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40% of the world's land is degraded, reducing its productivity and negatively affecting climate, biodiversity and people's livelihoods.
La desertificación y la degradación del suelo afecta a 3000 millones de personas en todo el mundo
https://news.un.org/es/story/2024/12/1534741
A 500% increase in drought-driven migration is projected by 2050 (UNDP, 2024).
PNUD (2024)
PNUD (2024). Señales de cambio 2024. Nueva York, Nueva York.
158 million women will face water scarcity in 2050 (UNDP, 2024).
PNUD (2024)
PNUD (2024). Señales de cambio 2024. Nueva York, Nueva York.
64% of the area of Argentina's core zone has drought in the soil, increasing from 54% in one week, with temperatures up to 35°C and strong winds (Rosario Stock Exchange, 2024).
Barletta, M., Poeta, F., y Russo, C. (2024, septiembre 26). La condición regular a mala del trigo pasa de 18% a 32% por la sequía en la región. Bolsa de Comercio de Rosario. https://www.bcr.com.ar/es/mercados/gea/seguimiento-de-cultivos/informe-semanal-zona-nucleo/la-condicion-regular-mala-del
https://www.bcr.com.ar/es/mercados/gea/seguimiento-de-cultivos/informe-semanal-zona-nucleo/la-condicion-regular-mala-del
USD 1,741 million in losses suffered by Uruguay's agricultural sector due to the 2022-2023 water deficit, equivalent to 3% of the recent average GDP (Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries of Uruguay, 2024).
Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca de Uruguay (2024). SENDA: Estrategia nacional para el desarrollo agropecuario.
280,000 hectares of beans and maize were lost in northern Central America due to drought in 2018 (World Bank, 2024).
Banco Mundial, 2024
Banco Mundial. 2024.Estudio de factibilidad: Soluciones de financiamiento y seguro contra riesgos de desastres para agricultores familiares en El Salvador, Honduras y Guatemala. https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1589-estudio-de-factibilidad:-soluciones-de-financiamiento-y-seguro-contra-riesgos-de-desastres-para-agricultores-familiares-en-el-salvador,-honduras-y-guatemala
US$ 28 billion were lost due to droughts in South America between 1970 and 2019 (UNDP, 2024).
PNUD, 2024
PNUD.2024.Quedándonos secos: Abordando el estrés hídrico en América Latina y el Caribe
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486,000 people in rural areas of Central America faced severe drought conditions between April and November 2023, affecting the main planting and harvesting seasons due to reduced rainfall associated with the El Niño phenomenon. (WFP, 2024).
Programa Mundial de Alimentos (WFP). (2024). Fenómeno de El Niño 2023–2024: América Latina y el Caribe.
PMA. 2024
1.3% of annual GDP could be the economic cost of droughts and floods in Central Asia (FAO, 2023).
1.3% del PIB anual podría ser el costo económico de las sequías e inundaciones en Asia Central. (FAO, 2023)
FAO.2023.The role of innovation and digitalization in the sustainable use of natural resources to accelerate the implementation of climate-resilient and low-emission pathways in agrifood systems
163 (localized) drought events were reported in Peru between 2000 and 2010 (Ayala, 2023).
163 eventos (localizados) de sequías se reportaron en PErú entre 2000 y 2010 (Ayala, 2023)
Pomadera et al., 2023. Innovaciones en la Gestión del Agua en la Agricultura: Experiencias y Oportunidades en América Latina.
