argentina had crops adapted to climate change in the 2021-2022 season (Ministry of Economy of Argentina, 2023).

Ministerio de Economía de Argentina (2023). Argentina Productiva 2030. Plan para el Desarrollo Productivo, Industrial y Tecnológico. Documento Integrador. Marzo 2023.

Instituto Nacional de Semillas (INASE)

Diagnosis of Andean livestock farming in Peru

29/12/2022 Go to Evidence

Peru's Andean livestock system is highly heterogeneous structurally, with a predominance of small producers, low productivity and limited access to technical services, which requires differentiated policies by type of producer (Quispe et al., 2022).

INIA Institutional Repository

Revista Científica de la Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad del Zulia

Agriculture and the transition to zero emissions

12/10/2022 Go to Evidence

The study examines the options available to Latin America and the Caribbean for reducing emissions from the agricultural sector and land use change, with the aim of achieving the goal of net-zero emissions. It analyzes mitigation scenarios, sustainable technologies, and public policies needed to reconcile agricultural production with environmental conservation, highlighting the role of low-carbon agriculture and sustainable management of rural ecosystems.

Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Dumas, P., Wirsenius, S., Searchinger, T., Vogt-Schilb, A., & Andrieu, N. (2022). Opciones de la agricultura y los cambios del uso del suelo para alcanzar cero emisiones netas en América Latina y el Caribe. Inter-american development bank working paper.

Technology adoption PRODAF

01/08/2022 Go to Evidence

21% is the increase in the probability of technology adoption among beneficiaries versus controls, estimated via IPW.

El 21 % representa el incremento en la probabilidad de adopción de tecnologías en productores beneficiarios frente a controles, estimado con IPW.

Access to PRODAF credit

01/08/2022 Go to Evidence

47% is the increase in the probability of credit access for beneficiaries versus controls, estimated via IPW.

El 47 % representa el incremento en la probabilidad de acceso al crédito para beneficiarios respecto a controles, estimado con IPW.

Total sales

01/08/2022 Go to Evidence

US$ 13,064 is the increase in sales value among beneficiaries (IPW), excluding dairy ((Table 5, p.27–28).

US$ 13.064 es el aumento en el valor de ventas de beneficiarios (IPW), para la muestra sin lácteos (Tabla 5, p.27–28).

Net income

01/08/2022 Go to Evidence

US$ 12,928 is the increase in net income (beneficiaries vs. controls), sample without dairy (Table 5, p.27).

US$ 12.928 es el incremento del ingreso neto (beneficiarios vs. controles), muestra sin lácteos (Tabla 5, p.27).

Increased productivity in citrus

01/08/2022 Go to Evidence

US$ 1,161/ha is the significant productivity increase in the citrus chain (≈37% of ~US$ 3,000/ha average).

US$ 1.161 por hectárea es el incremento significativo de productividad en la cadena de cítricos (≈37 % del promedio ~US$ 3.000/ha).