Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
1,300 dollars per pound reached Panama's Geisha coffee in a specialized auction, obtaining the highest historical price for cup quality in the international market, evidencing the potential of Latin American specialty coffees (Velásquez, A., 2025).
100% of large-scale U.S. agricultural producers use satellite information, much of it generated by NASA, to feed their automated precision agriculture systems for irrigation, fertilization, and other activities (Velásquez, A., 2025).
Approximately 9,000 years has the domestication process of Teosinte from Mexico and Central America until becoming the corn we know today, thanks to the systematic selection work by Mesoamerican indigenous peoples (Velásquez, A., 2025).
Approximately 12,000 years have passed since, after the last ice age, major human migrations began to develop domestication techniques and artificial selection to adapt wild plants and animals to productive agricultural conditions (Velásquez, A., 2025).
85% of Argentine wine export revenues come from fine wines, representing a significant improvement in quality and added value of the wine sector (McDermott, 2005).
5.6% of children under 5 years of age globally were affected by overweight in 2022 (FAO et al., 2025).
28.9% of the world's population faced moderate or severe food insecurity in 2023, while severe food insecurity was estimated at 10.7% (FAO et al., 2025).
40% is the reduction of stunting in children set as a target for 2030 in LAC (FAO et al., 2025).
41 million people were affected by undernourishment in 2023 (FAO et al., 2025).
29.9% of the adult population in Latin America and the Caribbean was affected by obesity in 2022, almost double the global estimate (FAO et al., 2025).
