Environmental disasters cause losses of about US$123 billion a year, which represents 5% of all world productionaccording to the latest yearbook published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
“Timely, accurate and high-quality data and statistics are the cornerstone of solid policy design, where decisions are based on evidence and monitoring and evaluation depend on solid statistical systems,” José Rosero Moncayo said in a statement. , director of the FAO Statistics Division.
Among the data highlighted in the report, the regional differences in food loss stand out, reaching 20% in sub-Saharan Africa and just 9% in Europe and North America.
In addition, it estimates that natural disasters have caused “losses in agricultural and livestock production worth US$3.8 trillion, which corresponds to an average loss of US$123 billion per year.”
The largest losses occurred in Asia, followed by the Americas, Europe, Africa and Oceania.
Increases the cost of a healthy diet
Regarding the cost of maintaining a healthy diet, analysts point out that between 2020 and 2021 increased by more than 5% in all regions except North America and Europeup to US$3.66 according to purchasing power parity values per person and day.
The study also highlights that “more than 3.1 billion people worldwide, or 42%, could not afford a healthy diet in 2021.”
For its part, The percentage of people employed in agriculture has fallen to 27% of the global workforce, about 873 million, well below the 1,027 million, 40%, who worked in the sector in 2000.
Even so, the global added value generated by agriculture, forestry and fisheries grew by 84% in real terms between 2000 and 2021, reaching $3.7 trillion in 2021, with Asia being the main contributor.
Cereals are the most traded commodity by quantity in 2021, while sugar cane, corn, wheat and rice represent more than half of the crops.
Greenhouse gas emissions from agri-food systems increased by 10% between 2000 and 2021, especially due to livestock farms, which account for half.
Source: Larepublica
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