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Labor force

23/10/2024 Go to Evidence

1.2 billion young people will enter the labor force in developing countries in the next decade, but there will only be 420 million jobs, leaving 800 million without a clear path to employment (World Bank, 2024).

Banco Mundial (23 de octubre de 2024). El sector alimentario como motor de crecimiento y empleo. Reuniones Anuales de 2024.

Beneficiary: Youth

Rural population

01/08/2024 Go to Evidence

4% of Uruguay's population lives in rural areas, according to the 2023 Census (Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries of Uruguay, 2024).

Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca de Uruguay (2024). SENDA: Estrategia nacional para el desarrollo agropecuario.

Country: Uruguay

Rural Poverty vs. Urban

16/05/2024 Go to Evidence

41% represents the rural poverty rate in LAC, being approximately 15 percentage points higher than urban poverty (ECLAC. et al, 2024).

CEPAL. et al, 2024

"FAO, IICA, CEPAL y P M A. 2024. Financiamiento para la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición en América Latina y el Caribe. Santiago de Chile. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd0527es"

Peru's agricultural diversity post-COVID-19

14/05/2024 Go to Evidence

This study assessed crop diversity among 180 Peruvian farmers (2018–2022) using Shannon–Weiner and Margalef indices. Five crop types were identified; projections indicate growth in 15 families and decline in 9 by 2025 (Chavez et al., 2024).

Segundo G. Chavez; Erick Arellanos; Jaris Veneros; Nilton B. Rojas-Briceño; Manuel Oliva-Cruz; Carlos Bolaños-Carriel; Ligia García

Instituto de Investigación para el Desarrollo Sustentable de Ceja de Selva (INDES-CES), Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza. Instituto de Investigación en Ingeniería Ambiental (INAM), Universidad Nacional TRM. Grupo de Investigación en Ciencia de la Información Geoespacial, Universidad Nacional de Moquegua. Facultad de Ciencias Agrícolas, Universidad Central del Ecuador.

agricultural production

31/12/2023 Go to Evidence

56% more food will need to be produced by the agricultural sector by 2050 compared to 2010 in order to feed a growing world population (FAO, 2023).

Para 2050, el sector agrícola necesitará producir un 56 por ciento más de alimentos en comparación con 2010 para alimentar a una población mundial en crecimiento. (FAO, 2023)

FAO.2023.The role of innovation and digitalization in the sustainable use of natural resources to accelerate the implementation of climate-resilient and low-emission pathways in agrifood systems

World population

04/03/2023 Go to Evidence

Half of the world's population lives in households dependent on agrifood systems (FAO, 2023).

Casi la mitad de la población mundial vive en hogares vinculados a sistemas agroalimentarios. (FAO, 2023).

FAO

Developing countries

01/01/2023 Go to Evidence

1.2 billion young people aged 15-24, 16% of the world's population, live mostly in developing countries (FAO, 2023).

FAO (2023). FAO’s work on the themes of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP). Roma.

Beneficiary: Youth

Family farming establishments

21/11/2022 Go to Evidence

81.3% of the total number of farms are small farms, which occupy 23.4% of the land in Latin America and the Caribbean (OECD, 2022).

El 81,3% del total de granjas corresponde a pequeñas explotaciones, que ocupan el 23,4% de la tierra en América Latina y el Caribe (OCDE, 2022)

OCDE, 2022. Conducta empresarial responsable en el sector agrícola en América Latina y el Caribe