Forests in Latin America and the Caribbean.

23% of the world’s forests and 60% of global biodiversity are located in Latin America and the Caribbean, highlighting the region’s strategic importance for ecosystem and biodiversity conservation. This significant share also reflects the critical role of LAC in providing essential ecosystem services and in supporting global efforts to address environmental degradation and climate change (World Resources Institute, 2024)

World Resources Institute, 2024

486 Thousand People Exposed to Severe Drought

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

South-South Cooperation

USD 60 million has been allocated to ten projects between Brazil and FAO to reduce poverty through South-South Cooperation (FAO and ABC/MRE, 2022).

FAO y ABC/MRE, 2022

https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1212-la-trayectoria-de-la-cooperacion-entre-brasil-y-la-fao-en-america-latina-y-el-caribe

Multisectoral Approach Needed for Malnutrition

The problem of malnutrition is multi-faceted and requires action through a multisectoral approach that includes healthcare, education, water and sanitation, social protection, and food and agriculture (Duncan et al., 2022).

El problema de la malnutrición es multifacético y requiere acción a través de un enfoque multisectorial que incluye atención médica, educación, agua y saneamiento, protección social, y alimentación y agricultura (Duncan et al., 2022).

S. E., Fraser, E. D. G., Vosti, S., Haines, J., Knight, F., & Roberton, T. (2022). Connecting the food and agriculture sector to nutrition interventions for improved health outcomes. Food Security, 14, 657-675. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-022-01262-3

SDGs related to green production

59% of the Sustainable Development Goals (10 out of 17) have environmental sustainability as a key objective related to green production (Cervera-Ferri & Ureña, 2017).

59% de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (10 de 17) tienen a la sostenibilidad medioambiental como un objetivo clave relacionado con la producción verde (Cervera-Ferri y Ureña, 2017).

Cervera-Ferri, J. L., & Ureña, M. L. (2017). Indicadores de producción verde. Una guía para avanzar hacia el desarrollo sostenible. Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).

Households reached directly in 2016

1.5 million farm households were reached directly with biofortified planting material by HarvestPlus in 2016 (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).

1.5 millones de hogares agrícolas fueron alcanzados directamente con material de siembra biofortificado por HarvestPlus en 2016 (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).

Bouis, H.E., & Saltzman, A. (2017). Improving nutrition through biofortification: A review of evidence from HarvestPlus, 2003 through 2016. Global Food Security, 12, 49-58.

HarvestPlus target countries

8 target countries has HarvestPlus where it leads delivery: Bangladesh, DR Congo, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).

8 países objetivo tiene HarvestPlus donde lidera la entrega: Bangladesh, DR Congo, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Uganda y Zambia (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).

Bouis, H.E., & Saltzman, A. (2017). Improving nutrition through biofortification: A review of evidence from HarvestPlus, 2003 through 2016. Global Food Security, 12, 49-58.

Economic losses due to zoonoses

$20 billion is the direct economic loss due to zoonoses over a decade, and it is much more than $200 billion in indirect losses (World Bank, 2010).

Banco Mundial (2010)

https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1266-personas,-patogenos-y-nuestro-planeta-volumen-1:-hacia-un-enfoque-de-%22one-health%22-para-el-control-de-enfermedades-zoonoticas.-volumen-1:-hacia-un-enfoque-de-%22one-health%22-para-el-control-de-enfermeda

Challenge of Inefficient Governments

65% of governments in developing countries are considered inefficient or even predatory, posing a significant challenge to fostering micro learning that simultaneously relaxes macro constraints (Sabel & Reddy, 2006).

65% de los gobiernos en países en desarrollo son considerados ineficientes o incluso depredadores, lo que plantea un desafío significativo para fomentar el aprendizaje micro que simultáneamente relaja las restricciones macro (Sabel y Reddy, 2006).

Sabel, C. F., & Reddy, S. G. (2006). Learning to Learn: Undoing the Gordian Knot of Development Today.