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Productivity and Competitiveness

29/02/2024 Go to Evidence

A 1% increase in productivity growth is equivalent to a 1% decrease in the cost of producing, storing and selling one unit of a product (GAP, 2023)

Un aumento del 1% en el crecimiento de la productividad equivale a una disminución del 1% en el coste de producir, almacenar y vender una unidad de un producto (GAP, 2023)

Agnew, J. & Hendery, S. (2023). T. Thompson (Ed.) 2023 Global Agricultural Productivity Report: Every Farmer, Every Tool. Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1338-informe-gap-2023-sobre-la-productividad-agricola-mundial

Tag: Global_Agricultural_Productivity
Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products
Area: International Trade and Regional Integration
Result: Improved productivity

Climatic events

20/02/2024 Go to Evidence

Nearly 180 million people were harmed by climate events between 1981-2020 (IDB, 2024).

Cerca de 180 millones de personas fueron perjudicadas por eventos climáticos entre 1981-2020 (BID, 2024)

BID, 2024. Rumbo a una inversión pública resiliente y descarbonizada: prácticas de integración de la acción climática en la gestión de la inversión pública

Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Environment and natural resources
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture

Climate crisis

20/02/2024 Go to Evidence

Between 2% and 8% of annual GDP spending is required for the provision of services and infrastructure to face the climate crisis (IDB, 2024).

Entre el 2% y el 8% del gasto anual del PIB es requerido para la provisión de servicios e infraestructura para enfrentar la crisis climática (BID, 2024)

BID, 2024. Rumbo a una inversión pública resiliente y descarbonizada: prácticas de integración de la acción climática en la gestión de la inversión pública

Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Environment and natural resources
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture
Result: Climate mitigation

Agricultural production growth

01/02/2024 Go to Evidence

4.2 times the global agricultural production volume increased between 1961 and 2020, while the world population grew 2.6 times during the same period (USDA, 2024).

USDA, 2024

USDA.2024. World Agricultural Production, Resource Use, and Productivity, 1961–2020. https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1366-produccion-agricola-mundial,-uso-y-productividad,-1961-2020

Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products
Area: International Trade and Regional Integration

Changes in land use

01/02/2024 Go to Evidence

One-third of the global land area has been affected by land use changes since 1960, with phases of acceleration (1960-2005) and deceleration (2006-2019) in these changes (USDA, 2024).

USDA, 2024

USDA.2024. World Agricultural Production, Resource Use, and Productivity, 1961–2020. https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1366-produccion-agricola-mundial,-uso-y-productividad,-1961-2020

Country: World (aggregate)
Area: Soil Health
Result: Transition to sustainable land use

Concentrated animal feed

01/02/2024 Go to Evidence

381 million metric tons of total feed (in dry matter or grain equivalent tons) were used in agriculture in 1961, increasing to 1.585 billion metric tons in 2020 (USDA, 2024).

USDA, 2024

USDA.2024. World Agricultural Production, Resource Use, and Productivity, 1961–2020. https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1366-produccion-agricola-mundial,-uso-y-productividad,-1961-2020

Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Animal feed

Spending on agricultural research

01/02/2024 Go to Evidence

$27.2 billion was global public agricultural R&D spending in 1991, rising to $48.9 billion in 2016, in constant 2015 purchasing power parity dollars (PPP$) (USDA, 2024).

USDA, 2024

USDA.2024. World Agricultural Production, Resource Use, and Productivity, 1961–2020. https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1366-produccion-agricola-mundial,-uso-y-productividad,-1961-2020

Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Science, technology and innovation
Area: Science, Technology, and Innovation
Instrument: Support to technological research and development