Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
70,000 million euros per year exceeded Spanish agri-food and fisheries exports for the first time (MAPA, 2024).
Half of the world's population lives in households dependent on agrifood systems (FAO, 2023).
20% drop in avocado production in Jalisco due to drought, affecting Mexico's second largest producer (El Economista, 2024).
3.4 million quintals of beans reached Honduras in record production, 500 thousand more than in 2022 (SAG, 2024).
Guatemala ranks 16th in the Global Climate Risk Index 2021, followed by El Salvador at 28th and Honduras at 44th, highlighting its high exposure to extreme events (World Bank, 2024).
16 of 22 departments in Guatemala had severe crop damage from hurricanes Eta and Iota in 2020 (World Bank, 2024).
280,000 hectares of beans and maize were lost in northern Central America due to drought in 2018 (World Bank, 2024).
More than 1 million people of the rural agricultural population live in the Central American Dry Corridor, classified as tropical dry forest (World Bank, 2024).
70% of family farmers in northern Central America live below the poverty line, and 30% in extreme poverty (World Bank, 2024).
81% of smallholder farmers with less than 2 ha in non-developed countries (except China) had no agricultural insurance in 2019, while in Latin America and the Caribbean the figure was 67% (IFAD, 2020).
