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90% of ethanol production and use in the region comes from Brazil, which also accounts for 71% of production and 79% of biodiesel use (OECD and FAO, 2024).
(OCDE y FAO, 2024)
OECD/FAO (2024), OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2024-2033, OECD Publishing, Paris/FAO, Rome, https://doi.org/10.1787/4c5d2cfb-en.
In 40 countries, Rizobacter produces inoculants, seed therapeutants, adjuvants and fertilizers, which reach a wide range of growers globally (ISPA. 2023).
ISPA. 2023
Perspectivas de la Agricultura y del Desarrollo Rural en las Américas: una mirada hacia América Latina y el Caribe 2023-2024/ CEPAL; FAO; IICA - San José, C.R: IICA, 2023
Legal frameworks for crop gene editing have been developed in Latin America, considering institutional drivers and policy frameworks. Regulatory gaps are identified, and an approach to strengthening biotechnology governance is proposed (Zarate & Ramírez, 2023).
Zarate & Ramírez, 2023
Centro de Ingeniería Genética y Sociedad, Universidad Estatal de Carolina del Norte, Raleigh, Carolina del Norte - Estados Unidos Escuela de Medio Ambiente de Yale, Universidad de Yale - Estados Unidos Instituto de Investigación Social y Económica, Universidad de Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK - Estados Unidos Thinktank de Biociencias, Guadalajara - México
20% is Colombia's self-sufficiency rate in primary fertilizers (Corficolombiana, 2022).
Corficolombiana. (2022). Perspectiva sectorial: agroindustria. Bioinsumos: Panorama y oportunidades para el agro colombiano. 26 de Agosto de 2022.
In dairy products, input and labor costs decreased (with methodological caution). US$ 33,854 (inputs) and US$ 11,507 (labor).
En lácteos bajaron costos de insumos y mano de obra (con cautela metodológica). US$ 33.854 (insumos) y US$ 11.507 (mano de obra).
The study examines how agroecology supports food security and climate change mitigation in Peru. It highlights its role in strengthening family farming, conserving biodiversity, and reducing emissions (Glave & Escobedo, 2022).
Manuel Glave; Jaime Escobedo
Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE), Perú
In the Mariño basin, agroecological practices enhance food self-sufficiency, family income, and create synergies between productivity, climate adaptation, and mitigation (Quispe et al., 2021).
Yésica Quispe Conde; Bruno Locatelli; Améline Vallet; Raúl Blas Sevillano
Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (Perú) CIRAD–University of Montpellier (Francia) Center for International Forestry Research - CIFOR (Perú)
Harvest moisture affects rice milling quality, particularly whole grain yield and appearance. Levels between 20 % and 22 % are recommended to optimize industrial outcomes. (Álvarez-Parra et al., 2020).
Alvarez et al., 2020
Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (INIA) - Perú
5.7 million hectares of eucalyptus has Brazil for timber, energy and construction production (Da Silva R. F. F. B. et al., 2019).
Da Silva, R. F. B., Batistella, M., Palmieri, R., Dou, Y., & Millington, J. D. (2019). Eco-certification protocols as mechanisms to foster sustainable environmental practices in telecoupled systems. Forest Policy and Economics, Volumen 105, 2019, páginas 52-63, ISSN 1389-9341.
In two climate-vulnerable regions of Guatemala, 95 % of farmers perceive climate change; 81 % report production impacts, but only 41 % have adapted—mainly via tree planting (Viguera et al., 2019).
Bárbara Viguera, Francisco Alpízar, Celia A. Harvey, M. Ruth, Martínez-Rodríguez, Milagro Saborío-Rodríguez, Lucía Contreras
Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE) Conservation International, Moore Center for Science Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA), Oficina Regional para América Latina y el Caribe, Unidad de Cambio Climático Universidad de Costa Rica, Escuela de Economía e Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Económicas University of Sussex, School of Business, Department of Management and Economics