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In 13 LAC countries, bioeconomic products represent 17.2% of production, 12.5% of imports, 28.6% of exports and 24.9% of final consumption (ECLAC, 2024).
CEPAL (2024)
CEPAL, América Latina y el Caribe ante las trampas del desarrollo: transformaciones indispensables y cómo gestionarlas (LC/SES.40/3-P/-*), Santiago, 2024
54% of the world's population lives in urban areas and is expected to reach 66% by 2050 (Gutiérrez et al., 2019).
Gutiérrez et al. (2019)
Gutiérrez, N., Ferraro, B., Patrouilleau, M. M., Alonso, I., Rodas, C., Carrasco, J., Maia Cordeiro, L. A., & Sur (PROCISUR), P. C. para el D. T. A. y A. del C. (2019). Políticas públicas e institucionalidad para la intensificación sostenible en los países del Cono Sur. https://repositorio.iica.int/handle/11324/22023
Almost 70% of deforestation in Latin America between 2000 and 2010 was caused by commercial agriculture (Gutiérrez et al., 2019).
Gutiérrez et al. (2019)
Gutiérrez, N., Ferraro, B., Patrouilleau, M. M., Alonso, I., Rodas, C., Carrasco, J., Maia Cordeiro, L. A., & Sur (PROCISUR), P. C. para el D. T. A. y A. del C. (2019). Políticas públicas e institucionalidad para la intensificación sostenible en los países del Cono Sur. https://repositorio.iica.int/handle/11324/22023
68% of the total organic production registrations in Bahia corresponded to producers certified by participatory guarantee systems and social control organizations in 2018 and 2019 (Sanchez et al., 2021).
El 68% del total de registros de producción orgánica en Bahía correspondió a productores certificados por sistemas de garantía participativa y organizaciones de control social en 2018 y 2019 (Sanchez et al., 2021).
Sanchez, A. R. N., Cruz, T. V., Narezi, G., & Crepaldi, M. O. S. (2021). Organic production in the state of Bahia, Brazil: a spatio-temporal analysis of registrations and certification bodies (2014-2020). Sociedade & Natureza, 33, e60426. DOI: 10.14393/SN-v33-2021-60426
The 1.2% drop in the volume of world trade in goods in 2023 was followed by a year-on-year growth of 1% between January and July 2024 (ECLAC, 2024).
CEPAL (2024)
CEPAL, Perspectivas del Comercio Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe, 2024 (LC/PUB.2024/16-P), Santiago, 2024
41 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean suffered from hunger in 2023 (ECLAC, 2024).
CEPAL (2024)
CEPAL, Perspectivas del Comercio Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe, 2024 (LC/PUB.2024/16-P), Santiago, 2024
The 17.2% prevalence of hunger in the Caribbean is three times higher than the figures recorded in South America (5.2%) and in Central America and Mexico (5.8%) (ECLAC, 2024).
CEPAL (2024)
CEPAL, Perspectivas del Comercio Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe, 2024 (LC/PUB.2024/16-P), Santiago, 2024
15.5% was the average of global food exports represented by LAC between 2020 and 2022 (ECLAC, 2024).
CEPAL (2024)
CEPAL, Perspectivas del Comercio Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe, 2024 (LC/PUB.2024/16-P), Santiago, 2024
8.4% and 5.6% represent the highest tariff equivalents of non-tariff measures in LAC intraregional trade, applied to the agriculture, hunting and fishing, and processed food sectors, respectively (ECLAC, 2024).
CEPAL, 2024
CEPAL, Perspectivas del Comercio Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe, 2024 (LC/PUB.2024/16-P), Santiago, 2024
Almost 10% of global goods imports are estimated to be subject to restrictive measures in 2024 (ECLAC, 2024).
CEPAL (2024)
CEPAL, Perspectivas del Comercio Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe, 2024 (LC/PUB.2024/16-P), Santiago, 2024