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USD 23.4 million was the annual average that WFP executed during the decade 2013-2022 in food purchases, logistics services and monetary transfers (Namdar and Saa, 2024).
Namdar y Saa (2024)
M. Namdar y C. Saa, “Las compras locales de alimentos como posible factor de desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe. Etapa 2: las compras inclusivas”, Documentos de Proyectos (LC/TS.2024/79), Santiago, Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), 2024.
The main agricultural, biotechnological, and post-harvest strategies for reducing cadmium (Cd) concentrations in the cultivation and processing of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.), one of Latin America's most representative products, are reviewed. The study, focusing on Ecuador and other countries that produce fine aroma cocoa, evaluates techniques such as microbial bioremediation, phytoremediation with hyperaccumulator plants, the use of organic amendments and biochar, as well as post-harvest practices such as mucilage drainage and prolonged fermentation. The results highlight the effectiveness of combining biological and technological solutions to reduce cadmium bioavailability, improve bean quality, and comply with international food safety standards, contributing to more sustainable and competitive cocoa production.
Escuela de Posgrado, Escuela Politécnica Nacional de Chimborazo, Riobamba, Ecuador.
Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
Morejón-Lucio, R., & Morejón-Centeno, M. (2024). Técnicas para mitigar y reducir el cadmio en Theobroma cacao L.: Una revisión. Agroindustrial Science, 14(3), 271-280. https://doi.org/10.17268/agroind.sci.2024.03.10
41 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean suffered from hunger in 2023 (ECLAC, 2024).
CEPAL (2024)
CEPAL, Perspectivas del Comercio Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe, 2024 (LC/PUB.2024/16-P), Santiago, 2024
The 17.2% prevalence of hunger in the Caribbean is three times higher than the figures recorded in South America (5.2%) and in Central America and Mexico (5.8%) (ECLAC, 2024).
CEPAL (2024)
CEPAL, Perspectivas del Comercio Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe, 2024 (LC/PUB.2024/16-P), Santiago, 2024
15.5% was the average of global food exports represented by LAC between 2020 and 2022 (ECLAC, 2024).
CEPAL (2024)
CEPAL, Perspectivas del Comercio Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe, 2024 (LC/PUB.2024/16-P), Santiago, 2024
Between 15 % and 58 % of the daily energy in national diets comes from UPF, according to a recent review (Martini et al., 2021).
Los UPF hacen una contribución considerable a las dietas nacionales, oscilando entre el 15% y el 58% como proporción de la energía diaria en todos los países en una revisión reciente.
Robinson E, Johnstone AM (2024) Ultraprocessed food (UPF), health, and mechanistic uncertainty: What should we be advising the public to do about UPFs? PLoS Med 21(10): e1004439. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004439
According to The Global Report on Food Crises
(GRFC) 2023, over a quarter of a billion people were acutely food-insecure and required urgent food
assistance in 58 food-crisis countries/territories in 2022. This is the highest number in the seven-year
history of the GRFC.
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The Global Report on Food Crises
(GRFC) 2023
According to the
State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report 2023 (SOFI 2023) global hunger in 2022 affects
9.2 percent of the world population – between 691 and 783 million people – and a total of 2.4 billion
people experience moderate or severe food insecurity.
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State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report 2023 (SOFI 2023)
More than 3.1 billion people, 42% of the world's population, could not afford a healthy diet in 2021, according to the SOFI 2023 report.
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State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report 2023 (SOFI 2023)
2.4% is the gender gap in global food insecurity in 2022, with a greater impact on women than men, although the effects of the pandemic have shown signs of easing (SOFI 2023 Report).
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SOFI 2023
