Evidences
49 results
38% of global agrobiodiversity is found in Latin America, a region that has contributed fundamental crops such as corn, potato, cocoa, tomato, avocado, and many others to global food, constituting a strategic asset to face climate change (Velásquez, A., 2025).
38% de la agrobiodiversidad mundial se encuentra en América Latina, región que ha aportado cultivos fundamentales como maíz, papa, cacao, tomate, aguacate y muchos otros a la alimentación global, constituyendo un activo estratégico para enfrentar el cambio climático (Velásquez, A., 2025).
Velásquez, A. (2025). Estudios arqueológicos del aguacate en Mesoamérica. Editorial Académica.
22 billion dollars is estimated as the potential annual economic value of traditional agricultural knowledge of Latin America applied to bioeconomy and sustainable development, including domestication techniques, cultivation, and use of native species (Velásquez, A., 2025).
22 billones de dólares se estima el valor económico potencial anual de los conocimientos agrícolas tradicionales de América Latina aplicados a la bioeconomía y desarrollo sostenible, incluyendo técnicas de domesticación, cultivo y uso de especies autóctonas (Velásquez, A., 2025).
Velásquez, A. (2025). Estudios arqueológicos del aguacate en Mesoamérica. Editorial Académica.
The study examines how droughts, floods, and temperature shifts impact agriculture in Peru and Ecuador. It reviews adaptation strategies such as climate-resilient crops, irrigation innovations, and government support. Findings show improved resilience, but highlight the need for more sustainable practices and stronger climate policies (Fernandez & Morales, 2025).
Ricardo Fernández; Gabriela Morales
Revista de Cineforum
30% is the approximate reduction in the use of materials and the carbon footprint that could be achieved with the implementation of circular economy strategies (ECLAC, 2024).
CEPAL (2024)
CEPAL, América Latina y el Caribe ante las trampas del desarrollo: transformaciones indispensables y cómo gestionarlas (LC/SES.40/3-P/-*), Santiago, 2024
23/04/2024
486,000 people in rural areas of Central America faced severe drought conditions between April and November 2023, affecting the main planting and harvesting seasons due to reduced rainfall associated with the El Niño phenomenon. (WFP, 2024).
Programa Mundial de Alimentos (WFP). (2024). Fenómeno de El Niño 2023–2024: América Latina y el Caribe.
PMA. 2024
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
One third of countries (60-70) have formulated bioeconomy policies, with 21 strategies developed and 17 more in process (FAO, 2024).
FAO, 2024
FAO,2024,The bioeconomy toolbox A guide to support the development of sustainable bioeconomy strategies and policies
0.44 units is the associated reduction in the outcome of SDG 11 for each unit increase in the value of Agriculture, according to the regression analysis (de Araújo Ramos et al., 2023).
0.44 unidades es la reducción asociada en el resultado del ODS 11 por cada unidad de aumento en el valor de la Agricultura, según el análisis de regresión (de Araújo Ramos et al., 2023).
de Araújo Ramos, M. R., Sobreira de Moura, A., & Vilela Amelotti, L. (2023). Sustainability in Latin America and the Caribbean: an analysis of the impact of socioeconomic and political arrangements. Estudios Internacionales, 206, 43-79.
Minus 0.44 is the regression coefficient showing a negative relationship between increased agriculture and SDG 11 scores in Latin America and the Caribbean (de Araújo Ramos et al., 2023).
-0.44 es el coeficiente de regresión que revela una relación negativa entre el aumento de la agricultura y los puntajes del ODS 11 (Ciudades y Comunidades Sostenibles) en América Latina y el Caribe (de Araújo Ramos et al., 2023).
de Araújo Ramos, M. R., Sobreira de Moura, A., & Vilela Amelotti, L. (2023). Sustainability in Latin America and the Caribbean: an analysis of the impact of socioeconomic and political arrangements. Estudios Internacionales, 206, 43-79.
50% more food production will be needed by 2050 due to population growth, dietary changes and increased use of biofuels (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
