World food demand

50-60% will increase global food demand in the coming decades (World Bank, 2024).

Banco Mundial (23 de octubre de 2024). El sector alimentario como motor de crecimiento y empleo. Reuniones Anuales de 2024.

Over a quarter of a billion people were acutely fo

According to The Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2023, over a quarter of a billion people were acutely food-insecure and required urgent food assistance in 58 food-crisis countries/territories in 2022. This is the highest number in the seven-year history of the GRFC.

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The Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2023

Global hunger in 2022 affects 9.2 percent of the

According to the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report 2023 (SOFI 2023) global hunger in 2022 affects 9.2 percent of the world population – between 691 and 783 million people – and a total of 2.4 billion people experience moderate or severe food insecurity.

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State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report 2023 (SOFI 2023)

Healthy diet

More than 3.1 billion people, 42% of the world's population, could not afford a healthy diet in 2021, according to the SOFI 2023 report.

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State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report 2023 (SOFI 2023)

Food insecurity

2.4% is the gender gap in global food insecurity in 2022, with a greater impact on women than men, although the effects of the pandemic have shown signs of easing (SOFI 2023 Report).

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SOFI 2023

Food insecurity

258 million people faced acute food insecurity in 2022, in the 10 countries most affected by fragile and crisis contexts (OECD, 2022).

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OCDE. (2022). States of Fragility 2022. OECD Publishing, Paris. Food Security Information Network & Global Network Against Food Crises. (2023). Global Report on Food Crises 2023: Joint analysis for better decisions. https://www.fsinplatform.org/sites/default/files/resources/files/GRFC2023-compressed.pdf

Agricultural productivity

The 1% increase in global GDP from closing the gender gap in agricultural productivity and wages would reduce food insecurity by 2%, benefiting 45 million people.

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The status of women in agrifood systems. (s.f.). Organización de las Naciones Unidas para al Alimentación y la Agricultura. https://openknowledge.fao.org/items/1b87f67b-57b2-4951 903f-b872f0ef021c

Access to electricity

733 million people worldwide live without access to electricity, and 2.4 billion use harmful fuels for cooking, affecting their health and the environment.

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Report: COVID-19 slows progress toward universal energy access. (2022, junio). Banco Mundial. https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/pressincreaserelease/2 022/06/01/report-covid-19-slows-progress-towardsuniversal energy-access

Drought in Jalisco

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

Peru's agricultural diversity post-COVID-19

This study assessed crop diversity among 180 Peruvian farmers (2018–2022) using Shannon–Weiner and Margalef indices. Five crop types were identified; projections indicate growth in 15 families and decline in 9 by 2025 (Chavez et al., 2024).

Segundo G. Chavez; Erick Arellanos; Jaris Veneros; Nilton B. Rojas-Briceño; Manuel Oliva-Cruz; Carlos Bolaños-Carriel; Ligia García

Instituto de Investigación para el Desarrollo Sustentable de Ceja de Selva (INDES-CES), Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza. Instituto de Investigación en Ingeniería Ambiental (INAM), Universidad Nacional TRM. Grupo de Investigación en Ciencia de la Información Geoespacial, Universidad Nacional de Moquegua. Facultad de Ciencias Agrícolas, Universidad Central del Ecuador.