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Food security in Panama

01/03/2024 Go to Evidence

USD 4.68 is the daily value per person to eat properly, which represents the highest cost in Central America (IDB, 2024).

USD 4.68 es el valor diario por persona para alimentarse de forma apropiada, lo que representa el costo más alto de Centroamérica (BID, 2024).

BIDeconomics Panamá: panorama de oportunidades / Juan José Barrios, Rubilú Rodríguez, Tomas Bermudez. p. cm. — (Monografía del BID; 1171). https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1373-bideconomics-panama:-panorama-de-oportunidades

Climate change in agriculture

01/03/2024 Go to Evidence

30% of the sown area may be lost after each harvest due to environmental causes in Panama (IDB, 2024).

30% de la superficie sembrada puede perderse tras cada cosecha por causas ambientales en Panamá (BID, 2023).

BIDeconomics Panamá: panorama de oportunidades / Juan José Barrios, Rubilú Rodríguez, Tomas Bermudez. p. cm. — (Monografía del BID; 1171). https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1373-bideconomics-panama:-panorama-de-oportunidades

Agriculture in Panama

01/03/2024 Go to Evidence

16% is the proportion of jobs offered by the agricultural sector in Panama (IDB, 2024).

6% es la proporción de empleos ofertados por el sector agropecuario en Panamá (BID, 2023)

BIDeconomics Panamá: panorama de oportunidades / Juan José Barrios, Rubilú Rodríguez, Tomas Bermudez. p. cm. — (Monografía del BID; 1171). https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1373-bideconomics-panama:-panorama-de-oportunidades

Climate events

20/11/2023 Go to Evidence

9% to 57% between 2000 and 2020 has increased extreme weather events (FAO et al., 2021).

(FAO et al., 2021)

https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1235-el-estado-de-la-seguridad-alimentaria-y-la-nutricion-en-el-mundo-2021

Crop diversity

15/11/2023 Go to Evidence

9 plant species account for more than 66% of crop production and 53% of daily calories worldwide.

Furman et al. (2021)

https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1223-diversidad-de-cultivos-en-las-explotaciones-agricolas-para-avanzar-en-la-seguridad-alimentaria-y-la-nutricion

Crop Yields

15/11/2023 Go to Evidence

1 % annual yield increases in key crops such as maize, rice and wheat are insufficient to double food production by 2050 (FAO, 2022).

FAO, 2022

https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-760-accion-mundial-sobre-el-desarrollo-verde-de-productos-agricolas-especiales:-un-pais,-un-producto-prioritario---plan-de-accion-2021-2025

Deforestation and corruption

09/08/2023 Go to Evidence

The 4% of the forest lost in Brazil since 2004 is attributed to an increase in deforestation between 8% and 10% in election years when mayors seek re-election.

Las tasas de deforestación en Brasil aumentan del 8 al 10 % en los años electorales cuando un alcalde en ejercicio se postula para la reelección, una cantidad equivalente al 4% del bosque total perdido desde las elecciones de 2004.

S. Pailler, 2018. Re-election incentives and deforestation cycles in the Brazilian Amazon. J. Environ. Econ. Manag., 88 (2018), pp. 345-365, 10.1016/j.jeem.2018.01.008

Impact of agriculture

08/08/2023 Go to Evidence

78% of the world's poor depend on agriculture, the largest user of land globally, which employs one billion people.

La agricultura es el mayor usuario de la tierra en todo el mundo, alimentando al mundo y empleando a mil millones de personas, incluido el 78% de los pobres del mundo.

Damania, Richard; Balseca, Esteban; de Fontaubert, Charlotte; Gill, Joshua; Kim, Kichan; Rentschler, Jun; Russ, Jason; Zaveri, Esha. 2023. Detox Development: Repurposing Environmentally Harmful Subsidies. © Washington, DC : World Bank.