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Manufacturing and external productivity

09/10/2025 Go to Evidence

33.1 was the external relative labor productivity index for Manufacturing in LAC versus the EU (EU=100) in 2023 (ECLAC, 2025).

33,1 fue el índice de productividad laboral relativa externa del sector Manufactura de ALC frente a la UE (UE=100) en 2023, según el informe (CEPAL, 2025).

Manufacturing IAP initiatives: agroindustry and tr

09/10/2025 Go to Evidence

188 initiatives correspond to manufacturing industries in the report’s IAP mapping, making it the second sectoral category (ECLAC, 2025).

188 iniciativas corresponden a industrias manufactureras en el mapeo de IAP del informe, ubicándolas como el segundo rubro sectorial (CEPAL, 2025).

IAP with a focus on product/process innovation

09/10/2025 Go to Evidence

8.9% of the 497 productive articulation initiatives (PAI) (20 countries, 2023–2025) prioritize product or process innovation as their strategic focus, according to the report (ECLAC, 2025).

8,9% de las 497 iniciativas de articulación productiva (IAP) (20 países, 2023–2025) prioriza la innovación en productos o procesos como foco estratégico, según el informe (CEPAL, 2025).

Foodborne Diseases

20/11/2023 Go to Evidence

600 million cases of foodborne diseases were estimated by WHO for 2010 (Jaffee et al., 2019)

Jaffee et al., 2019

https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1233-el-imperativo-de-la-seguridad-alimentaria:-acelerar-el-progreso-en-los-paises-de-renta-baja-y-media

Deaths due to diseases

20/11/2023 Go to Evidence

USD 95 billion in annual losses are linked to 420 000 premature deaths from foodborne diseases in low- and middle-income countries (Jaffee et al., 2019).

(Jaffee et al., 2019).

https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1233-el-imperativo-de-la-seguridad-alimentaria:-acelerar-el-progreso-en-los-paises-de-renta-baja-y-media

African Swine Fever

20/11/2023 Go to Evidence

20% of the world's pig population was slaughtered due to African Swine Fever in China (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-

Keys to Exporting Mangoes from Chiapas

12/07/2023 Go to Evidence

The study shows that the 'Ataulfo' mango from Chiapas increases its sweetness and loses firmness as it ripens, which directly influences its post-harvest quality and export potential (Ortiz-Hernández, M. et al.,2012).

Mirna Ortiz-Hernández, Juan Bautista Cortés-García, Ana G. López-Morales & Verónica Sauri-Duch

Consejo Nacional de Humanidades, Ciencias y Tecnologías de México

Agriculture and food sovereignty

01/07/2022 Go to Evidence

The relationship between agriculture, food security, and food sovereignty is investigated, highlighting the role of public policies in guaranteeing the right to adequate and sustainable food. Based on an analysis of academic sources and international organizations, it addresses the main challenges facing agriculture in Colombia and Latin America, such as land concentration, dependence on imports, and rural inequality. The study highlights the need to strengthen family farming, promote gender equality, and consolidate local food systems geared toward self-sufficiency and social justice.

Universidad de Cundinamarca, Cundinamarca, Colombia.

Fonseca-Carreño, N. E., & Bossa-Pabon, K. A. (2022). La Agricultura y su incidencia en la Seguridad y la Soberanía Alimentaria. Una revisión. Revista Científica Profundidad Construyendo Futuro, 17(17), 85-101.

6 Pathways Connecting Agriculture-Nutrition

01/02/2022 Go to Evidence

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

Insufficient Public Health Conceptual Frameworks

01/02/2022 Go to Evidence

Current frameworks used to guide nutrition interventions are designed from a health sector paradigm, leaving agricultural aspects not sufficiently leveraged (Duncan et al., 2022).

Los marcos actuales utilizados para guiar las intervenciones nutricionales están diseñados desde un paradigma del sector salud, dejando aspectos agrícolas no suficientemente aprovechados (Duncan et al., 2022).

Duncan, 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