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Monitoring, Evaluation and Best Practices

Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies

Evidences

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Rural Women in Figures

20/05/2024 Go to Evidence

59 million women live in rural areas in Latin America and the Caribbean, 20 million are part of the economically active population and 4.5 million are agricultural producers (FAO, 2017).

FAO, 2017

FAO. 2017. Mujeres de algodón: roles de género y participación en las cadenas de valor en Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay y Perú. Santiago de Chile

Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Multisectoral
Area: Family Farming Agrifood Context

Agricultural sector loans

17/05/2024 Go to Evidence

1.6% reached loans to the agricultural sector in LAC in 2020, before decreasing to 1.37% in 2021 (ECLAC et al., 2024).

CEPAL. et al, 2024

"FAO, IICA, CEPAL y P M A. 2024. Financiamiento para la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición en América Latina y el Caribe. Santiago de Chile. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd0527es"

Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products Agri-Food (total)
Area: Family Farming Agrifood Context
Beneficiary: Urban or peri-urban farmers Private enterprises Exporters Agro-industrial producers
Result: Impact: Economic growth Jobs generated Improved productivity

Eradication of hunger

16/05/2024 Go to Evidence

300 billion per year until 2030 is the estimated cost of transforming agrifood systems and eradicating global hunger and malnutrition (ECLAC et al., 2024).

CEPAL. et al, 2024

"FAO, IICA, CEPAL y P M A. 2024. Financiamiento para la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición en América Latina y el Caribe. Santiago de Chile. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd0527es"

Tag: Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Agri-Food (total) Food
Area: Agrifood Context
Instrument: Food aid International financial cooperation
Beneficiary: Urban or peri-urban farmers Family agriculture Indigenous communities Rural communities Consumers
Result: Impact: Food and nutritional security

Malnutrition costs

16/05/2024 Go to Evidence

6.4% of the GDP of LAC countries is estimated as the average cost of malnutrition problems, ranging from malnutrition to overweight and obesity (ECLAC. et al, 2024).

CEPAL. et al, 2024

"FAO, IICA, CEPAL y P M A. 2024. Financiamiento para la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición en América Latina y el Caribe. Santiago de Chile. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd0527es"

Tag: Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Food
Area: Agrifood Context
Instrument: Food aid
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Rural communities Consumers Women
Result: Impact: Food and nutritional security

Rural Poverty vs. Urban

16/05/2024 Go to Evidence

41% represents the rural poverty rate in LAC, being approximately 15 percentage points higher than urban poverty (ECLAC. et al, 2024).

CEPAL. et al, 2024

"FAO, IICA, CEPAL y P M A. 2024. Financiamiento para la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición en América Latina y el Caribe. Santiago de Chile. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd0527es"

Tag: Urban_Rural_Gap
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Agrifood Context
Result: Information generation

Agri-food public spending

16/05/2024 Go to Evidence

23.4 billion per year on average (2001-2021) represented 0.67% of LAC GDP in public agrifood spending (ECLAC et al., 2024).

CEPAL. et al, 2024

"FAO, IICA, CEPAL y P M A. 2024. Financiamiento para la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición en América Latina y el Caribe. Santiago de Chile. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd0527es"

Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Agrifood Context
Instrument: Support for the adoption of agricultural technologies (transfering to producers) Support to technological research and development Technical assistance to producers
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Value Chains Rural communities
Result: Allocation of public expenditure

Environmental Protection

16/05/2024 Go to Evidence

31% represents the increase experienced by flows destined for environmental protection during the decade between 2011 and 2021 in LAC (ECLAC. et al, 2024).

CEPAL. et al, 2024

"FAO, IICA, CEPAL y P M A. 2024. Financiamiento para la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición en América Latina y el Caribe. Santiago de Chile. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd0527es"

Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Environment and natural resources
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Value Chains Indigenous communities
Result: Impact: Climate risk resilience