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

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Informal employment rate

04/11/2024 Go to Evidence

51.6% is the informal employment rate among the young population and 71.7% among people over 65 years of age, with a concentration of 69.8% in rural areas in LAC (ECLAC, 2024).

CEPAL (2024)

CEPAL, América Latina y el Caribe ante las trampas del desarrollo: transformaciones indispensables y cómo gestionarlas (LC/SES.40/3-P/-*), Santiago, 2024

Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Multisectoral
Area: Family Farming Agrifood Context

Time use gap

04/11/2024 Go to Evidence

Three times more time is dedicated by women to unpaid domestic and care work compared to men, according to time use measurements in various LAC countries (ECLAC, 2024).

CEPAL (2024)

CEPAL, América Latina y el Caribe ante las trampas del desarrollo: transformaciones indispensables y cómo gestionarlas (LC/SES.40/3-P/-*), Santiago, 2024

Tag: Gaps EconomyOfCare
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Multisectoral
Area: Women and Rural Youth Agrifood Context

Reducing plastics and GDP

03/11/2024 Go to Evidence

8% is the estimated reduction in the use of plastics which, together with a 5% decrease in certain raw materials, could generate increases in GDP between 0.9% and 2.2% and employment between 1.2% and 2.1% in Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru by 2030.

CEPAL (2024)

CEPAL, América Latina y el Caribe ante las trampas del desarrollo: transformaciones indispensables y cómo gestionarlas (LC/SES.40/3-P/-*), Santiago, 2024

Country: Chile Colombia Mexico Peru
Sector: Multisectoral
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Agrifood Context

Urban population

30/10/2024 Go to Evidence

54% of the world's population lives in urban areas and is expected to reach 66% by 2050 (Gutiérrez et al., 2019).

Gutiérrez et al. (2019)

Gutiérrez, N., Ferraro, B., Patrouilleau, M. M., Alonso, I., Rodas, C., Carrasco, J., Maia Cordeiro, L. A., & Sur (PROCISUR), P. C. para el D. T. A. y A. del C. (2019). Políticas públicas e institucionalidad para la intensificación sostenible en los países del Cono Sur. https://repositorio.iica.int/handle/11324/22023

Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Multisectoral
Area: Agrifood Context