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Measures for benefit sharing of genetic resources

31/12/2022 Go to Evidence

68 countries had at least one measure to ensure the fair sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources and traditional knowledge, according to the Nagoya Protocol, by the end of 2021 (FAO, 2022).

FAO,2022

FAO, 2022.Seguimiento del progreso en los indicadores de los ODS relacionados con la alimentación y la agricultura 2022. https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1785-seguimiento-del-progreso-en-los-indicadores-de-los-ods-relacionados-con-la-alimentacion-y-la-agricultura-2022

Labor productivity of small food producers

31/12/2022 Go to Evidence

Less than $15 (constant 2011 PPP) per day worked is the maximum labor productivity of small-scale food producers in all low- and middle-income countries with available data. (FAO, 2022)

FAO,2022

FAO, 2022.Seguimiento del progreso en los indicadores de los ODS relacionados con la alimentación y la agricultura 2022. https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1785-seguimiento-del-progreso-en-los-indicadores-de-los-ods-relacionados-con-la-alimentacion-y-la-agricultura-2022

Surface Area on Hillsides

30/12/2022 Go to Evidence

65% of the country's surface area is on hillsides, that is, with a slope greater than 15%, where most small producers cultivate (Martín Manzano, 2012).

El 65% de la superficie del país está en zona de laderas, es decir, con una pendiente mayor al 15%, donde la mayoría de los pequeños productores cultivan (Martín Manzano, 2012).

Martín Manzano, M. del M. (2012). La FAO y la agricultura familiar: El caso de El Salvador. FAO El Salvador.

Diagnosis of Andean livestock farming in Peru

29/12/2022 Go to Evidence

Peru's Andean livestock system is highly heterogeneous structurally, with a predominance of small producers, low productivity and limited access to technical services, which requires differentiated policies by type of producer (Quispe et al., 2022).

INIA Institutional Repository

Revista Científica de la Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad del Zulia

Access to connectivity in rural areas

01/12/2022 Go to Evidence

56.6% of the inhabitants of rural areas do not have access to significant connectivity, which is equivalent to 36.2 million people in rural áreas (IICA, et al. 2022).

IICA, et al. 2022

IICA, Banco Mundial, CAF, Bayer, Microsoft y Syngenta. 2022. Conectividad rural en América Latina y el Caribe. Estado de situación, retos y acciones para la digitalización y el desarrollo sostenible. San José de Costa Rica

Emissions reduction

26/11/2022

45% of current global emissions should be reduced to reach 1.5°C of global warming (UNEP, 2022).

En un 45% se debería reducir las emisiones actuales mundiales para llegar a 1.5°C de calentamiento global (UNEP, 2022)

United Nations Environment Programme, “The Closing Window,” 2022

Family farming establishments

21/11/2022 Go to Evidence

81.3% of the total number of farms are small farms, which occupy 23.4% of the land in Latin America and the Caribbean (OECD, 2022).

El 81,3% del total de granjas corresponde a pequeñas explotaciones, que ocupan el 23,4% de la tierra en América Latina y el Caribe (OCDE, 2022)

OCDE, 2022. Conducta empresarial responsable en el sector agrícola en América Latina y el Caribe

Great inequality of land tenure

14/11/2022 Go to Evidence

41.1% of the land in Colombia is in the hands of 0.4% of landowners (Rodrigo Castañeda, et al., 2023).

41,1% de la tierra en Colombia está en manos del 0.4% de terratenientes (Rodrigo Castañeda, et al., 2023)

Rodrigo Castañeda, et al., 2023. Implementing the voluntary guidelines on the responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests from the working with people model: lessons from Colombia and Guatemala, The Journal of Peasant Studies, 50:5, 1820-1851, DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2022.2120811