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Improvement wine grape quality

19/12/2005 Go to Evidence

43% of vineyard surface area in Argentina was dedicated to high enological value varieties in 2001, significantly increasing from approximately 20% in 1990 (McDermott, 2005).

43% de la superficie de viñedos en Argentina estaba dedicado a variedades de alto valor enológico en 2001, aumentando significativamente desde aproximadamente el 20% en 1990 (McDermott, 2005).

McDermott, G. (2005). The Politics of Institutional Renovation and Economic Upgrading: Lessons from the Argentine Wine Industry. William Davidson Institute Working Paper Number 817, University of Michigan.

Contrast in grape quality between Mendoza and San

19/12/2005 Go to Evidence

65% of Mendoza's harvest was classified as high and medium quality grapes in 2002, while in San Juan it only reached 26%, showing a marked difference in quality production between the provinces (McDermott, 2005).

65% de la cosecha de Mendoza estaba clasificada como uvas de alta y media calidad en 2002, mientras que en San Juan solo alcanzaba el 26%, evidenciando una marcada diferencia en la producción de calidad entre las provincias (McDermott, 2005).

McDermott, G. (2005). The Politics of Institutional Renovation and Economic Upgrading: Lessons from the Argentine Wine Industry. William Davidson Institute Working Paper Number 817, University of Michigan.

USD 475 million in losses from the 1997–98 El Niño

01/04/2005 Go to Evidence

USD 475 million in losses were estimated by ECLAC in Central America during the 1997–98 El Niño event, with all countries reporting significant impacts on the agricultural sector.

Jiménez Umaña, M. (2004). El niño y el sector agropecuario centroamericano : alerta, impacto y respuesta. Obtenido de: https://hdl.handle.net/11324/7593.

IICA (2004)

More than USD 6 billion in losses from Hurricane

01/04/2005 Go to Evidence

More than USD 6 billion in economic losses were caused by Hurricane Mitch in Central America, with approximately half occurring in the agricultural sector.

Jiménez Umaña, M. (2004). El niño y el sector agropecuario centroamericano : alerta, impacto y respuesta. Obtenido de: https://hdl.handle.net/11324/7593.

IICA (2004)

58% of losses occurred in agriculture

01/04/2005 Go to Evidence

58% of the economic losses recorded in Costa Rica during the El Niño event occurred in the agricultural sector.

Jiménez Umaña, M. (2004). El niño y el sector agropecuario centroamericano : alerta, impacto y respuesta. Obtenido de: https://hdl.handle.net/11324/7593.

IICA (2004)

60% of economic losses affect agriculture

01/04/2005 Go to Evidence

Nearly 60% of the economic losses caused by droughts and El Niño events are borne by the agricultural sector, highlighting its high vulnerability to climate variability.

Jiménez Umaña, M. (2004). El niño y el sector agropecuario centroamericano : alerta, impacto y respuesta. Obtenido de: https://hdl.handle.net/11324/7593.

IICA (2004)

European subsidies

03/01/2002 Go to Evidence

14.8 billion dollars was the base amount of export subsidies from the European Union, reducing to 9.4 billion dollars in 2000, making it the world's largest provider of such support (de Gorter, Ingco, & Ruiz, 2002, p. 4).

14,800 millones de dólares fue el monto base de subsidios a la exportación de la Unión Europea, que se reduciría a 9,400 millones en el año 2000, siendo el mayor otorgante mundial de estos apoyos (de Gorter, Ingco, & Ruiz, 2002, p. 4).

Macías Uribe, C. (2019). World Agricultural Trade Reform, Insertion of Mexico´s agricultural sector under NAFTA and the WTO Agreement on Agriculture, 1994-2012. Textual, 74, 13-49.

Agricultural subsidies

17/06/1999 Go to Evidence

In 1999, the United States granted US$132 per hectare as a corn subsidy, three times more than the US$42 per hectare granted by Mexico (Arroyo, 2009).

132 dólares por hectárea otorgaba Estados Unidos como subsidio al maíz en 1999, siendo tres veces mayor que los 42 dólares por hectárea que otorgaba México (Arroyo, 2009).

Macías Uribe, C. (2019). World Agricultural Trade Reform, Insertion of Mexico´s agricultural sector under NAFTA and the WTO Agreement on Agriculture, 1994-2012. Textual, 74, 13-49.

Double crop soybean-corn

21/10/0218 Go to Evidence

93% of the total area of double cropping in Mato Grosso corresponded to the soybean-corn system during the study period (Garrett et al., 2018).

93% del área total de doble cultivo en Mato Grosso correspondía al sistema soja-maíz durante el período de estudio (Garrett et al., 2018).

Garrett, R.D., Koh, I., Lambin, E.F., le Polain de Waroux, Y., Kastens, J.H., & Brown, J.C. (2018). Intensification in agriculture-forest frontiers: Land use responses to development and conservation policies in Brazil. Global Environmental Change, 53, 233-243.