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Agricultural residuals

31/12/2023 Go to Evidence

700 million tons of waste straw from various crops are produced by China, one of the world's leading producers of food grains (GGGI, 2023).

700 millones de toneladas de paja residual de diversos cultivos son producidas por China, uno de los principales productores de granos alimenticios del mundo. (GGGI, 2023)

GGGI. 2023. Fueling the Future: A report on BioCNG – With Best Practices and Case Studies.

agricultural production

31/12/2023 Go to Evidence

56% more food will need to be produced by the agricultural sector by 2050 compared to 2010 in order to feed a growing world population (FAO, 2023).

Para 2050, el sector agrícola necesitará producir un 56 por ciento más de alimentos en comparación con 2010 para alimentar a una población mundial en crecimiento. (FAO, 2023)

FAO.2023.The role of innovation and digitalization in the sustainable use of natural resources to accelerate the implementation of climate-resilient and low-emission pathways in agrifood systems

Droughts and floods

31/12/2023 Go to Evidence

1.3% of annual GDP could be the economic cost of droughts and floods in Central Asia (FAO, 2023).

1.3% del PIB anual podría ser el costo económico de las sequías e inundaciones en Asia Central. (FAO, 2023)

FAO.2023.The role of innovation and digitalization in the sustainable use of natural resources to accelerate the implementation of climate-resilient and low-emission pathways in agrifood systems

Agriculture's contribution to GDP

29/12/2023 Go to Evidence

7.42% represents the value added of agriculture as a percentage of GDP in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2019, decreasing from 8.55% in 2011 (de Araújo Ramos et al., 2023).

7.42% representa el valor agregado de la agricultura como porcentaje del PIB en América Latina y el Caribe en 2019, disminuyendo desde 8.55% en 2011 (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.

ODS 11

29/12/2023 Go to Evidence

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.

Agriculture in Chile

29/12/2023 Go to Evidence

3.98% represents the value added of agriculture as a percentage of GDP in Chile in 2019, increasing from 3.63% in 2011, with an increase of 9.64% (de Araújo Ramos et al., 2023).

3.98% representa el valor agregado de la agricultura como porcentaje del PIB en Chile en 2019, aumentando desde 3.63% en 2011, con un incremento del 9.64% (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.

Agriculture in Brasil

29/12/2023 Go to Evidence

4.21% represents the value added of agriculture as a percentage of GDP in Brazil in 2019, decreasing from 4.34% in 2011, with a variation of -3% (de Araújo Ramos et al., 2023).

4.21% representa el valor agregado de la agricultura como porcentaje del PIB en Brasil en 2019, disminuyendo desde 4.34% en 2011, con una variación del -3% (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.

Agriculture and urban sustainability

29/12/2023 Go to Evidence

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.

Export of raw materials

29/12/2023 Go to Evidence

60% of national exports in Latin America and the Caribbean correspond to the trade of raw materials due to the region's late industrialization (de Araújo Ramos et al., 2023).

60% de las exportaciones nacionales en América Latina y el Caribe corresponden al comercio de materias primas debido a la industrialización tardía de la región (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.

Distribution of cultivated land area in 2021

23/12/2023 Go to Evidence

35 % of the cultivated area in Latin America and the Caribbean is devoted to soybeans, followed by corn (22.7 %), sugar (7.5 %), wheat (6.2 %), beans (3.6 %), coffee (3 %), rice (2.6 %), other soybeans (2.1 %) and other crops (17 %) (FAO, 2023).

FAO (2023), FAOSTAT:Fertilizers by Nutrient. En: FAO. Citado 13 de abril de 2023. https://www.fao.org/faostat/es/# data/RFN