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Climate finance

20/09/2024 Go to Evidence

USD 100 billion was the record climate finance from multilateral development banks in 2022, but only USD 2.3 billion went to mitigation in the agri-food system (Sutton, Lotsch & Prasann, 2024).

Sutton, William R., Alexander Lotsch, & Ashesh Prasann. 2024. Recipe for a Livable Planet: Achieving Net Zero Emissions in the Agrifood System. Agriculture and Food Series. Washington, DC: Banco Mundial. doi:10.1596/978-1-4648-2093-9. License: Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 3.0 IGO

Organic Agro-exports and Food Security

01/09/2024 Go to Evidence

This study examined the relationship between air and sea surface temperatures, Peruvian organic agro-exports (2000–2022), and food security. It found that higher organic agro-exports reduce undernourishment globally and enhance access to healthy diets despite climate change (Coayla & Bedon, 2024).

Edelina Coayla; Ysabel Bedón

EcoDes - Grupo de Investigación Posgrado, Departamento de Economía y Administración, Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, Lima, Perú

Drought in Jalisco

06/08/2024 Go to Evidence

20% drop in avocado production in Jalisco due to drought, affecting Mexico's second largest producer (El Economista, 2024).

A seca causou uma queda de 20% na produção de abacate em Jalisco, o segundo maior produtor nacional do México, segundo o presidente da Associação de Exportadores de Abacate de Jalisco (APEAJAL). (El Economista, 2024).

El Economista, 2024

Water deficit

01/08/2024 Go to Evidence

USD 1,741 million in losses suffered by Uruguay's agricultural sector due to the 2022-2023 water deficit, equivalent to 3% of the recent average GDP (Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries of Uruguay, 2024).

Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca de Uruguay (2024). SENDA: Estrategia nacional para el desarrollo agropecuario.

Agricultural machinery market in LAC

05/07/2024 Go to Evidence

USD 8.70 billion was the estimated size of the agricultural machinery market in Latin America in 2023, with a projected growth to USD 11.70 billion in 2028 (Mordor Intelligence, 2023).

USD 8.70 mil millones se estima que es el tamaño del mercado de maquinaria agrícola en el 2023 de América Latina, esperando alcance los USD 11.70 mil millones para 2028 (Mordor Intelligence, 2023)

Mordor Intelligence, 2023. Análisis de participación y tamaño del mercado de maquinaria agrícola de América Latina tendencias de crecimiento y pronósticos (2024-2029). Source:https://www.mordorintelligence.com/es/industry-reports/central-and-south-america-agricultural-machinery-market

Net production value

02/07/2024 Go to Evidence

13% of the net value of global agricultural and fishery production came from Latin America and the Caribbean between 2021 and 2023, with an even higher share of 18% in total exports (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.

World fishery production

02/07/2024 Go to Evidence

10% of global fishery production comes from LAC, and a projected annual growth of 0.6% will allow this share to be maintained 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.