In South American countries, missing information for about 60% of the indicators that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) uses in monitoring seven of the Sustainable Development Goals, os ODS. The estimate was released last week, 3, by the UN agency, responsible for monitoring the fluctuations of 21 hunger statistics, terrestrial and aquatic flora and fauna, among other topics.
"But not moment, approximately 15% of the indicators monitored by FAO in South America are still estimates or adjusted data", appoints FAO assistant representative for Latin America and the Caribbean, Eve Crowley. With the gap in information collection by countries, the efforts of the international organization to evaluate statistics are weakened.
"It is urgent that they (the states) improve your ability to monitor and report on SDG indicators, which is essential for governments to have a good diagnosis of the current situation and know how to respond with policies that enable faster progress towards sustainable development goals.”, complete crowley.
to face the problem, FAO holds two workshops in Montevideo, no Uruguai, with the participation of government representatives from nine other South American countries — Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela. The purpose of the trainings is to improve national data collection and production capacities.. One of the trainings will have as its theme the monitoring of natural resources and agrifood systems.
currently, FAO is the UN body responsible for monitoring 21 indicators associated with global objectives. Among these statistics, are measurements of public investment in agriculture, efficient use of water and water stress, food price volatility, conservation of genetic resources for agricultural production, productivity and income of family farmers.
The entity also monitors variations in indicators on the sustainable use of forests and mountain ecosystems, global food losses, fome, proportion of women farmers who own land and fish.
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