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436 cancer risk hotspots linked to excessive pesticide use were identified in Peru, concentrated in the western Andes and southern coast (Honles, J. et al., 2026).
(Honles,J. et al, 2026)
Honles, J., Cerapio, J. P., Monge, C., Marchio, A., Ruiz, E., Fernández, R., Bertani, S. (2026). Mapping pesticide mixtures to cancer risk at the country scale with spatial exposomics. Nature Health. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44360-026-00087-0
Up to 80% of rural households in Latin America and the Caribbean own backyard poultry. (Food and Agriculture Organization, 2026).
Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura, 2026
Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura
Article 15 of the Ecuadorian Constitution prohibits the use of genetically modified seeds due to health and environmental risks (Redacción El Universo, 2025).
El artículo 15 de la Constitución ecuatoriana prohíbe el uso de semillas genéticamente modificadas por riesgos a la salud y ambiente (Redacción El Universo, 2025).
Redacción El Universo (9 de julio, 2025)
4% of the company's EU turnover in the previous year represents the minimum that fines for non-compliance must reach, calculated based on environmental damage caused and the value of non-compliant products (Sarmiento, 2025).
4% de la facturación anual de la empresa en la UE del año anterior representa el mínimo que deben alcanzar las multas por incumplimiento, calculadas en base al daño ambiental causado y el valor de los productos no conformes (Sarmiento, 2025).
80 million dollars annually are estimated necessary to invest in each country of the region to strengthen Agricultural Health and Food Safety Services (SAIA), fundamental to facilitate international trade according to studies cited by CAF (Velásquez, A., 2025).
80 millones de dólares anuales se estima necesario invertir en cada país de la región para fortalecer los Servicios de Sanidad Agropecuaria e Inocuidad Alimentaria (SAIA), fundamentales para facilitar el comercio internacional según estudios citados por CAF (Velásquez, A., 2025).
Velásquez, A. (2025). Estudios arqueológicos del aguacate en Mesoamérica. Editorial Académica.
11.6% and 68.4% is the effect of SPS measures in Guatemala on commodities, and their simplification could reduce extreme urban poverty (Kelleher & Reyes, 2014).
Kelleher & Reyes (2014)
Kelleher, S; Reyes, J-D. 2014. Technical Measures to Trade in Central America: Incidence, Price Effects, and Consumer Welfare (en línea). s.l., The World Bank, (Policy Research Working Papers). 38 p. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-6857.
From 5.07 % to 4.91 % would reduce the urban extreme poverty rate in Guatemala with a decrease in the cost and time required to obtain health records (Kelleher & Reyes, 2014).
Kelleher & Reyes (2014)
Kelleher, S; Reyes, J-D. 2014. Technical Measures to Trade in Central America: Incidence, Price Effects, and Consumer Welfare (en línea). s.l., The World Bank, (Policy Research Working Papers). 38 p. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-6857.
More than 2 000 professionals from 31 countries in the Americas have been trained by IICA since 2017 in vector-borne disease surveillance (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/ CEPAL; FAO; IICA - San José, C.R: IICA, 2023
33% to 90% of diarrheal syndrome cases, which cause 1.4 million child deaths annually, are associated with foodborne illness (McDermott and Grace, 2011).
(McDermott y Grace, 2011)
https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1234-enfermedades-asociadas-a-la-agricultura:-adaptar-la-agricultura-para-mejorar-la-salud-humana
5% of the global burden of disease is related to foodborne diseases (McDermott and Grace, 2011).
(McDermott y Grace, 2011)
https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1234-enfermedades-asociadas-a-la-agricultura:-adaptar-la-agricultura-para-mejorar-la-salud-humana
