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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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Malnutrition costs

16/05/2024 Go to Evidence

6.4% of the GDP of LAC countries is estimated as the average cost of malnutrition problems, ranging from malnutrition to overweight and obesity (ECLAC. et al, 2024).

CEPAL. et al, 2024

"FAO, IICA, CEPAL y P M A. 2024. Financiamiento para la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición en América Latina y el Caribe. Santiago de Chile. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd0527es"

Tag: Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Food
Area: Agrifood Context
Instrument: Food aid
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Rural communities Consumers Women
Result: Impact: Food and nutritional security

Rural Poverty vs. Urban

16/05/2024 Go to Evidence

41% represents the rural poverty rate in LAC, being approximately 15 percentage points higher than urban poverty (ECLAC. et al, 2024).

CEPAL. et al, 2024

"FAO, IICA, CEPAL y P M A. 2024. Financiamiento para la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición en América Latina y el Caribe. Santiago de Chile. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd0527es"

Tag: Urban_Rural_Gap
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Agrifood Context
Result: Information generation

Agri-food public spending

16/05/2024 Go to Evidence

23.4 billion per year on average (2001-2021) represented 0.67% of LAC GDP in public agrifood spending (ECLAC et al., 2024).

CEPAL. et al, 2024

"FAO, IICA, CEPAL y P M A. 2024. Financiamiento para la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición en América Latina y el Caribe. Santiago de Chile. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd0527es"

Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Agrifood Context
Instrument: Support for the adoption of agricultural technologies (transfering to producers) Support to technological research and development Technical assistance to producers
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Value Chains Rural communities
Result: Allocation of public expenditure

Herd size and milking cows by production system

15/05/2024 Go to Evidence

In El Salvador, herd median (average number of milking cows in parentheses): Dairy: 285 (131) Beef cattle: 8.5 (0) Dual-purpose cattle: -Large extensions: 69 (21.8) -Medium extensions: 51 (17.5) -Small extensions: 23 (7.8) -Subsistence - high density: 15 (4.7) -Subsistence - low density: 10 (3.6) (IICA, 2024)

Mediana del hato (en paréntesis el promedio de vacas en ordeño): Lechería: 285 (131) Ganadería de carne: 8.5 (0) Ganadería de doble propósito: -Extensiones grandes: 69 (21.8) -Extensiones medianas: 51 (17.5) -Extensiones pequeñas: 23 (7.8) -Subsistencia - alta densidad: 15 (4.7) -Subsistencia - baja densidad: 10 (3.6)

Ampliación y actualización del perfil del productor y sistemas de producción a nivel nacional en el rubro de ganadería bovina

Tag: Dairy_CentralAmerica
Country: El Salvador
Sector: Sustainable Livestock Dairy
Area: Agrifood Context
Beneficiary: Agricultural producers
Result: Information generation

Peru's agricultural diversity post-COVID-19

14/05/2024 Go to Evidence

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.

Tag: Avanzar2030 COVID-19
Country: Peru
Sector: Agri-Food (total) Fruit and vegetables, includes roots and tubers Cereals and cereal products
Area: Family Farming Agrifood Context
Instrument: Technical assistance to producers Education and training for farmers
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Indigenous communities
Result: Food access Social learning Increased knowledge

Honduras faces a food crisis.

23/04/2024 Go to Evidence

2.4 million people in Honduras faced crisis or more severe levels of food insecurity between June and August 2023 due to below-average rainfall associated with the El Niño phenomenon (WFP, 2024).

PMA, 2024

Programa Mundial de Alimentos (WFP). (2024). Fenómeno de El Niño 2023–2024: América Latina y el Caribe.

Tag: ElNiño Climate_Risks Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: Honduras
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Agrifood Context
Instrument: Internacional humanitarian and Development Assistance Food aid
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Rural communities
Result: Risk mitigation Impact: Climate risk resilience Impact: Food and nutritional security

Undernourishment in LAC

19/04/2024 Go to Evidence

43.2 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean suffered from undernourishment in 2022 (FAO et al., 2023).

FAO et al. (2023)

FAO, FIDA, OPS, PMA y UNICEF. 2023. América Latina y el Caribe - Panorama regional de la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición 2023: Estadísticas y tendencias. Santiago. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc8514es

Tag: Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Food
Area: Agrifood Context

Undernourishment in Haiti

19/04/2024 Go to Evidence

With a 45% prevalence of undernourishment, Haiti faced a food crisis in 2022, affecting 5.1 million people with a lack of access to basic foods (FAO et al., 2023).

FAO et al. (2023)

FAO, FIDA, OPS, PMA y UNICEF. 2023. América Latina y el Caribe - Panorama regional de la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición 2023: Estadísticas y tendencias. Santiago. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc8514es

Tag: Food_Water_Security
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Food
Area: Agrifood Context

Food Insecurity South America

19/04/2024 Go to Evidence

With 36.4% of its population, South America faced a worrying situation of moderate or severe food insecurity during 2022 (FAO et al., 2023).

FAO et al. (2023)

FAO, FIDA, OPS, PMA y UNICEF. 2023. América Latina y el Caribe - Panorama regional de la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición 2023: Estadísticas y tendencias. Santiago. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc8514es

Tag: Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: America, South (aggregate)
Sector: Food
Area: Agrifood Context

Gender and Food Insecurity

19/04/2024 Go to Evidence

At 9.6% in 2022, the gender gap in the prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in South America reflected significant inequalities in access to food between men and women (FAO et al., 2023).

FAO et al. (2023)

FAO, FIDA, OPS, PMA y UNICEF. 2023. América Latina y el Caribe - Panorama regional de la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición 2023: Estadísticas y tendencias. Santiago. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc8514es

Tag: Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: America, South (aggregate)
Sector: Food
Area: Women and Rural Youth Agrifood Context