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Rural population in the C.A Dry Corridor

19/07/2024 Go to Evidence

More than 1 million people of the rural agricultural population live in the Central American Dry Corridor, classified as tropical dry forest (World Bank, 2024).

Banco Mundial, 2024

Banco Mundial. 2024.Estudio de factibilidad: Soluciones de financiamiento y seguro contra riesgos de desastres para agricultores familiares en El Salvador, Honduras y Guatemala. https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1589-estudio-de-factibilidad:-soluciones-de-financiamiento-y-seguro-contra-riesgos-de-desastres-para-agricultores-familiares-en-el-salvador,-honduras-y-guatemala

Agricultural losses due to drought

19/07/2024 Go to Evidence

280,000 hectares of beans and maize were lost in northern Central America due to drought in 2018 (World Bank, 2024).

Banco Mundial, 2024

Banco Mundial. 2024.Estudio de factibilidad: Soluciones de financiamiento y seguro contra riesgos de desastres para agricultores familiares en El Salvador, Honduras y Guatemala. https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1589-estudio-de-factibilidad:-soluciones-de-financiamiento-y-seguro-contra-riesgos-de-desastres-para-agricultores-familiares-en-el-salvador,-honduras-y-guatemala

Global bioinputs market

17/07/2024 Go to Evidence

USD 13.55 billion is the estimated growth of the global agricultural biologicals market between 2024-2028, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.89% (Technavio, 2024).

(Technavio, 2024).

Technavio. (2024). Agricultural Biologicals Market Analysis North America, Europe, APAC, South America, Middle East and Africa - US, Germany, France, China, Spain - Size and Forecast 2024-2028. Technavio.

Bioinputs Market in North America

17/07/2024 Go to Evidence

35% of the global agricultural bio-based products market growth will originate from North America between 2024-2028 (Technavio, 2024).

(Technavio, 2024).

Technavio. (2024). Agricultural Biologicals Market Analysis North America, Europe, APAC, South America, Middle East and Africa - US, Germany, France, China, Spain - Size and Forecast 2024-2028. Technavio.

Impact of hurricanes Eta and Iota

17/07/2024 Go to Evidence

16 of 22 departments in Guatemala had severe crop damage from hurricanes Eta and Iota in 2020 (World Bank, 2024).

Banco Mundial, 2024

Banco Mundial. 2024.Estudio de factibilidad: Soluciones de financiamiento y seguro contra riesgos de desastres para agricultores familiares en El Salvador, Honduras y Guatemala. https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1589-estudio-de-factibilidad:-soluciones-de-financiamiento-y-seguro-contra-riesgos-de-desastres-para-agricultores-familiares-en-el-salvador,-honduras-y-guatemala

Climate risk in northern Central America

17/07/2024 Go to Evidence

Guatemala ranks 16th in the Global Climate Risk Index 2021, followed by El Salvador at 28th and Honduras at 44th, highlighting its high exposure to extreme events (World Bank, 2024).

Banco Mundial, 2024

Banco Mundial. 2024.Estudio de factibilidad: Soluciones de financiamiento y seguro contra riesgos de desastres para agricultores familiares en El Salvador, Honduras y Guatemala. https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1589-estudio-de-factibilidad:-soluciones-de-financiamiento-y-seguro-contra-riesgos-de-desastres-para-agricultores-familiares-en-el-salvador,-honduras-y-guatemala

Cows in first, second or more calvings

12/07/2024 Go to Evidence

Proportion of cows with first, second, or more calvings in El Salvador: First-calf cows: 40%; Second-calf cows: 26%; Three-calf or more cows: 34% (Castro-Montoya, 2023)

Curvas de lactancia en El Salvador y otros parámetros productivos - Joaquín Castro-Montoya - Congreso lechero 2023

Agricultural machinery market in LAC

05/07/2024 Go to Evidence

USD 8.70 billion was the estimated size of the agricultural machinery market in Latin America in 2023, with a projected growth to USD 11.70 billion in 2028 (Mordor Intelligence, 2023).

USD 8.70 mil millones se estima que es el tamaño del mercado de maquinaria agrícola en el 2023 de América Latina, esperando alcance los USD 11.70 mil millones para 2028 (Mordor Intelligence, 2023)

Mordor Intelligence, 2023. Análisis de participación y tamaño del mercado de maquinaria agrícola de América Latina tendencias de crecimiento y pronósticos (2024-2029). Source:https://www.mordorintelligence.com/es/industry-reports/central-and-south-america-agricultural-machinery-market

Net production value

02/07/2024 Go to Evidence

13% of the net value of global agricultural and fishery production came from Latin America and the Caribbean between 2021 and 2023, with an even higher share of 18% in total exports (OECD and FAO, 2024).

(OCDE y FAO, 2024)

OECD/FAO (2024), OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2024-2033, OECD Publishing, Paris/FAO, Rome, https://doi.org/10.1787/4c5d2cfb-en.