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COVID-19

06/10/2023 Go to Evidence

50 of the 74 trade measures adopted during the pandemic by LAC countries contributed significantly to facilitating trade (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023).

ISPA, 2023

IICA (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura, Costa Rica). 2023. Perspectivas de la Agricultura y del Desarrollo Rural en las Américas: una mirada hacia América Latina y el Caribe 2023-2024. San José, Costa Rica.

Anticipated growth of LAC in 2023

05/10/2023 Go to Evidence

1.2% is the anticipated growth rate for Latin America and the Caribbean in 2023, signaling a deepening economic slowdown in the region (CEPAL)

Cepal (2023)

https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1157-perspectivas-de-la-agricultura-y-del-desarrollo-rural-en-las-americas:-una-mirada-hacia-america-latina-y-el-caribe-2023-2024-las-crisis-alimentaria,-energetica-y-financiera-estan-empujando-a-mas-

Extreme poverty in LAC

05/10/2023 Go to Evidence

26 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in rural areas live in extreme poverty (ECLAC, 2022)

CEPAL (BADEHOG).

CEPAL (Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe, Chile); FAO (Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura, Chile); IICA (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura, Costa Rica). 2023. Perspectivas de la agricultura y del desarrollo rural en las Américas: una mirada hacia América Latina y el Caribe 2019-2020 (en línea). San José, Costa Rica, IICA.

Catastrophic flooding in Guyana

29/09/2023 Go to Evidence

39% of the population of Georgetown, Guyana, was affected by the January 2005 floods, with damages of US$500 million, including US$52.6 million in the agricultural sector (Shynkarenko, 2023).

Shynkarenko, 2023

Shynkarenko.2023. Estudio de viabilidad de seguros agrícolas en el Caribe. https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1590-estudio-de-viabilidad-de-seguros-agricolas-en-el-caribe

Agricultural impact of flooding in Guyana

29/09/2023 Go to Evidence

74,000 acres of agricultural land and more than 20,000 farmers were affected by severe flooding in Guyana in May 2021 (Shynkarenko, 2023).

Shynkarenko, 2023

Shynkarenko.2023. Estudio de viabilidad de seguros agrícolas en el Caribe. https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1590-estudio-de-viabilidad-de-seguros-agricolas-en-el-caribe

Global bioinputs market

29/09/2023 Go to Evidence

10.6 billion USD reached the global bioinputs market in 2021, with a projection of 18.5 billion USD by 2026, representing more than 4% of the agrochemicals market (Meticulous Research, 2023).

Bullor, L., Braude, H., Monzón, J., Cotes Prado, A. M., Casavola, V., Carbajal Morón., N. y Risopoulos, J. 2023. Bioinsumos: Oportunidades de inversión en América Latina - Direcciones de inversión No. 9. Roma, FAO. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc9060es

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