Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
From 12 to 0 meters, the depth of groundwater in South America decreased due to the expansion of rain-fed agriculture.
The agrifood supply chain of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) stands out for its resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic, and multiple studies have been conducted to analyze the differential impacts of the pandemic across firms and sectors. Less is known regarding the strategies implemented for business continuity during this catastrophic shock. The purpose of this study was to analyze the respon...
52,959 hectares in Argentina had crops adapted to climate change in the 2021-2022 season (Ministry of Economy of Argentina, 2023).
22% of global greenhouse gas emissions come from agribusiness, the second largest contributor worldwide (OECD, 2022).
40% of the world population is affected by water scarcity
20% of cultivated area and 1.3% of livestock are insured in Latin America, according to ALASA (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
0.37% of agricultural GDP represented agricultural insurance premiums in Latin America in 2009, compared to 6% on average in Canada and the United States (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
11 billion dollars were the total losses of the agricultural sector in the region due to natural disasters between 2003 and 2013, according to an ALASA study (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
2 times the incidence of natural disasters has doubled in the last 30 years in the Latin America and Caribbean region (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
300,000 to 500,000 metric tons of basic grains are proposed as a humanitarian emergency reserve, about 5% of food aid flows of 6.7 million wheat-equivalent tons.
