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Public spending on agriculture

24/11/2023 Go to Evidence

25,000 million dollars was the average public spending on agriculture, forestry, and fishing in Latin America and the Caribbean during the period 2015-2019 (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023).

ISPA, 2023

IICA (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura, Costa Rica). 2023. Perspectivas de la Agricultura y del Desarrollo Rural en las Américas: una mirada hacia América Latina y el Caribe 2023-2024. San José, Costa Rica.

Projected intra-regional trade

24/11/2023 Go to Evidence

22.5% is the projected increase in the rate of intra-regional trade in Latin America and the Caribbean, measured by exports (ECLAC, 2023).

CEPAL, 2023c

CEPAL (Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe, Chile). 2023c. Perspectivas del comercio internacional de América Latina y el Caribe 2022: el desafío de dinamizar las exportaciones manufactureras (en línea). Santiago, Chile, ONU.

Integrated disease surveillance

24/11/2023 Go to Evidence

More than 2 000 professionals from 31 countries in the Americas have been trained by IICA since 2017 in vector-borne disease surveillance (ECLAC, FAO and IICA, 2023).

ISPA, 2023

Perspectivas de la Agricultura y del Desarrollo Rural en las Américas: una mirada hacia América Latina y el Caribe 2023-2024/ CEPAL; FAO; IICA - San José, C.R: IICA, 2023

Fertilizer and irrigation increase

22/11/2023 Go to Evidence

9 times the use of inorganic nitrogen fertilizers has increased since 1961, while irrigation water consumption has doubled (IPCC, 2019).

IPCC, 2019

IPCC, 2019: Climate Change and Land: an IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems [P.R. Shukla, J. Skea, E. Calvo Buendia, V. Masson-Delmotte, H.-O. Pörtner, D. C. Roberts, P. Zhai, R. Slade, S. Connors, R. van Diemen, M. Ferrat, E. Haughey, S. Luz, S. Neogi, M. Pathak, J. Petzold, J. Portugal Pereira, P. Vyas, E. Huntley, K. Kissick, M. Belkacemi, J. Malley, (eds.)].

Sustainable soils

22/11/2023 Go to Evidence

58% can increase food production with sustainable soil management, improving productivity, food security and sustainability (FAO, 2015).

FAO, 2015

FAO (Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura, Chile). 2022c. Informe del 37º período de sesiones de la Conferencia Regional de la FAO para América Latina y el Caribe (en línea). Santiago, Chile. Consultado 18 abr. 2023.

Sustainable agricultural yields

22/11/2023 Go to Evidence

The 79% increase in crop yields is possible through strategies such as efficient water use, reduced pesticide use and improved soil health (FAO & GTIS, 2015).

FAO y GTIS, 2015

FAO (Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura, Italia); GTIS (Grupo Técnico Intergubernamental del Suelo). 2015. Estado Mundial del Recurso Suelo (EMRS) – Resumen Técnico. Roma, Italia.

Rizobacter

22/11/2023 Go to Evidence

In 40 countries, Rizobacter produces inoculants, seed therapeutants, adjuvants and fertilizers, which reach a wide range of growers globally (ISPA. 2023).

ISPA. 2023

Perspectivas de la Agricultura y del Desarrollo Rural en las Américas: una mirada hacia América Latina y el Caribe 2023-2024/ CEPAL; FAO; IICA - San José, C.R: IICA, 2023