Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
12 additional months represents the transition period introduced by the European Union in December 2024, requiring compliance by December 30, 2025, for large and medium-sized companies and by June 30, 2026, for micro and small enterprises (Sarmiento, 2025).
250 employees maximum average, net turnover below EUR 50 million, and balance sheet total below EUR 25 million represent the criteria of which at least two must be met for a business to be considered SME under EUDR regulation (Sarmiento, 2025).
0.5 hectares as minimum area, trees higher than 5 metres and canopy cover of more than 10% define the technical criteria to classify land as forest under the European Deforestation Regulation (Sarmiento, 2025).
4% of the company's EU turnover in the previous year represents the minimum that fines for non-compliance must reach, calculated based on environmental damage caused and the value of non-compliant products (Sarmiento, 2025).
December 31, 2020 represents the cutoff date from which the regulation applies to deforestation and forest degradation that occurred thereafter (Sarmiento, 2025).
Almost 7% of LAC GDP in 2024 comes from agriculture, although its share varies significantly among countries (Conroy et al., 2024).
1.3% of GDP and 16% of agricultural GDP in LAC correspond to agricultural support (Conroy et al., 2024).
17 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have recorded a decline in budgetary investment in agriculture in the last three years (Conroy et al., 2024).
0.22 is the fraction of glaciers that Peru has lost in 30 years, being home to 71 % of the world's tropical glaciers (Cosbey and Vogt-Schilb, 2023).
30% is the GHG reduction that Peru has committed to achieve by 2030, taking 2010 as a baseline (Beverinotti, J et al., 2023).
