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Brazil: Oilseeds and Meats

16/11/2023 Go to Evidence

66% of the increase in Brazil's agrifood trade balance in 2022 came from oilseeds (+19.2%), followed by meats (+4.6%) (OPSAa/IICA, n.d.).

OPSAa/IICA, sf

OPSAa/IICA (Observatorio de Políticas Públicas para los Sistemas Agroalimentarios del Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura, Costa Rica). s. f. Indicadores para los sistemas agroalimentarios (en línea). San José, Costa Rica, IICA. Consultado 30 may. 2023.

Progressive Ascent: LAC Agri-Food Balance

16/11/2023 Go to Evidence

4.3%, 16.6% and 22.3% were the increases in LAC's agrifood trade balance in 2020, 2021 and 2022, respectively (OPSAa/IICA, n.d.).

OPSAa/IICA, sf

OPSAa/IICA (Observatorio de Políticas Públicas para los Sistemas Agroalimentarios del Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura, Costa Rica). s. f. Indicadores para los sistemas agroalimentarios (en línea). San José, Costa Rica, IICA. Consultado 30 may. 2023. Disponible en https://opsaa.iica.int/indicators.

Growth in agricultural and fishery production

16/11/2023 Go to Evidence

30% of global production of corn, soybeans, sugar, beef, poultry and flour comes from Latin America, driving agricultural growth in the region (OECD/FAO, 2023).

El 30% de la producción global de commodities como el maíz y la soja, además de la oferta de azúcar, carne de vacuno, aves de corral y harina, en un escenario marcado por un despegue de los cultivos en América Latina (OCDE/FAO 2023)

OCDE/FAO, 2023. Producción agrícola y pesquera en América Latina crecerá 12% al 2032

Food Inflation

15/11/2023 Go to Evidence

11.3% was food inflation in January 2023 and in June it had dropped to 6.1% in Latin America (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023).

ISPA, 2023

https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1157-perspectivas-de-la-agricultura-y-del-desarrollo-rural-en-las-americas:-una-mirada-hacia-america-latina-y-el-caribe-2023-2024-las-crisis-alimentaria,-energetica-y-financiera-estan-empujando-a-mas-

International energy prices

15/11/2023 Go to Evidence

40% is the projected increase in energy goods since 2021, while food will rise by 11% in 2023 (ECLAC, 2022).

CEPAL, 2022

https://opsaa.iica.int/resources/?thematic-area=&countries=&resource_types=&search=Balance+preliminar+de+las+econom%C3%ADas

General inflation

15/11/2023 Go to Evidence

8.4% was the inflationary peak in June 2022, falling to 4.2% in June 2023 in 18 countries (ECLAC, FAO and IICA, 2023).

ISPA, 2023

https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1157-perspectivas-de-la-agricultura-y-del-desarrollo-rural-en-las-americas:-una-mirada-hacia-america-latina-y-el-caribe-2023-2024-las-crisis-alimentaria,-energetica-y-financiera-estan-empujando-a-mas-

Wheat imports

15/11/2023 Go to Evidence

Less than 3% of wheat imports in LAC come from Ukraine and Russia, and even less in the case of other grains (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023).

ISPA, 2023

https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1157-perspectivas-de-la-agricultura-y-del-desarrollo-rural-en-las-americas:-una-mirada-hacia-america-latina-y-el-caribe-2023-2024-las-crisis-alimentaria,-energetica-y-financiera-estan-empujando-a-mas-

Food Price Trends

15/11/2023 Go to Evidence

125.1 was the FAO food price index, 15.5 points above the 2010-2019 average but below the 2021 level (ECLAC, FAO and IICA, 2023).

ISPA, 2023

https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1157-perspectivas-de-la-agricultura-y-del-desarrollo-rural-en-las-americas:-una-mirada-hacia-america-latina-y-el-caribe-2023-2024-las-crisis-alimentaria,-energetica-y-financiera-estan-empujando-a-mas-

Contribution of agriculture in LAC

15/11/2023 Go to Evidence

22% of LAC exports are agricultural, contributing 5% of the regional GDP and generating 15% of the region's jobs. (CEPAL, FAO y 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

Increase in LAC's agrifood trade balance

15/11/2023 Go to Evidence

From USD 155.6 billion in 2019 to USD 231.4 billion in 2022, LAC's agrifood trade balance will increase (CEPAL, FAO y 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