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Emissions in Chile

01/06/2023 Go to Evidence

10.65% of GHG emissions in Chile come from the agricultural sector (INDAP, 2023).

Instituto de Desarrollo Agropecuario (INDAP). (2023). Estrategia INDAP 2023-2030. Por una Agricultura Familiar Campesina e Indígena más sostenible, inclusiva y resiliente. Junio de 2023.

MMA. (2022). Quinto Informe Bienal de Actualización y del Informe del Inventario Nacional de Chile 1990-2020 ante la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre Cambio Climático. https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/Informe_5I-BA_2022_Final.pdf

Country: Chile

Crop reduction

31/05/2023 Go to Evidence

56% will be the projected reduction of the soybean harvest in Argentina in 2022/23 due to the lack of rainfall (Rosario Stock Exchange, 2023).

Bolsa de Comercio de Rosario, 2023

Bolsa de Comercio de Rosario. 2023. Estadísticas sobre Mercado Físico de Granos (en línea, sitio web). Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina

Food inequality

30/05/2023 Go to Evidence

More than 939 million women aged 15 or older experienced moderate to severe food insecurity in 2021, compared with 813 million men in the same age class.

FAO (2023)

FAO. 2023. The status of women in agrifood systems. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc5343en

Food production

25/05/2023 Go to Evidence

70-80% of the world's food is produced by family farmers, pastoralists, fishers and aquaculturists, forest dwellers, food workers and their families (FAO, 2023).

FAO, 2023

FAO.2023.Agrifood solutions to climate change. https://openknowledge.fao.org/items/bab32e71-690d-4c07-ab9a-37f1703a9f59

Sector: Food

Emissions from agri-food systems

25/05/2023 Go to Evidence

Of the 30% of emissions produced in agri-food systems, 14% are generated within the farm, 10% occur between the pre-production and post-production phases and 6% are due to changes in land use (FAO, 2023).

FAO, 2023

FAO.2023.Agrifood solutions to climate change. https://openknowledge.fao.org/items/bab32e71-690d-4c07-ab9a-37f1703a9f59

Cost of malnutrition

25/05/2023 Go to Evidence

The impact of malnutrition in all its forms costs the global economy $3.5 billion each year, beyond the cost in human suffering (FAO, 2023).

FAO, 2023

FAO.2023.Agrifood solutions to climate change. https://openknowledge.fao.org/items/bab32e71-690d-4c07-ab9a-37f1703a9f59

Sector: Food