Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
9% to 57% between 2000 and 2020 has increased extreme weather events (FAO et al., 2021).
30.9 million correspond to the rural youth of 160 million young people, aged 15-29 (Guiskin, 2019)
58 million women live together in rural areas on the continent (Guiskin, 2019).
20% of the region's population, about 120 million people, live in rural areas (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023)
33% to 90% of diarrheal syndrome cases, which cause 1.4 million child deaths annually, are associated with foodborne illness (McDermott and Grace, 2011).
5% of the global burden of disease is related to foodborne diseases (McDermott and Grace, 2011).
20% of the world's pig population was slaughtered due to African Swine Fever in China (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023)
45.9% of people in Latin America live in inequality, making the region the most unequal in the world (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023)
USD 95 billion in annual losses are linked to 420 000 premature deaths from foodborne diseases in low- and middle-income countries (Jaffee et al., 2019).
600 million cases of foodborne diseases were estimated by WHO for 2010 (Jaffee et al., 2019)
