Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
In 2019, 36% of women and 38% of men worked in agri-food systems (FAO, 2023).
US$ 28 billion were lost due to droughts in South America between 1970 and 2019 (UNDP, 2024).
46% of LAC countries will face water stress by 2080 if mitigation efforts do not change (UNDP, 2024).
Almost 25% of the species in Chile are endemic (MMA, 2019).
Between 30%-50% of countries' GDP is contributed by nature (Katz, 2024).
74% of the total Agtech startups in the Latin American region are in Argentina and Brazil (IDB, 2019).
Four-fifths of all life on Earth lives in the ocean: it feeds three billion people (FAO, 2023).
More than a third of countries have included livestock-related mitigation interventions in their climate commitments (FAO, 2023).
Between 2,000 and 5,000 liters of water per day are needed to produce the food that a person consumes (FAO, 2023).
