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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.
25% of the world's beef supply and 10% of the world's milk supply come from South America (UNCCD, 2024).
UNCCD, 2024
UNCCD. 2024. Global Land Outlook Thematic Report on Rangelands and Pastoralism. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Bonn.
10% of the world's meat production comes from pastoralism, which is practiced in more than 100 countries and supports 200 million households (UNCCD, 2024).
UNCCD, 2024
UNCCD. 2024. Global Land Outlook Thematic Report on Rangelands and Pastoralism. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Bonn.
45% is the projected share of livestock in total production in North America by 2033 (OECD and FAO, 2024).
(OCDE y FAO, 2024)
OECD/FAO (2024), OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2024-2033, OECD Publishing, Paris/FAO, Rome, https://doi.org/10.1787/4c5d2cfb-en.
9% is the expected increase in beef production in Latin America and the Caribbean by 2033 (OECD and FAO, 2024).
(OCDE y FAO, 2024)
OECD/FAO (2024), OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2024-2033, OECD Publishing, Paris/FAO, Rome, https://doi.org/10.1787/4c5d2cfb-en.
60% of additional meat production in Latin America and the Caribbean until 2033 corresponds to poultry meat (OECD and FAO, 2024).
(OCDE y FAO, 2024)
OECD/FAO (2024), OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2024-2033, OECD Publishing, Paris/FAO, Rome, https://doi.org/10.1787/4c5d2cfb-en.
75 million hectares were occupied by the bovine livestock sector in the Legal Amazon, which is equivalent to 80% of the agricultural area in the region (Barreto et al., 2024).
75 millones de hectáreas era lo que ocupaba el sector pecuario bovina en la Amazonía Legal, lo que equivale al 80% del área agropecuaria en la región (Barreto et al., 2024)
Barreto, P., Pereira, R., & Rocha, A. J. S. (2024). Da "escassez" à abundância: O caso da pecuária bovina na Amazônia. Amazônia 2030.
37 million hectares of land could be released for other uses, such as forest restoration, with a more productive livestock sector in the Amazon (Barreto et al., 2024).
37 millones de hectáreas de tierras podrían ser liberadas para otros usos, como la restauración forestal, con un sector pecuario más productivo en la Amazonía (Barreto et al., 2024).
Barreto, P., Pereira, R., & Rocha, A. J. S. (2024). Da "escassez" à abundância: O caso da pecuária bovina na Amazônia. Amazônia 2030.
54% of pastures (40 million hectares) in the Legal Amazon were degraded to some degree in 2022, equivalent to twice the territory of Paraná (Barreto et al., 2024).
El 54% de los pastos (40 millones de hectáreas) en la Amazonía Legal estaban con algún grado de degradación en 2022, equivalente a dos veces el territorio del Paraná (Barreto et al., 2024)
Barreto, P., Pereira, R., & Rocha, A. J. S. (2024). Da "escassez" à abundância: O caso da pecuária bovina na Amazônia. Amazônia 2030.
Only 23% of livestock workers in the Amazon were formalized compared to an average of 41% of all workers in the region (Barreto et al., 2024).
Apenas el 23% de los trabajadores de la pecuaria en la Amazonía eran formalizados en comparación con la media de 41% de todos los trabajadores de la región (Barreto et al., 2024).
Barreto, P., Pereira, R., & Rocha, A. J. S. (2024). Da "escassez" à abundância: O caso da pecuária bovina na Amazônia. Amazônia 2030.