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16% of the world's beef comes from Brazil, with a value of approximately USD 7.6 billion in 2019 (UNCCD, 2024).
UNCCD, 2024
UNCCD. 2024. Global Land Outlook Thematic Report on Rangelands and Pastoralism. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Bonn.
67 million square kilometres of grasslands, representing 45% of the world's land surface, are used for livestock production, with almost half in drylands (UNCCD, 2024).
UNCCD, 2024
UNCCD. 2024. Global Land Outlook Thematic Report on Rangelands and Pastoralism. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Bonn.
1.2 billion poor people in developing countries depend on livestock for food security and income (UNCCD, 2024).
UNCCD, 2024
UNCCD. 2024. Global Land Outlook Thematic Report on Rangelands and Pastoralism. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Bonn.
33.3 million heads of beef cattle and 3 million heads of dairy cattle are in Mexico (UNCCD, 2024).
UNCCD, 2024
UNCCD. 2024. Global Land Outlook Thematic Report on Rangelands and Pastoralism. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Bonn.
70% of the Amazon grasslands, equivalent to 37 million hectares, are the result of deforestation (UNCCD, 2024).
UNCCD, 2024
UNCCD. 2024. Global Land Outlook Thematic Report on Rangelands and Pastoralism. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Bonn.
0.6% of Argentina's GDP comes from shepherds, and this percentage increases to 1.4% when including subsistence values (UNCCD, 2024).
UNCCD, 2024
UNCCD. 2024. Global Land Outlook Thematic Report on Rangelands and Pastoralism. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Bonn.
14 million hectares of natural ecosystems have been replaced by pasture and cropland since 2010, encroaching on indigenous territories and protected areas (UNCCD, 2024).
UNCCD, 2024
UNCCD. 2024. Global Land Outlook Thematic Report on Rangelands and Pastoralism. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Bonn.
45 millones de hectáreas de pastizales se añadieron en Brasil en 35 años, mientras que 64 millones fueron deforestadas y 18 millones de hectáreas de pastizales nativos convertidas (UNCCD, 2024).
UNCCD, 2024
UNCCD. 2024. Global Land Outlook Thematic Report on Rangelands and Pastoralism. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Bonn.
20 million people in 119 countries have graduated from farmer field schools in the last 30 years (FAO, 2024).
FAO,2024
FAO.2024. El estado de los bosques del mundo 2024 Innovaciones en el sector forestal para lograr un futuro más sostenible.https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1676-el-estado-de-los-bosques-del-mundo-2024-innovaciones-en-el-sector-forestal-para-lograr-un-futuro-mas-sostenible
280,000 hectares of beans and maize were lost in northern Central America due to drought in 2018 (World Bank, 2024).
Banco Mundial, 2024
Banco Mundial. 2024.Estudio de factibilidad: Soluciones de financiamiento y seguro contra riesgos de desastres para agricultores familiares en El Salvador, Honduras y Guatemala. https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1589-estudio-de-factibilidad:-soluciones-de-financiamiento-y-seguro-contra-riesgos-de-desastres-para-agricultores-familiares-en-el-salvador,-honduras-y-guatemala