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Rural informal employment

24/11/2023 Go to Evidence

11 percentage points is the difference between the informal employment rate in the rural sector among people aged 15 to 24 and those over 25 (ILO, 2021).

OIT, 2021

OIT (Organización Internacional del Trabajo, Perú). 2021. Empleo informal en la economía rural de América Latina 2012 - 2019. Un panorama y tendencias regionales pre-pandemia COVID-19. Lima, Perú, OIT, Oficina Regional para América Latina y el Caribe

Public spending on agriculture

24/11/2023 Go to Evidence

25,000 million dollars was the average public spending on agriculture, forestry, and fishing in Latin America and the Caribbean during the period 2015-2019 (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.

Sustainable soils

22/11/2023 Go to Evidence

58% can increase food production with sustainable soil management, improving productivity, food security and sustainability (FAO, 2015).

FAO, 2015

FAO (Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura, Chile). 2022c. Informe del 37º período de sesiones de la Conferencia Regional de la FAO para América Latina y el Caribe (en línea). Santiago, Chile. Consultado 18 abr. 2023.

Loss of land due to agricultural practices

22/11/2023 Go to Evidence

In 40 years, one third of arable land was lost due to unsustainable agricultural practices and excessive use of chemicals (CEPAL, FAO y 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

Daily economic losses

22/11/2023 Go to Evidence

USD 1.3 billion in daily losses are estimated globally from land degradation, severely affecting natural resources (FAO and GTIS, 2015).

FAO y GTIS, 2015

FAO (Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura, Italia); GTIS (Grupo Técnico Intergubernamental del Suelo). 2015. Estado Mundial del Recurso Suelo (EMRS) – Resumen Técnico. Roma, Italia.

Forest Loss

22/11/2023 Go to Evidence

44% of global tropical deforestation between 2013 and 2019 occurred in Latin America and the Caribbean, evidencing a large forest loss (FPTF, 2021).

FPTF, 2021

FPTF (Forest Policy, Trade, and Finance Program). 2021. Illicit harvest, complicit goods: The state of illegal deforestation for agricultural (en línea). s. n. t.

Fertilizer and irrigation increase

22/11/2023 Go to Evidence

9 times the use of inorganic nitrogen fertilizers has increased since 1961, while irrigation water consumption has doubled (IPCC, 2019).

IPCC, 2019

IPCC, 2019: Climate Change and Land: an IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems [P.R. Shukla, J. Skea, E. Calvo Buendia, V. Masson-Delmotte, H.-O. Pörtner, D. C. Roberts, P. Zhai, R. Slade, S. Connors, R. van Diemen, M. Ferrat, E. Haughey, S. Luz, S. Neogi, M. Pathak, J. Petzold, J. Portugal Pereira, P. Vyas, E. Huntley, K. Kissick, M. Belkacemi, J. Malley, (eds.)].

Sustainable agricultural yields

22/11/2023 Go to Evidence

The 79% increase in crop yields is possible through strategies such as efficient water use, reduced pesticide use and improved soil health (FAO & GTIS, 2015).

FAO y GTIS, 2015

FAO (Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura, Italia); GTIS (Grupo Técnico Intergubernamental del Suelo). 2015. Estado Mundial del Recurso Suelo (EMRS) – Resumen Técnico. Roma, Italia.

Rizobacter

22/11/2023 Go to Evidence

In 40 countries, Rizobacter produces inoculants, seed therapeutants, adjuvants and fertilizers, which reach a wide range of growers globally (ISPA. 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

Agricultural emissions projections

17/11/2023 Go to Evidence

6% will increase direct GHG emissions from agriculture in the next decade, a growth slower than that of production thanks to productivity improvements (OECD and FAO, 2022).

OCDE y FAO, 2022

OCDE (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Francia); FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Italia). 2022. OECD FAO Agricultural Outlook 2022-2031 (en línea). París, Francia. Consultado 30 may. 2023. Disponible en https://doi.org/10.1787/19991142.