US EditionDisasters Inflict $3.26tr Blow on Global Agriculture: FAO
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Natural disasters, exacerbated by global warming, caused the loss of billions of tons of harvest between 1991 and 2023, threatening food security, reveals the United Nations this Friday 14 November.
From 1991 to 2023, cataclysms, which the global warming promises to increase, caused the loss of some 4.6 billion tonnes of cereals or 2.8 billion tonnes of fruit and vegetables, according to FAO.
Natural disasters caused agricultural losses estimated at $3.26 trillion between 1991 and 2023.
The region hardest hit by natural disasters in agricultural activity is Asia, which accounts for almost half of the economic losses - 47 percent - due to its frequent extreme atmospheric episodes and its large amount of cultivated land. For its part, America ranks second with 22 percent of the total losses.
According to the United Nations, €86 billion is lost each year due to drought, heat waves or floods
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