Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
94% was the accumulated growth shown in global biodiesel production in the last decade (IICA, 2022).
Global production of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) grew by 272% in the last ten years (IICA, 2022).
Almost 10% of the world's population was undernourished in 2021 (FAO, 2022).
11.7% of the world's population (around 920 million people) was severely food insecure in 2020 (FAO, 2022).
2.5 billion hectares of global agricultural land (i64 percent) are at risk of pesticide contamination from more than one active ingredient (FAO, 2022).
33% of the world's cropland is used for the production of livestock feed (FAO, 2022).
12% increased global water use efficiency from 17.4 USD/m³ in 2015 to 19.4 USD/m³ in 2019 (FAO, 2022).
31.2% of the world's land area was covered by forests in 2020, a decrease of 0.7% since 2000, equivalent to the loss of about 100 million hectares in two decades (FAO, 2022).
9.2% was the global poverty rate in 2020, an increase from 8.3% in 2019, representing a setback of approximately three years in poverty reduction (FAO, 2022).
15.4 billion dollars were the direct economic losses due to disasters in 2020, of which 6.8 billion dollars corresponded to agricultural losses, according to data from 25 countries (FAO, 2022).
