Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
69% of world soybean production comes from the United States and Brazil (Food Alliance, 2021).
By 0.9%, world agricultural production increases due to the stimulus produced by subsidies (Laborde. et al, 2021).
600 billion dollars in government support to agriculture worldwide each year (Laborde. et al, 2021).
Up to US$75 billion is expended annually, mostly by governments, in providing school feeding to no less than 368 million children daily on average (WFP, 2021)
The 1% of the largest farms (over 50 ha) farm more than 70% of the world's agricultural land (Lowder. et al, 2021).
70% of all farms in the world are less than one hectare in size, and manage only 7% of all agricultural land (Lowder. et al, 2021).
28 % of agricultural land in low-income countries, 40 % in lower-middle, 85 % in upper-middle and 99 % in high-income countries are farms larger than 5 ha (Lowder et al., 2021).
Almost 50% of studies on climate resilient crops identify extension services as a factor for successful adoption (Laborde, 2020).
More than 1 billion people depend on livestock as a means of subsistence (Laborde, 2020).
80% of terrestrial carbon is in the lithosphere and fossil fuels, while the remaining 20% is in the ocean, atmosphere, living organisms and soil (Cady, 2020).
