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Meat prices

20/09/2024 Go to Evidence

20% to 60% would increase meat prices if they reflected their true health, climate and environmental costs (Sutton, Lotsch & Prasann, 2024).

Sutton, William R., Alexander Lotsch, & Ashesh Prasann. 2024. Recipe for a Livable Planet: Achieving Net Zero Emissions in the Agrifood System. Agriculture and Food Series. Washington, DC: Banco Mundial. doi:10.1596/978-1-4648-2093-9. License: Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 3.0 IGO

Funke, Franziska, Linus Mattauch, Inge van den Bijgaart, H. Charles J. Godfray, Cameron Hepburn, David Klenert, Marco Springmann, and Nicolas Treich. 2022. “Toward Optimal Meat Pricing: Is It Time to Tax Meat Consumption?” Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 16 (2): 219–40.

Agri-food emissions

20/09/2024 Go to Evidence

15 % emissions could be reduced by reducing fertilizer use or adopting organic agriculture, but this could also reduce agricultural production by 5 %, increase food prices by 13 % and make healthy diets more expensive by 10 % (Sutton, Lotsch & Prasann, 2024).

Sutton, William R., Alexander Lotsch, & Ashesh Prasann. 2024. Recipe for a Livable Planet: Achieving Net Zero Emissions in the Agrifood System. Agriculture and Food Series. Washington, DC: Banco Mundial. doi:10.1596/978-1-4648-2093-9. License: Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 3.0 IGO

European Commission. 2020. “Factsheet: How the Future CAP Will Contribute to the EU Green Deal” (web page). Accessed March 30, 2024. https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/fs_20_910.

Organic Agro-exports and Food Security

01/09/2024 Go to Evidence

This study examined the relationship between air and sea surface temperatures, Peruvian organic agro-exports (2000–2022), and food security. It found that higher organic agro-exports reduce undernourishment globally and enhance access to healthy diets despite climate change (Coayla & Bedon, 2024).

Edelina Coayla; Ysabel Bedón

EcoDes - Grupo de Investigación Posgrado, Departamento de Economía y Administración, Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, Lima, Perú

Volatility of LAC's main exported agricultural pro

10/01/2024 Go to Evidence

Soybean prices fell by 8.6% in 2023 compared to the previous year, in a context of high volatility due to factors such as the drought in Argentina and Uruguay, the record harvest in Brazil and Chinese demand (IDB, 2024).

La cotización de la soja fue 8,6% inferior en 2023 frente al año anterior. Durante el 2023 la evolución de los precios de los productos agrícolas fueron volátiles (BID, 2024)

BID, 2024. Estimaciones de las tendencias comerciales. América Latina y el Caribe. Edición 2024

Participation in the world coffee supply

10/01/2024 Go to Evidence

More than 60% of the world's coffee supply came from Brazil and Colombia, while the price of Arabica fell due to better harvests (IDB, 2024).

Más del 60% de la oferta mundial del café se concentró en las cosechas de Brasil y Colombia, mercado que recibió una contracción del precio de la variedad Arábica como respuesta a la mejora en las cosechas (BID, 2024)

BID, 2024. Estimaciones de las tendencias comerciales. América Latina y el Caribe. Edición 2024

Sugar price increase by 2023

10/01/2024 Go to Evidence

By 27.7%, the price of sugar increased in 2023, far exceeding historical highs (IDB, 2024).

Un aumento del 27,7% se evidenció en el precio del azúcar durante el 2023, superando ampliamente los máximos históricos (BID, 2024)

BID, 2024. Estimaciones de las tendencias comerciales. América Latina y el Caribe. Edición 2024.

Tariffs on food

16/11/2023 Go to Evidence

Between 4.4% and 9.8% is the average increase in food tariffs if tariff barriers are not taken into account (IICA, 2023).

Entre 4,4% a 9,8% es el aumento promedio del arancel en alimentos al no tomar en cuenta barreras arancelarias (IICA, 2023)

Perspectivas de la Agricultura y del Desarrollo Rural en las Américas: una mirada hacia América Latina y el Caribe 2023-2024 (FAO, 2023)