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Monitoring, Evaluation and Best Practices

Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies

Evidences

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Inequality

20/11/2023 Go to Evidence

45.9% of people in Latin America live in inequality, making the region the most unequal in the world (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-

Tag: Outlook2023-2024
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Family Farming
Instrument: Studies and diagnoses
Result: Impact: Social inclusion

Climate events

20/11/2023 Go to Evidence

9% to 57% between 2000 and 2020 has increased extreme weather events (FAO et al., 2021).

(FAO et al., 2021)

https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1235-el-estado-de-la-seguridad-alimentaria-y-la-nutricion-en-el-mundo-2021

Tag: Outlook2023-2024
Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Environment and natural resources
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture
Instrument: Situation and prospective analysis (regional or international) Prospective studies (forecasting)
Result: Climate mitigation Risk mitigation Impact: Climate risk resilience

Women in Rural Areas

20/11/2023 Go to Evidence

58 million women live together in rural areas on the continent (Guiskin, 2019).

(Guiskin, 2019).

https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-441-la-situacion-de-las-juventudes-rurales-en-america-latina-y-el-caribe

Tag: Gaps Outlook2023-2024
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate) Americas (countries)
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Women and Rural Youth
Instrument: Situation and prospective analysis (regional or international)
Result: Impact: Sustainable Rural Development Impact: Social inclusion Impact: Equality between women and men

Agrifood rural territories

20/11/2023 Go to Evidence

20% of the region's population, about 120 million people, live in rural areas (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-

Tag: Urban_Rural_Gap Outlook2023-2024
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Associativity Family Farming
Instrument: Situation and prospective analysis (regional or international)
Result: Impact: Sustainable Rural Development

Foodborne Diseases

20/11/2023 Go to Evidence

33% to 90% of diarrheal syndrome cases, which cause 1.4 million child deaths annually, are associated with foodborne illness (McDermott and Grace, 2011).

(McDermott y Grace, 2011)

https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1234-enfermedades-asociadas-a-la-agricultura:-adaptar-la-agricultura-para-mejorar-la-salud-humana

Tag: Sanitary_Emergency Outlook2023-2024
Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: One Health
Area: Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures One Health
Instrument: Sanitary, phytosanitary and biosafety standards

Foodborne Diseases

20/11/2023 Go to Evidence

600 million cases of foodborne diseases were estimated by WHO for 2010 (Jaffee et al., 2019)

Jaffee et al., 2019

https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1233-el-imperativo-de-la-seguridad-alimentaria:-acelerar-el-progreso-en-los-paises-de-renta-baja-y-media

Tag: Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition Outlook2023-2024
Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Food technology
Area: Family Farming
Instrument: Sanitary, phytosanitary and biosafety standards
Result: Impact: Food and nutritional security

Rural Youth

20/11/2023 Go to Evidence

30.9 million correspond to the rural youth of 160 million young people, aged 15-29 (Guiskin, 2019)

(Guiskin, 2019)

https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-441-la-situacion-de-las-juventudes-rurales-en-america-latina-y-el-caribe

Tag: Urban_Rural_Gap Outlook2023-2024
Country: Latin America (aggregate) Americas (countries)
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Women and Rural Youth
Instrument: Situation and prospective analysis (regional or international)
Result: Impact: Sustainable Rural Development

Global burden of disease

20/11/2023 Go to Evidence

5% of the global burden of disease is related to foodborne diseases (McDermott and Grace, 2011).

(McDermott y Grace, 2011)

https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1234-enfermedades-asociadas-a-la-agricultura:-adaptar-la-agricultura-para-mejorar-la-salud-humana

Tag: Sanitary_Emergency Outlook2023-2024
Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: One Health
Area: Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures SPS Services
Instrument: Sanitary, phytosanitary and biosafety standards

Deaths due to diseases

20/11/2023 Go to Evidence

USD 95 billion in annual losses are linked to 420 000 premature deaths from foodborne diseases in low- and middle-income countries (Jaffee et al., 2019).

(Jaffee et al., 2019).

https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1233-el-imperativo-de-la-seguridad-alimentaria:-acelerar-el-progreso-en-los-paises-de-renta-baja-y-media

Tag: Outlook2023-2024
Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Food technology
Area: Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Water for Agriculture Family Farming
Instrument: Inspection and control Sanitary, phytosanitary and biosafety standards
Result: Impact: Food and nutritional security