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35 % of the cultivated area in Latin America and the Caribbean is devoted to soybeans, followed by corn (22.7 %), sugar (7.5 %), wheat (6.2 %), beans (3.6 %), coffee (3 %), rice (2.6 %), other soybeans (2.1 %) and other crops (17 %) (FAO, 2023).
FAO (2023), FAOSTAT:Fertilizers by Nutrient. En: FAO. Citado 13 de abril de 2023. https://www.fao.org/faostat/es/# data/RFN
19.1% was the fall in the FAO cereal price index in July 2022. (FAO, 2023)
FAO, 2023
Índice de precios de los alimentos de la FAO
32,900 metric tons were mobilized under the Black Sea agreement (August 2022 - July 2023), mainly maize (51%), wheat (27%) and sunflower (11%) (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
25% or more rice prices increased in the last seven months, with significant increases in several countries (ECLAC, FAO and IICA, 2023).
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. San José, C.R, IICA.
Less than 3% of wheat imports in LAC come from Ukraine and Russia, and even less in the case of other grains (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023).
ISPA, 2023
https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1157-perspectivas-de-la-agricultura-y-del-desarrollo-rural-en-las-americas:-una-mirada-hacia-america-latina-y-el-caribe-2023-2024-las-crisis-alimentaria,-energetica-y-financiera-estan-empujando-a-mas-
1 % annual yield increases in key crops such as maize, rice and wheat are insufficient to double food production by 2050 (FAO, 2022).
FAO, 2022
https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-760-accion-mundial-sobre-el-desarrollo-verde-de-productos-agricolas-especiales:-un-pais,-un-producto-prioritario---plan-de-accion-2021-2025
54% of global soybean production is expected to come from Latin America and the Caribbean by 2032, increasing its current share of just over half (OECD and FAO, 2023).
OCDE y FAO (2023)
OECD/FAO (2023), OCDE-FAO Perspectivas Agrícolas 2023-2032, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/2ad6c3ab-es.
463 million tons will be the estimated level of world cereal trade, the lowest in three years, with a drop of 2.6% compared to 2021/22.
Perspectivas Alimentarias, FAO (2022)
60% of the world's dietary energy intake is provided by wheat, rice and corn (FAO, 2023).
FAO, 2023
FAO.2023.Agrifood solutions to climate change. https://openknowledge.fao.org/items/bab32e71-690d-4c07-ab9a-37f1703a9f59
22% of sugarcane production and 16% of corn production are used for ethanol production (IFPRI, 2023).
Casi el 22% de la producción de caña de azúcar y el 16% de la producción de maíz se utilizan para la producción de etanol. (IFPRI, 2023)
IFPRI.2023. Food versus Fuel v2.0: Biofuel policies and the current food crisis. Blog