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High urban-rural gap in Colombia

14/11/2022 Go to Evidence

2.5 times more people live in rural areas than in urban areas in Colombia (Rodrigo Castañeda, et al., 2023).

Son 2.5 veces más pobres las personas viviendo en áreas rurales que en urbanas en Colombia (Rodrigo Castañeda, et al., 2023)

Rodrigo Castañeda, et al., 2023. Implementing the voluntary guidelines on the responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests from the working with people model: lessons from Colombia and Guatemala, The Journal of Peasant Studies, 50:5, 1820-1851, DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2022.2120811

Land use

14/11/2022 Go to Evidence

78% of farms use only 10% of the land for cultivation (Rodrigo Castañeda, et al., 2023).

78% de las granjas usan solo el 10% de la tierra para cultivo (Rodrigo Castañeda, et al., 2023)

Rodrigo Castañeda, et al., 2023. Implementing the voluntary guidelines on the responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests from the working with people model: lessons from Colombia and Guatemala, The Journal of Peasant Studies, 50:5, 1820-1851, DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2022.2120811

Land ownership

14/11/2022 Go to Evidence

2% of landowners own 65% of the arable land (Rodrigo Castañeda, et al., 2023).

2% de los terratenientes poseen el 65% de la tierra cultivable (Rodrigo Castañeda, et al., 2023)

Rodrigo Castañeda, et al., 2023. Implementing the voluntary guidelines on the responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests from the working with people model: lessons from Colombia and Guatemala, The Journal of Peasant Studies, 50:5, 1820-1851, DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2022.2120811

Youth Exodus

10/08/2021 Go to Evidence

Between 40% and 60% of young people, especially rural youth, migrate to cities (ECLAC, 2021).

Entre el 40% y el 60% de los jóvenes, especialmente de los jóvenes rurales, migran hacia las ciudades (CEPAL, 2021)

CEPAL, 2021. Desarrollo rural en América Latina y el Caribe. ¿La construcción de un nuevo modelo?

Family farming

17/06/2021 Go to Evidence

65% of producers consider themselves family farmers, representing 53% of rural employment and impacting 20% of national agricultural production (International Land Coalition, 2021).

65% de los productores se considera agricultor familiar, representa el 53% del empleo rural e impacta el 20% del producto agropecuario nacional (Coalición Internacional para la tierra, 2021)

Argentina. Informe país. Situación de la agricultura familiar campesina e indígena. 2021

Family farming

17/06/2021 Go to Evidence

2 million people, around 9% of Argentine territory, participate in family farming (International Land Coalition, 2021).

2 millones de personas, cerca del 9% del territorio argentino, participan en la agricultura familiar (Coalición Internacional para la tierra, 2021)

Coalición Internacional para la tierra, 2021

Agricultural Boom!

31/05/2020 Go to Evidence

4,726 agricultural organizations were registered with the Ministry in Ecuador in 2020 (IIE, 2020).

4.726 organizaciones de agricultures y agricultoras estaban registradas ante el Ministerio en 2020 en Ecuador (IIE, 2020)

IEE, 2020. Estudio para una línea base para la implementación del Decenio de las NNUU de la Agricultura Familiar en Ecuador.

Destitution due to loss of agricultural product

04/04/2017 Go to Evidence

6.9% of the population would remain destitute if there is a loss of 5.6% of agricultural product in LAC (ECLAC & EU, 2017).

6,9% de la población se mantendría en la indigencia si hay una pérdida de 5,6% del producto agrícola en LAC (CEPAL & UE, 2017)

CEPAL & UE, 2017. El cambio climático, la agricultura y la pobreza en América Latina

Rural population poverty line

04/04/2017 Go to Evidence

From 64% to 54% decreased the rural population in LAC below the poverty line in the 2000s (ECLAC & EU, 2017).

De 64% a 54% disminuyó la población rural en LAC por debajo de la línea de pobreza en la década de los 2000 (CEPAL & UE, 2017)

CEPAL & UE, 2017. El cambio climático, la agricultura y la pobreza en América Latina

Decrease in poverty line

04/04/2017 Go to Evidence

From 38% to 31% passed the indigence line of the rural population in Latin America in the 2000s (ECLAC & EU, 2017).

The poverty line of the rural population in Latin America crossed the line from 38% to 31% in the 2000s (ECLAC & EU, 2017).

CEPAL & UE, 2017. El cambio climático, la agricultura y la pobreza en América Latina