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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

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Agricultural and fisheries subsidies

08/08/2023 Go to Evidence

More than USD 635 billion a year is spent on subsidies in the global agricultural sector, while in the fisheries sector it exceeds USD 35 billion a year.

En la agricultura, los subsidios superan los USD 635 000 millones al año y en el sector pesquero estos sobrepasan los USD 35 000 millones al año.

Damania, Richard; Balseca, Esteban; de Fontaubert, Charlotte; Gill, Joshua; Kim, Kichan; Rentschler, Jun; Russ, Jason; Zaveri, Esha. 2023. Detox Development: Repurposing Environmentally Harmful Subsidies. © Washington, DC : World Bank.

Tag: Decarbonization
Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products Aquaculture and fishery products
Area: Family Farming Bioeconomy
Instrument: Support or subsidy for the acquisition of production assets Support or subsidy for agricultural producer prices Incentives or subsidies for the adoption of good sustainable production practices Payments or subsidies to the producer based on agricultural production Payments or subsidies to the producer based on farm services (mechanization, etc.) Payments or subsidies to the producer for the acquisition of fixed assets (fixed capital formation) Payments or subsidies for the acquisition of variable inputs (eg fertilizers) Export subsidies Subsidies to interest rates on agricultural loans Consumer prices subsidies for agrifood products
Result: Information generation Impact: Climate risk resilience

Air Quality

08/08/2023 Go to Evidence

1 in 5 deaths worldwide is caused by poor air quality.

La mala calidad del aire es responsable de aproximadamente 1 de cada 5 muertes en todo el mundo

Damania, Richard; Balseca, Esteban; de Fontaubert, Charlotte; Gill, Joshua; Kim, Kichan; Rentschler, Jun; Russ, Jason; Zaveri, Esha. 2023. Detox Development: Repurposing Environmentally Harmful Subsidies. © Washington, DC : World Bank.

Tag: Decarbonization
Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Environment and natural resources
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture
Instrument: Support or subsidy for the acquisition of production assets Support or subsidy for agricultural producer prices
Result: Information generation Impact: Climate risk resilience

Impact of Fisheries

08/08/2023 Go to Evidence

3 billion people depend on the oceans for food, obtaining almost 20% of their animal protein intake from fisheries.

Los océanos mediante la pesca, abastecen a alrededor de 3 mil millones de personas que representa casi el 20% de la ingesta de proteínas de los animales.

Damania, Richard; Balseca, Esteban; de Fontaubert, Charlotte; Gill, Joshua; Kim, Kichan; Rentschler, Jun; Russ, Jason; Zaveri, Esha. 2023. Detox Development: Repurposing Environmentally Harmful Subsidies. © Washington, DC : World Bank.

Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products Aquaculture and fishery products
Area: International Trade and Regional Integration Biodiversity Conservation
Instrument: Prospective studies (forecasting)
Result: Information generation

Overfishing

08/08/2023 Go to Evidence

34% of the fisheries sector is in crisis due to overexploitation, exacerbated by open access regimes and subsidies.

El 34% del sector pesquero se encuentra en crisis debido a la sobreexplotación, exacerbada por los regímenes de acceso abierto y los subsidios.

Damania, Richard; Balseca, Esteban; de Fontaubert, Charlotte; Gill, Joshua; Kim, Kichan; Rentschler, Jun; Russ, Jason; Zaveri, Esha. 2023. Detox Development: Repurposing Environmentally Harmful Subsidies. © Washington, DC : World Bank.

Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products Aquaculture and fishery products
Area: Biodiversity Conservation
Instrument: Prospective studies (forecasting)
Result: Information generation

Biofungicides in Latin America

27/07/2023 Go to Evidence

400 million a year is invested by Latin American agriculture in botanical and biological solutions against fungi that affect crops.

Unos US$ 400 millones anuales destina la agricultura latinoamericana en soluciones de origen botánico y biológico para combatir los hongos que generan enfermedades en los cultivos.

Biológicos Latam.

Country: Latin America (countries)
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products Environment and natural resources
Area: Science, Technology, and Innovation Bioeconomy Bioinputs
Instrument: Studies and diagnoses
Result: Information generation

Internet Access in Rural Households

12/07/2023 Go to Evidence

More than 90% of rural households in Peru, Bolivia, El Salvador and Paraguay have no Internet connection.

Perú, Bolivia, El Salvador y Paraguay más del 90 % de los hogares rurales no cuentan con conexión a Internet.

CEPAL (Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe, Chile). 2020. Construir un nuevo futuro: una recuperación transformadora con igualdad y sostenibilidad (en línea). Santiago, Chile, ONU. Consultado 12 jul. 2023. Disponible en https:// repositorio.cepal.org/bitstream/handle/11362/46227/S2000699_es.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y.

Tag: Connectivity
Country: El Salvador El Salvador El Salvador El Salvador
Sector: Agri-Food (total) Information technology Communication technology
Area: Territorial Management Digital Transformation Family Farming
Instrument: Situation and prospective analysis (regional or international) Studies and diagnoses Prospective studies (forecasting)
Result: Information generation

Agricultural Cooperatives of Peru

12/07/2023 Go to Evidence

27% (395) of the cooperatives in Peru are linked to agriculture and livestock farming.

En Perú se estima que aproximadamente el 27% (395) de las cooperativas se dedican a actividades relacionadas con la agricultura y la ganadería

Ramírez, A. 2019. Seminarios sobre agricultura familiar y cooperativismo FAO, ACI y Perspectivas de la Agricultura y del Desarrollo Rural en las Américas: una mirada hacia América Latina y el Caribe 2021-2022 / CEPAL, FAO e IICA. – San José, C.R.: IICA, 2021.

Country: Peru
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products Agri-Food (total) Life Animals
Area: Associativity
Instrument: Studies and diagnoses
Result: Information generation

Potato diversity

12/07/2023 Go to Evidence

60% of the 6,000 potato varieties described in the world are found in Peru, with a total of 3,000 types.

Perú cuenta con el 60% (3000) de las 6000 variedades de papas descritas en el mundo.

Papa, milenario producto andino. Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo de Comercio Exterior de la Cámara de Comercio de Lima. 2018. Consultado el 12 jul. 2023. Disponible en: https://www.camaralima.org.pe/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Papa-milenario-producto-andino-1.pdf

Country: Peru
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products
Area: Biodiversity Conservation
Instrument: Studies and diagnoses
Result: Information generation

Rainfed agriculture

12/07/2023 Go to Evidence

From 12 to 0 meters, the depth of groundwater in South America decreased due to the expansion of rain-fed agriculture.

La expansión de la agricultura de secano disminuyó la profundidad del agua subterránea desde estados profundos (de 12 a 6 metros) a estados poco profundos (de 4 a 0 metros) en Suramerica

Houspanossian, J., Giménez, R., Whitworth-Hulse, J., Nosetto, M., Tych, W., Atkinson, P., Rufino, M. y Jobbágy, E. (2021). La expansión agrícola eleva las aguas subterráneas y aumenta las inundaciones en las llanuras sudamericanas. Science Advances, 7 (22), eabf2939. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abf2939

Tag: Droughts
Country: America, South (countries) Argentina Bolivia Brazil Paraguay Uruguay
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products Environment and natural resources
Area: Biodiversity Conservation Territorial Management Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Soil Health Water for Agriculture
Instrument: Studies and diagnoses
Result: Soil health Information generation Climate mitigation Territorial planning Improved productivity Risk mitigation Watershed revitalization