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Environmental impact of fish consumption

20/07/2023 Go to Evidence

52.9% less greenhouse gas emissions are generated by a diet based on fish consumption compared to one based on high meat consumption (>100 g per day).

Scarborough, P. (2023). Vegans, vegetarians, fish-eaters and meat-eaters in the UK show discrepant environmental impacts. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00795-w

Environmental impact of meat consumption

20/07/2023 Go to Evidence

47.9% less emissions are generated by a diet with low meat consumption compared to one based on high consumption (>100 g per day).

Scarborough, P. (2023). Vegans, vegetarians, fish-eaters and meat-eaters in the UK show discrepant environmental impacts. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00795-w

Environmental impact of a vegan diet

20/07/2023 Go to Evidence

75% less soil and 53.6% less water is required for a vegan diet compared to one based on high meat consumption (>100 g per day).

Scarborough, P. (2023). Vegans, vegetarians, fish-eaters and meat-eaters in the UK show discrepant environmental impacts. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00795-w

Internet Access in Rural Households

12/07/2023 Go to Evidence

More than 90% of rural households in Peru, Bolivia, El Salvador and Paraguay have no Internet connection.

Perú, Bolivia, El Salvador y Paraguay más del 90 % de los hogares rurales no cuentan con conexión a Internet.

CEPAL (Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe, Chile). 2020. Construir un nuevo futuro: una recuperación transformadora con igualdad y sostenibilidad (en línea). Santiago, Chile, ONU. Consultado 12 jul. 2023. Disponible en https:// repositorio.cepal.org/bitstream/handle/11362/46227/S2000699_es.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y.

Agricultural Cooperatives of Peru

12/07/2023 Go to Evidence

27% (395) of the cooperatives in Peru are linked to agriculture and livestock farming.

En Perú se estima que aproximadamente el 27% (395) de las cooperativas se dedican a actividades relacionadas con la agricultura y la ganadería

Ramírez, A. 2019. Seminarios sobre agricultura familiar y cooperativismo FAO, ACI y Perspectivas de la Agricultura y del Desarrollo Rural en las Américas: una mirada hacia América Latina y el Caribe 2021-2022 / CEPAL, FAO e IICA. – San José, C.R.: IICA, 2021.

Agricultural employment

10/07/2023 Go to Evidence

5% of GDP and 18% of employment in Latin America and the Caribbean come from agriculture (CEPALSTAT, 2023).

El 5% del PIB contribuye la agricultura en América Latina y el Caribe y representa el 18% de la población ocupada (CEPALSTAT, 2023).

CEPAL (2023). La digitalización al servicio de la transición agroecológica