Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
12% increased global water use efficiency from 17.4 USD/m³ in 2015 to 19.4 USD/m³ in 2019 (FAO, 2022).
15% increased wood use efficiency between 1961 and 2022 (FAO, 2024).
35% of the world's food supply comes from family farming (FAO, 2024).
90% of the 608 million agricultural farms worldwide are family farms (FAO, 2024).
Between 4.3 and 20.2 trillion USD are estimated to be the annual economic losses linked to ecosystem degradation (FAO, 2024).
20% to 40% more global cooling could be achieved through conservation of tropical forests (FAO, 2024).
USD 500 billion were nature-negative financial flows destined to agriculture in the form of price incentives and fiscal transfers in 2022 (FAO, 2024).
Between 340 and 370 million hectares of the Earth's surface are affected annually by fires (FAO, 2024).
420 million hectares of forests were converted to other land uses between 1990 and 2020 (FAO, 2024).
Nearly 6 billion people use non-timber forest products (FAO, 2024).
