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Increased agricultural productivity

21/11/2023 Go to Evidence

28% must increase agricultural productivity in LAC in the next decade to balance sustainability, affordable prices and fairness for producers (OECD and FAO, 2022).

OCDE y FAO, 2022

OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2022-2031

Investment challenges

21/11/2023 Go to Evidence

3 veces mayor es la inversión agrícola en EE.UU. que en América del Sur y 5 veces más que en América Central y el Caribe, con ALC necesitando USD 60 000 millones anuales (OCDE y FAO, 2022).

OCDE y FAO, 2022

OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2022-2031

Foodborne Diseases

20/11/2023 Go to Evidence

600 million cases of foodborne diseases were estimated by WHO for 2010 (Jaffee et al., 2019)

Jaffee et al., 2019

https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1233-el-imperativo-de-la-seguridad-alimentaria:-acelerar-el-progreso-en-los-paises-de-renta-baja-y-media

Deaths due to diseases

20/11/2023 Go to Evidence

USD 95 billion in annual losses are linked to 420 000 premature deaths from foodborne diseases in low- and middle-income countries (Jaffee et al., 2019).

(Jaffee et al., 2019).

https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1233-el-imperativo-de-la-seguridad-alimentaria:-acelerar-el-progreso-en-los-paises-de-renta-baja-y-media

Inequality

20/11/2023 Go to Evidence

45.9% of people in Latin America live in inequality, making the region the most unequal in the world (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023)

ISPA, 2023

https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1157-perspectivas-de-la-agricultura-y-del-desarrollo-rural-en-las-americas:-una-mirada-hacia-america-latina-y-el-caribe-2023-2024-las-crisis-alimentaria,-energetica-y-financiera-estan-empujando-a-mas-

African Swine Fever

20/11/2023 Go to Evidence

20% of the world's pig population was slaughtered due to African Swine Fever in China (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023)

(ISPA, 2023)

https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1157-perspectivas-de-la-agricultura-y-del-desarrollo-rural-en-las-americas:-una-mirada-hacia-america-latina-y-el-caribe-2023-2024-las-crisis-alimentaria,-energetica-y-financiera-estan-empujando-a-mas-

Global burden of disease

20/11/2023 Go to Evidence

5% of the global burden of disease is related to foodborne diseases (McDermott and Grace, 2011).

(McDermott y Grace, 2011)

https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1234-enfermedades-asociadas-a-la-agricultura:-adaptar-la-agricultura-para-mejorar-la-salud-humana