Efectos indirectos a nivel internacional de la implementación de los ODS: el caso de la soja de Argentina

The document examines the environmental and socioeconomic externalities of Argentine soybean production driven by global demand, particularly from the EU. It highlights that while soybean exports provide macroeconomic stability for Argentina, they cause significant environmental degradation, including deforestation and GHG emissions, and mixed social outcomes. The brief argues that achieving the SDGs requires coordinated international governance and shared responsibility between producing and consuming regions to mitigate these negative spillovers.

• The vast majority of Argentine soybean production is destined for foreign markets, with 82% serving foreign final consumption and only 18% supporting domestic consumption. The primary final consumers are Europe, China, and the United States, with Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands being the top European consumers due to livestock feed demand.
• Europe is responsible for approximately 26% of the environmental and socioeconomic impacts associated with soybean cultivation in Argentina.
• Soybean expansion in Argentina causes severe environmental damage, including the loss of soil fertility, erosion, and the threat to nearly 100 vertebrate species on the IUCN Red List. In northwest Argentina, deforestation occurs at a rate of 300,000 hectares per year.
• Soybean cultivation and associated land-use changes generate approximately 35 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in Argentina, accounting for more than half of the country's total agricultural greenhouse gas emissions.
• Social impacts are mixed: while the sector has created formal employment (33% of workers are registered employees), it has displaced informal jobs in other crops. This transition has disproportionately affected women, the elderly, and low-skilled workers, and has impacted the territorial rights of indigenous peoples and villagers.
• Economically, soybean exports provide essential foreign currency and public revenue for Argentina's macroeconomic balance, but this concentration increases the country's vulnerability to global market volatility and climate crises.
• The implementation of SDGs is asymmetric; while many European countries rank high in the SDG Index, Argentina ranks 45th out of 162, partly because the index does not account for the asymmetric repercussions of consumption-driven spillovers.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2019). Efectos indirectos a nivel internacional de la implementación de los ODS: el caso de la soja de Argentina. https://www.sei.org/publications/efectos-indirectos-a-nivel-internacional-de-la-implementacion-de-los-ods-el-caso-de-la-soja-de-argentina/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Efectos indirectos a nivel internacional de la implementación de los ODS: el caso de la soja de Argentina. 2019. https://www.sei.org/publications/efectos-indirectos-a-nivel-internacional-de-la-implementacion-de-los-ods-el-caso-de-la-soja-de-argentina/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2019efectos, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Efectos indirectos a nivel internacional de la implementación de los ODS: el caso de la soja de Argentina}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2019}, month = nov, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/efectos-indirectos-a-nivel-internacional-de-la-implementacion-de-los-ods-el-caso-de-la-soja-de-argentina/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }