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100% of the urea used in Central and South America is imported (GGGI, 2024).
El 100% de la urea utilizada en Centro y Sur América es importada. (GGGI, 2024)
GGGI. 2024. Fueling the Future: A report on BioCNG – With Best Practices and Case Studies.
More than 50% of the 201 million tons of inorganic fertilizers used in 2020 are composed of nitrogen, while 24% corresponds to phosphorus and 20% to potassium (GGGI, 2024).
Más del 50% de los 201 millones de toneladas de fertilizantes inorgánicos utilizados en 2020 están compuestos por nitrógeno, mientras que el 24% corresponde al fósforo y el 20% al potasio. (GGGI, 2024)
GGGI. 2024. Fueling the Future: A report on BioCNG – With Best Practices and Case Studies.
100% of the annual loss of 24 billion tons of fertile soils generates a cost of US$40 billion to the economy (UNEP, 2024).
Cada año se pierden 24 mil millones de toneladas de suelos fértiles, lo que le cuesta a la economía alrededor de 40 mil millones de dólares. (UNEP, 2024)
UNEP.2024. Global Resources Outlook 2024
100% of the agricultural land needed to produce $1,000 was cut in half between 1990 and 2020, with a similar decrease in GHG emissions, phosphate loads, nitrogen, and irrigation water withdrawals (USDA, 2024).
USDA, 2024
USDA.2024. World Agricultural Production, Resource Use, and Productivity, 1961–2020. https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1366-produccion-agricola-mundial,-uso-y-productividad,-1961-2020
52% of pesticide active ingredients in 2020 were herbicides, followed by fungicides (23%), insecticides (18%) and other products (7%) (USDA, 2024).
USDA, 2024
USDA.2024. World Agricultural Production, Resource Use, and Productivity, 1961–2020. https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1366-produccion-agricola-mundial,-uso-y-productividad,-1961-2020
2.7 million metric tons of pesticides were used globally in 2020, up from 1.7 million in 1990, with the largest increase in the Global South, especially in LAC (USDA, 2024).
USDA, 2024
USDA.2024. World Agricultural Production, Resource Use, and Productivity, 1961–2020. https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1366-produccion-agricola-mundial,-uso-y-productividad,-1961-2020
74% of global cropland was harvested in 1961, while by 2020, this proportion increased to 92% (USDA, 2024).
USDA, 2024
USDA.2024. World Agricultural Production, Resource Use, and Productivity, 1961–2020. https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1366-produccion-agricola-mundial,-uso-y-productividad,-1961-2020
One-third of the global land area has been affected by land use changes since 1960, with phases of acceleration (1960-2005) and deceleration (2006-2019) in these changes (USDA, 2024).
USDA, 2024
USDA.2024. World Agricultural Production, Resource Use, and Productivity, 1961–2020. https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1366-produccion-agricola-mundial,-uso-y-productividad,-1961-2020
96.4 million hectares were under organic agricultural management worldwide in 2022 (FIBL, 2024).
En 2022, 96,4 millones de hectáreas estaban bajo gestión agrícola orgánica en todo el mundo. (FIBL, 2024)
FIBL.2024.The World of Organic Agriculture 2024
201 tons of inorganic fertilizers, composed of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, represented global demand in 2020 (GGGI, 2023).
201 toneladas de fertilizantes inorgánicos, compuestos por nitrógeno, fósforo y potasio, representaron la demanda global en 2020. (GGGI, 2023)
GGGI. 2023. Fueling the Future: A report on BioCNG – With Best Practices and Case Studies.