Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
More than 50% of food production comes from small farmers in LAC (Rabobank, 2015).
31% represents the increase experienced by flows destined for environmental protection during the decade between 2011 and 2021 in LAC (ECLAC. et al, 2024).
23.4 billion per year on average (2001-2021) represented 0.67% of LAC GDP in public agrifood spending (ECLAC et al., 2024).
6.4% of the GDP of LAC countries is estimated as the average cost of malnutrition problems, ranging from malnutrition to overweight and obesity (ECLAC. et al, 2024).
300 billion per year until 2030 is the estimated cost of transforming agrifood systems and eradicating global hunger and malnutrition (ECLAC et al., 2024).
30% of Colombian farmers are women (CNIA, 2016).
80% of farmers in Colombia are family farmers (CNIE, 2016).
Roughly 79% of the food consumed in Colombia is produced by family farming (CNIA, 2016).
