Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
10 million smallholder farmers depend on coffee as their main source of income, with coffee being produced by more than 25 million farmers in 80 countries (Bosselmann, 2008).
Between 15 % and 58 % of the daily energy in national diets comes from UPF, according to a recent review (Martini et al., 2021).
USD 4.5 trillion per year is the estimated value of new business opportunities linked to the transformation of agri-food systems by 2030 (Sutton, Lotsch & Prasann, 2024).
28% of the world's agricultural land is used to produce food that is wasted (Sutton, Lotsch & Prasann, 2024).
6.4 % of total agri-food system emissions come from fertilizer production and use (Sutton, Lotsch & Prasann, 2024).
52% of the world's agricultural soils are considered carbon depleted (Sutton, Lotsch & Prasann, 2024).
20% of the world's calories come from rice (Sutton, Lotsch & Prasann, 2024).
46% of agri-food emissions in high-income countries come from out-of-production processes, compared to 35% in middle-income countries and 6% in low-income countries (Sutton, Lotsch & Prasann, 2024).
USD 20 trillion per year, almost 20% of world GDP, is the cost of negative externalities of the global food system, including impacts not directly perceived by their generators (Sutton, Lotsch & Prasann, 2024).
64% of total employment in low-income countries is in the agrifood sector, compared to 39% in middle-income countries and 11% in high-income countries (Sutton, Lotsch & Prasann, 2024).
