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8% reduction in corn yields in Central America in 2030 due to climate change, compared to the 2001-2009 period, according to the IPCC extreme scenario (Rodriguez, 2023).
Rodríguez (2023)
J. Rodríguez Rubí, Análisis de vulnerabilidad agrícola al cambio climático para la región del Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana (SICA), (LC/MEX/TS.2023/38), Ciudad de México, Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), 2023
The study identifies contradictions and methodological gaps in research on the Coffee Cultural Landscape, and concludes that its heritage management faces unresolved tensions between institutional discourses and territorial realities (Cruz-Rincón, D. F. , 2024).
Duván Fernando Cruz-Rincón
Universidad del Valle - Facultad de Ciencias de la Administración
18% of global emissions from agriculture are expected to be in LAC by 2033, exceeding its share in total production (OECD and FAO, 2024).
(OCDE y FAO, 2024)
OECD/FAO (2024), OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2024-2033, OECD Publishing, Paris/FAO, Rome, https://doi.org/10.1787/4c5d2cfb-en.
5% is the projected increase in calorie intake in Latin America and the Caribbean, with a 22% reduction in the number of undernourished people (OECD and FAO, 2024).
(OCDE y FAO, 2024)
OECD/FAO (2024), OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2024-2033, OECD Publishing, Paris/FAO, Rome, https://doi.org/10.1787/4c5d2cfb-en.
13% is the projected growth in milk production in North America by 2033, outpacing growth in meat production (OECD and FAO, 2024).
(OCDE y FAO, 2024)
OECD/FAO (2024), OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2024-2033, OECD Publishing, Paris/FAO, Rome, https://doi.org/10.1787/4c5d2cfb-en.
3.4 million quintals of beans reached Honduras in record production, 500 thousand more than in 2022 (SAG, 2024).
Honduras logra cifra récord con producción de 3.4 millones de quintales de frijol, 500 mil más que en 2022. (SAG, 2024)
Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería de Honduras
0.9% was the average growth in 2014-2023, less than half of the 2.0% recorded in the “lost decade” of 1980-1989 (ECLAC, 2022).
CEPAL, 2022
CEPAL (Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe, Chile). 2022a. Balance preliminar de las economías de ALC, 2022. Reporte técnico LC/PUB.2020/17-/Rev.1. Santiago, Chile, ONU.
At least $80 billion will be required in annual investments to meet the world's growing demand for food (World Bank, 2023).
Al menos 80 mil millones de dólares se requerirán en inversiones anuales para satisfacer la creciente demanda mundial de alimentos. (Banco Mundial, 2023)
World Bank (2023) Working with Smallholders: A Handbook for Firms Building Sustainable Supply Chains, Third Edition
52% of social assistance spending during the period 2014-2018 in Latin America and the Caribbean consisted of money transfers (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023).
ISPA, 2023
IICA (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura, Costa Rica). 2023. Perspectivas de la Agricultura y del Desarrollo Rural en las Américas: una mirada hacia América Latina y el Caribe 2023-2024. San José, Costa Rica.
More than 2 000 professionals from 31 countries in the Americas have been trained by IICA since 2017 in vector-borne disease surveillance (ECLAC, FAO and IICA, 2023).
ISPA, 2023
Perspectivas de la Agricultura y del Desarrollo Rural en las Américas: una mirada hacia América Latina y el Caribe 2023-2024/ CEPAL; FAO; IICA - San José, C.R: IICA, 2023