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Nutritional outcomes and agriculture are linked in six important ways: as a source of food, as a source of income, through food prices, women's empowerment, women's time use, and women's health and nutritional status (Duncan et al., 2022).
Los resultados nutricionales y la agricultura están vinculados de 6 maneras importantes: como fuente de alimentos, como fuente de ingresos, a través de precios de alimentos, empoderamiento de mujeres, utilización del tiempo de las mujeres, y salud y estado nutricional de las mujeres (Duncan et al., 2022).
uncan, E., Ashton, L., Abdulai, A. R., Sawadogo-Lewis, T., King, S. E., Fraser, E. D. G., Vosti, S., Haines, J., Knight, F., & Roberton, T. (2022). Connecting the food and agriculture sector to nutrition interventions for improved health outcomes. Food Security, 14, 657-675. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-022-01262-3
37% represents the decline in the ratio of government spending on agriculture as compared with the sector's contribution to total economy, decreasing from 0.42 in 2001 to 0.26 in 2017 (Duncan et al., 2022)
El 37% representa la disminución en la proporción del gasto gubernamental en agricultura comparado con la contribución del sector a la economía total, bajando de 0.42 en 2001 a 0.26 en 2017 (Duncan et al., 2022).
30% more productivity and more than 40% less agricultural emissions could be achieved by repurposing public spending on efficient technologies.
Gautam et al. (2022).
Gautam, Madhur; Laborde, David; Mamun, Abdullah; Martin, Will; Pineiro, Valeria; Vos, Rob. 2022. Repurposing Agricultural Policies and Support: Options to Transform Agriculture and Food Systems to Better Serve the Health of People, Economies, and the Planet.
In the Mariño basin, agroecological practices enhance food self-sufficiency, family income, and create synergies between productivity, climate adaptation, and mitigation (Quispe et al., 2021).
Yésica Quispe Conde; Bruno Locatelli; Améline Vallet; Raúl Blas Sevillano
Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (Perú)
CIRAD–University of Montpellier (Francia)
Center for International Forestry Research - CIFOR (Perú)
This exploratory research analyzes how women participate in Bolivian family farming, identifying their productive, reproductive, and decision-making roles. It examines the challenges they face in accessing resources, land, and technology, as well as the strategies they use to strengthen their autonomy. The study provides gender perspectives for designing inclusive agricultural policies.
Universidad Católica Boliviana “San Pablo”
Tito-Velarde, C. (2021). Un estudio exploratorio del rol de las mujeres en la agricultura familiar en Bolivia. Revista Latinoamericana de Desarrollo Económico, (ESPECIAL), 79-120.
The FAO Food Price Index rose by 39.7% in May 2021 compared to the same period last year.
FAO (2021)
FAO. 2021. Índice de precios de los alimentos de la FAO.
More than 7% contracted regional GDP in 2020, marking the largest economic decline in 120 years in LAC.
CEPAL (2021).
CEPAL. 2021. Balance Preliminar de las Economías de América Latina y el Caribe 2020.
In 54 countries monitored by the OECD, only 17% of the public agricultural budget is allocated to investment in agricultural innovation systems, biosafety and infrastructure, despite their high economic and social returns.
OECD (2021).
OECD. 2021. Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2021: Addressing the Challenges Facing Food Systems.
While 71% of the urban population has significant connectivity services, in rural populations this percentage drops to 36.8%.
Ziegler et al. (2020)
Ziegler, S; Arias Segura, J; Bosio, M; Camacho, K. 2020. Conectividad rural en América Latina y el Caribe: un puente al desarrollo sostenible en tiempos de pandemia (en línea). San José, Costa Rica, IICA. 119 p
4.7% and 4.5% represent average field-level losses in corn farms (8.8 bushels per acre) and soybean farms (2.3 bushels per acre) respectively according to WWF research (WWF, 2020).
4.7% y 4.5% representan las pérdidas promedio a nivel de campo en granjas de maíz (8.8 bushels por acre) y soja (2.3 bushels por acre) respectivamente, según investigación de WWF (WWF, 2020).
WWF. (2020). No Food Left Behind research series. World Wildlife Fund.
