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25% of Honduras' territory, more than 3 million hectares, is used by the cattle sector (Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería de Honduras, 2023).
Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería de Honduras (2023). Política de Estado del Sector Agroalimentario de Honduras (PESAH) 2023-2043.
18% of the world's dietary energy and 34% of protein and vitamin intake come from livestock production (FAO, 2022).
FAO, 2022
https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-760-accion-mundial-sobre-el-desarrollo-verde-de-productos-agricolas-especiales:-un-pais,-un-producto-prioritario---plan-de-accion-2021-2025
88% of the emissions that come from the livestock sector are due to enteric fermentation in the digestive tract of ruminant animals (cattle, sheep and goats), released through belching, the rest comes from manure. (CGIAR, 2023).
El 88% de las emisiones que provienen del sector ganadero son por la fermentación entérica en el tracto digestivo de los animales rumiantes (bovinos, ovinos y caprinos), liberados a través eructos, el resto proviene del estiércol. (CGIAR, 2023).
CGIAR (2023). Achieving Agricultural Breakthrough: A deep dive into seven technological areas
27% (395) of the cooperatives in Peru are linked to agriculture and livestock farming.
En Perú se estima que aproximadamente el 27% (395) de las cooperativas se dedican a actividades relacionadas con la agricultura y la ganadería
Ramírez, A. 2019. Seminarios sobre agricultura familiar y cooperativismo FAO, ACI y Perspectivas de la Agricultura y del Desarrollo Rural en las Américas: una mirada hacia América Latina y el Caribe 2021-2022 / CEPAL, FAO e IICA. – San José, C.R.: IICA, 2021.
More than a third of countries have included livestock-related mitigation interventions in their climate commitments (FAO, 2023).
FAO, 2023
FAO.2023.Agrifood solutions to climate change. https://openknowledge.fao.org/items/bab32e71-690d-4c07-ab9a-37f1703a9f59
The 10% of all the birds in the world are found in Colombia (Echeverri, A., et, al., 2023)
El 10% de todas las aves del mundo se encuentran en Colombia (Echeverri, A., et, al., 2023)
Alejandra Echeverry, et, al., 2023. Colombian biodiversity is governed by a rich and diverse policy mix
450,000 heads of cattle, goats, sheep and camelids occupy 6,800 agricultural holdings in Catamarca (CEPAL et al., 2023).
450.000 cabezas de ganado bovino, caprino, ovino y camélido ocupan 6.800 explotaciones agropecuarias en Catamarca (CEPAL et al., 2023).
CEPAL, Secretaría de Industria y Desarrollo Productivo de la Argentina y el Ministerio de Industria, Comercio y Empleo de la provincia de Catamarca. (2023).
Investments were directed towards water points, fodder, fencing, machinery and general infrastructure.
Inversiones se orientaron a puntos de agua, forrajes, cercados, maquinaria e infraestructura general.
The 900 g/day represents the average live weight gain in heifers fed cowpea hay, being 90 g/day higher than those with pangola grass hay (Corea et al., 2020).
Los 900 g/día representan la ganancia de peso vivo promedio en novillas alimentadas con heno de caupí, siendo 90 g/día mayor que aquellas con heno de 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.
The 166 kg represents the average initial live weight of 6.5-month-old Holstein heifers under tropical conditions in El Salvador (Corea et al., 2020).
Los 166 kg representan el peso vivo inicial promedio de novillas Holstein de 6.5 meses de edad en condiciones tropicales de El Salvador (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.