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hare of Agricultural Production

04/03/2024 Go to Evidence

73% share of agricultural production in the global South (developed countries) in 2020, compared to 44% in 1961 (Fuglie, Morgan, S, & Jelliffe, 2024).

El 73% de la participación en la producción agropecuaria del Sur global (países en desarrollado) en el 2020, en comparación con el 44% en 1961 (Fuglie, Morgan, S, & Jelliffe, 2024).

Fuglie, K.O., Morgan, S., & Jelliffe, J. (2024). World agricultural production, resource use, and productivity, 1961–2020 (Report No. EIB-268). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1366-produccion-agricola-mundial,-uso-y-productividad,-1961-2020

Production of Raw Materials

04/03/2024 Go to Evidence

From $1.1 trillion to $4.3 trillion was the growth in global production of crop, livestock and agricultural raw materials (at constant 2015 prices) (Fuglie, Morgan, S, & Jelliffe, 2024).

De 1,1 a 4,3 billones de dólares fue el crecimiento de la producción mundial de materias primas agrícolas, ganaderas y agrícolas (a precios constantes de 2015) (Fuglie, Morgan, S, & Jelliffe, 2024).

Fuglie, K.O., Morgan, S., & Jelliffe, J. (2024). World agricultural production, resource use, and productivity, 1961–2020 (Report No. EIB-268). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1366-produccion-agricola-mundial,-uso-y-productividad,-1961-2020

Agricultural Land

04/03/2024 Go to Evidence

260 million hectares was the decline in agricultural land in the global north between 1961 and 2020 (Fuglie, Morgan, S, & Jelliffe, 2024).

260 millones de hectáreas fue la disminución de las tierras agrícolas en el norte global entre 1961 y el 2020 (Fuglie, Morgan, S, & Jelliffe, 2024).

Fuglie, K.O., Morgan, S., & Jelliffe, J. (2024). World agricultural production, resource use, and productivity, 1961–2020 (Report No. EIB-268). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1366-produccion-agricola-mundial,-uso-y-productividad,-1961-2020

Irrigated area

04/03/2024 Go to Evidence

343 million hectares was the increase in irrigated land, multiplying 2.3 times between 1961 and 2020 (Fuglie, Morgan, S, & Jelliffe, 2024).

343 millones de hectáreas fue el aumento de las tierras bajo riego, multiplicando 2.3 veces entre 1961 y el 2020 (Fuglie, Morgan, S, & Jelliffe, 2024).

Fuglie, K.O., Morgan, S., & Jelliffe, J. (2024). World agricultural production, resource use, and productivity, 1961–2020 (Report No. EIB-268). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1366-produccion-agricola-mundial,-uso-y-productividad,-1961-2020

Agricultural Land

04/03/2024 Go to Evidence

597 million hectares was the increase in agricultural land in the global south between 1961 and 2020 (Fuglie, Morgan, S, & Jelliffe, 2024).

597 millones de hectáreas fue el aumento de las tierras agrícolas en el sur global entre 1961 y el 2020 (Fuglie, Morgan, S, & Jelliffe, 2024).

Fuglie, K.O., Morgan, S., & Jelliffe, J. (2024). World agricultural production, resource use, and productivity, 1961–2020 (Report No. EIB-268). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1366-produccion-agricola-mundial,-uso-y-productividad,-1961-2020

Water in Agriculture

04/03/2024 Go to Evidence

70% of global freshwater withdrawals are associated with agriculture (Fuglie, Morgan, S, & Jelliffe, 2024).

El 70% de las extracciones mundiales de agua dulce estás asociadas con la agricultura (Fuglie, Morgan, S, & Jelliffe, 2024).

Fuglie, K.O., Morgan, S., & Jelliffe, J. (2024). World agricultural production, resource use, and productivity, 1961–2020 (Report No. EIB-268). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1366-produccion-agricola-mundial,-uso-y-productividad,-1961-2020

Agricultural Land

04/03/2024 Go to Evidence

336 million hectares was the increase in global agricultural land between 1961 and 2020 (Fuglie, Morgan, S, & Jelliffe, 2024).

336 millones de hectáreas fue el aumento de las tierras agrícolas mundiales entre 1961 y 2020 (Fuglie, Morgan, S, & Jelliffe, 2024).

Fuglie, K.O., Morgan, S., & Jelliffe, J. (2024). World agricultural production, resource use, and productivity, 1961–2020 (Report No. EIB-268). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1366-produccion-agricola-mundial,-uso-y-productividad,-1961-2020

Greenhouse Gases (GHGs)

04/03/2024 Go to Evidence

60% decrease in GHG emissions intensity associated with agricultural land use change in the Global South between 1990 and 2020 (Fuglie, Morgan, S, & Jelliffe, 2024).

60% ha sido la disminución de la intensidad de las emisiones de los Gases de Efecto Invernadero asociados al cambio de uso de suelo agrícola en el Sur Global entre 1990 y 2020 (Fuglie, Morgan, S, & Jelliffe, 2024).

Fuglie, K.O., Morgan, S., & Jelliffe, J. (2024). World agricultural production, resource use, and productivity, 1961–2020 (Report No. EIB-268). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1366-produccion-agricola-mundial,-uso-y-productividad,-1961-2020

Tensions over the Coffee Landscape

04/03/2024 Go to Evidence

The study identifies contradictions and methodological gaps in research on the Coffee Cultural Landscape, and concludes that its heritage management faces unresolved tensions between institutional discourses and territorial realities (Cruz-Rincón, D. F. , 2024).

Duván Fernando Cruz-Rincón

Universidad del Valle - Facultad de Ciencias de la Administración

Building sector

03/03/2024 Go to Evidence

50% of the climate footprint of the construction sector comes from concrete, 15% from metals, 29% from fossil resources and the rest from biomass (UNEP, 2024).

La mitad de la huella climática del sector construcción se atribuye al cemento, los ladrillos y otros elementos de concreto, mientras que el resto se atribuye a metales (15%), recursos fósiles (29%) y biomasa, principalmente madera y caucho. (UNEP, 2024)

UNEP.2024.Global Resources Outlook 2024