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At least 88% of LAC countries face multiple forms of malnutrition (World Bank, 2020).
Al menos 88% de los países de ALC afrontan múltiples formas de malnutrición (Banco Mundial, 2020)
Banco Mundial, 2020. Panoramas alimentarios futuros: Reimaginando la agricultura en América Latina y el Caribe
815 million people went to bed hungry in LAC in 2017 (World Bank, 2020).
815 millones de personas se fueron a dormir hambrientas en ALC en el 2017 (Banco Mundial, 2020)
Banco Mundial, 2020. Panoramas alimentarios futuros: Reimaginando la agricultura en América Latina y el Caribe
58% of the population (360 million people) in LAC were overweight, with Chile (64%), Mexico (63%), and Uruguay (63%) standing out (World Bank, 2020).
58% de la población (360 millones de personas) en ALC tenía sobrepeso, destacándose Chile (64%), México (63%) y Uruguay (63%) (Banco Mundial, 2020)
Banco Mundial, 2020. Panoramas alimentarios futuros: Reimaginando la agricultura en América Latina y el Caribe
60% is the required increase in global food production by 2050, when the population will reach 9.7 billion (UNDESA, 2019).
Se prevé que para 2050 la población mundial llegue a los 9.700 millones de personas, Para ir a la par de este rápido crecimiento, la producción mundial de alimentos tendrá que aumentar aproximadamente un 60% (UNDESA, 2019)
UNDESA (2019), World Population Prospects 2019, Departamento de Asuntos Económicos y Sociales de Naciones Unidas.
Between -11% and -14% could reduce maize, bean and rice yields by 2030, and between -19% and -24% by 2050 due to climate change, impacting food security and the rural poor (IDB, 2018).
Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (2018). Estrategia del Grupo BID con Honduras 2019-2022.
CEPAL (2016). La economía del cambio climático en Honduras: mensajes clave 2016. Ciudad de México, México.
20 million people in farm households in developing countries are growing and consuming biofortified crops according to HarvestPlus (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).
20 millones de personas en hogares agrícolas de países en desarrollo están cultivando y consumiendo cultivos biofortificados según HarvestPlus (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.
1 billion people seeks to reach HarvestPlus with biofortification by the year 2030 (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).
1 mil millones de personas busca alcanzar HarvestPlus con biofortificación para el año 2030 (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.
75% of all biofortified harvested roots were consumed on-farm in 2015, according to HarvestPlus estimates (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).
75% de todas las raíces biofortificadas cosechadas fueron consumidas en finca en 2015, según estimaciones de HarvestPlus (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.
Between June 2010 and May 2011, international maize and wheat prices roughly doubled; food prices peaked in February 2011.
Torero (2016)
Torero, M. (2016). Alternative mechanisms to reduce food price volatility and price spikes: Policy responses at the global level. In M. Kalkuhl et al. (Eds.), Food Price Volatility and Its Implications for Food Security and Policy. Springer. https://opsaa.iica.int/en/resource-2747-alternative-mechanisms-to-reduce-food-price-volatility-and-price-spikes-policy-responses-at-the-global-level
Up to 30% of the price increase in the first six months of 2008 can be explained by trade restrictions, according to IFPRI simulations with the MIRAGE model cited in the chapter.
Torero (2016)
Torero, M. (2016). Alternative mechanisms to reduce food price volatility and price spikes: Policy responses at the global level. In M. Kalkuhl et al. (Eds.), Food Price Volatility and Its Implications for Food Security and Policy. Springer. https://opsaa.iica.int/en/resource-2747-alternative-mechanisms-to-reduce-food-price-volatility-and-price-spikes-policy-responses-at-the-global-level