Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
89% of production incentives in Uruguay are exemptions, tax refunds and exemptions from employer contributions (Lavalleja & Scalese, 2020).
67% of incentive resources in Uruguay are allocated to promote investment, followed by 13% for export promotion and 9% for personnel hiring (Lavalleja & Scalese, 2020).
23% of incentives in Uruguay go to primary activities, while manufacturing industry receives 22%, concentrating almost half of the total support (Lavalleja & Scalese, 2020).
17% of GVA in Uruguay is what the primary sector receives in incentives in Uruguay, being the sector with the greatest support in relation to its contribution to GDP (Lavalleja and Scalese, 2020).
US$2,414 million in 2017 is what the productive sector reached in Uruguay, representing 19.6% of DGI collection and 4.1% of GDP (Lavalleja and Scalese, 2020).
22 government officials and 19 journalists and media representatives strengthened their capacities between 2016 and 2017 on climate change and Guyana's National Adaptation Plan process.
+7.30 percentage points is the approximate cumulative response of food inflation in Colombia between months 5 and 9 after the shock associated with El Niño.
0.4 percentage points is the estimated widening of Costa Rica's negative output gap relative to potential GDP associated with El Niño; year-on-year inflation increases by about 8.1 percentage points.
14% could increase the volume of trade in clean technologies, including those for air pollution control, if tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade in these technologies are eliminated (UNEP, 2019).
6.5 million premature deaths annually are caused by air pollution (UNEP, 2019).
