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Inorganic fertilizer use

14/12/2023 Go to Evidence

30 million tons of inorganic fertilizers were used in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2020, of which 78% was imported from other regions of the world (FAO, 2023).

30 millones de toneladas de fertilizantes inorgánicos fueron utilizados en América Latina y el Caribe en el 2020, de los cuales el 78% fue importado desde otras regiones del mundo (FAO, 2023)

FAO (2023), FAOSTAT: Fertilizers by Nutrient. En: FAO. Citado 13 de abril de 2023. https://www.fao.org/faostat/es/# data/RFN

Natural fertilizers in Aymara agriculture

27/07/2023 Go to Evidence

The research analyzes ancestral practices of using natural fertilizers and biocides in Aymara agriculture in Puno, Peru. Through an ethnographic approach, it documents how peasant families use organic resources (such as plants, minerals, and human urine) to fertilize soils and control pests, thus preserving agricultural sustainability and traditional wisdom.

Universidad Nacional del Altiplano, Puno - Perú

Apaza-Ticona J., Alanoca-Arocutipa V. ., Inquilla-Mamani J. y Flores-Mamani E. (2023). Uso de abonos naturales y biocidas en la agricultura campesina aymara de Puno (Perú). Anales de Geografía de la Universidad Complutense, 43(2), 291-308. https://doi.org/10.5209/aguc.90576

Use of pesticides and fertilizers

05/02/2023 Go to Evidence

60 % increased the use of pesticides between 1997 and 2017, and more than 30 % increased the use of fertilizers between 2007 and 2017 in Latin America and the Caribbean (OECD, 2023).

El uso de plaguicidas aumentó más de un 60% entre 1997 y 2017, y el uso de fertilizantes aumentó más del 30% entre 2007 y 2017 en América latina y el Caribe (OCDE, 2023)

OECD, 2023. Conducta empresarial responsable en el sector agrícola en América Latina y el Caribe

Pesticide use

26/08/2022 Go to Evidence

50% less in the use of pesticides is the goal of the European Commission for 2030 (Corficolombiana, 2022).

Corficolombiana. (2022). Perspectiva sectorial: agroindustria. Bioinsumos: Panorama y oportunidades para el agro colombiano. 26 de Agosto de 2022.

Farm to Fork: New rules to reduce the risk and use of pesticides in the EU https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/qanda_22_3694

Organic Matter Digestibility with Tropical Legumes

29/08/2020 Go to Evidence

The 70.3% represents the apparent total tract digestibility of organic matter in cowpea hay diets, being 4.7 percentage points higher than pangola diets (Corea et al., 2020).

El 70.3% representa la digestibilidad aparente total de materia orgánica en dietas con heno de caupí, siendo 4.7 puntos porcentuales mayor que las dietas con pangola (Corea et al., 2020).

Corea, E.E., Castro-Montoya, J., Mendoza, M.V., López, F.M., Martinez, A., Alvarado, M.E., Moreno, C., Broderick, G.A., & Dickhoefer, U. (2020). Effect of forage source and dietary rumen-undegradable protein on nutrient use and growth in dairy heifers. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 269, 114658.