Does predicted global warming imply more hunger in the future of Latin America? Climate projections prepared by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are briefly presented, along with an analysis of existing estimates of their probable impact on agriculture and food...

This monograph reviews evidence on probable impacts of climate change on agricultural production and food security in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) up to year 2100, based on the IPCC climate projections (though discussing some of their limitations) and the best impact estimates...

The future of the Amazon rainforest is a matter of much concern worldwide. It has been predicted that increasing deforestation and the impact of climate change would rapidly and dramatically reduce the extent of the forest area and its density. Some authors have suggested the possibility of a...

This paper suggests the hypothesis that variation in Sitting Height Ratio (SHR) may be a major and easily measurable factor to correct observed bias in mean basal metabolic rates (BMR) predicted from body weight, due to influence of SHR on the share of various body parts in total BMR, for given...

This paper (available only in Spanish) makes fresh estimates of rural poverty in Bolivia based on 1999 national survey data, and reviews the experience of rural development programs in the country during the 1990s. A substantial statistical appendix is included

This paper describes recent developments in the irrigation sector throughout Latin America, with a closer examination of several national cases: Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico, which together comprise most of the irrigated area in the region. The main developments examined is the process of...

Spanish Abstract: Sobre la base del Censo Agropecuario peruano de 2012, se construyó una tipología de pequeñas unidades de agricultura familiar, considerando 53 micro-regiones ecológicas (definidas por cuencas hidrográficas y altitud) y varias características estructurales de las fincas...

This paper explores changes in the level and composition of per capita food consumption across the world; it does not discuss intra-country inequalities in food access, nor the prevalence of hunger resulting from those inequalities. The world's food output has more than trebled since 1961 whilst...

International commerce in agricultural and food products is an important component of food security and, for many developing countries, an essential part of their economic development. Agricultural products (which may be food or non-food) are imported or exported by most countries. Certain views...

Population and income growth determine increasing demand for agricultural products, especially food products; and agricultural production requires land. This paper analyses historical trends in growth of agricultural production (total and per capita, at world level and for major regions) during...