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Goats and Climate in Dry Forest

20/12/2024 Go to Evidence

Survey of 130 goat producers in Piura (Marcavelica, Lancones, La Brea) found 56.9 % recognized climate change, perceiving impacts on temperature (69.9 %), rainfall (100 %), soil productivity (79.2 %), and water availability (50 %). Four adaptation capacity clusters emerged: excellent (6 %), good (23 %), fair (75 %), and poor (25 %) (Temoche et al., 2024).

V. Temoche; C. Barrantes; D. Godoy

Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (INIA), Perú

Degraded land

02/12/2024 Go to Evidence

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

Company issues

14/11/2024 Go to Evidence

42% of companies do not transparently report their progress towards net zero and Scope 3 emissions targets, while 17% have experienced an increase in emissions rather than a decrease.

Informe sobre el estado de la industria alimentaria del país en 2024

https://foodfoundation.org.uk/publication/state-nations-food-industry-report-2024

Reduction in emissions

29/10/2024 Go to Evidence

A 49% reduction in nitrogen emissions and a 68% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions could be achieved by intensifying the pig and chicken production chain, according to data from 166 countries.

La intensificación de toda la cadena de cría de cerdos y pollos podría reducir las emisiones y generar beneficios económicos y en la producción de alimentos

https://tabledebates.org/research-library/whole-chain-intensification-pig-and-chicken-farming-could-lower-emissions-economic?utm_source=Fodder+mailing+list&utm_campaign=3596ed32c1-FODDER+31%2F10%2F2024_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a4426c720f-a80dd350dd-330103260

Abandonment of farmland

28/10/2024 Go to Evidence

62.7% of bird species and 77.7% of mammals gain habitat from the abandonment of cropland, but 74.2% and 86.3% would have benefited even more in the absence of recultivation.

Consecuencias del abandono de las tierras de cultivo para la biodiversidad

https://tabledebates.org/research-library/biodiversity-consequences-cropland-abandonment?utm_source=Fodder+mailing+list&utm_campaign=3596ed32c1-FODDER+31%2F10%2F2024_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a4426c720f-a80dd350dd-330103260

Rural Poverty vs. Urban

16/05/2024 Go to Evidence

41% represents the rural poverty rate in LAC, being approximately 15 percentage points higher than urban poverty (ECLAC. et al, 2024).

CEPAL. et al, 2024

"FAO, IICA, CEPAL y P M A. 2024. Financiamiento para la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición en América Latina y el Caribe. Santiago de Chile. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd0527es"

Herd size and milking cows by production system

15/05/2024 Go to Evidence

In El Salvador, herd median (average number of milking cows in parentheses): Dairy: 285 (131) Beef cattle: 8.5 (0) Dual-purpose cattle: -Large extensions: 69 (21.8) -Medium extensions: 51 (17.5) -Small extensions: 23 (7.8) -Subsistence - high density: 15 (4.7) -Subsistence - low density: 10 (3.6) (IICA, 2024)

Mediana del hato (en paréntesis el promedio de vacas en ordeño): Lechería: 285 (131) Ganadería de carne: 8.5 (0) Ganadería de doble propósito: -Extensiones grandes: 69 (21.8) -Extensiones medianas: 51 (17.5) -Extensiones pequeñas: 23 (7.8) -Subsistencia - alta densidad: 15 (4.7) -Subsistencia - baja densidad: 10 (3.6)

Ampliación y actualización del perfil del productor y sistemas de producción a nivel nacional en el rubro de ganadería bovina

Deforestation in Costa Rica

15/04/2024 Go to Evidence

7.76 kha of natural forest was lost in Costa Rica in 2023, after having 3.73 Mha in 2010, which represented 76% of its land area (GFW, 2024).

En 2010, Costa Rica tenía 3.73 Mha de bosque natural, extendiéndose sobre el 76% de su superficie terrestre. En 2023, perdió 7.76 kha de bosque natural (GFW, 2024).

Global Forest Watch Report, 2024. World Resources Institute.