Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
58% of the population (360 million people) in LAC were overweight, with Chile (64%), Mexico (63%), and Uruguay (63%) standing out (World Bank, 2020).
US$562 million moved Mexico in pork exports to Japan in 2018, a country that has been the main importer of this product in the world (IDB, 2019).
1.3 million tons per year of pork positioned Mexico as the 15th largest producer in the world in 2018 (IDB, 2019).
$2.40 additional in the food industries is generated for every dollar of value generated in agriculture in Mexico (World Bank, 2017).
16% of MSMEs in the agri-food sector in Mexico reported having access to financing (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
70% of MSMEs in the agri-food sector in Mexico used internal resources to finance investments (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
75% of agricultural production in the Latin America and Caribbean region is represented by Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
3% of Mexican exports correspond to processed foods, a similar weight to that of primary agricultural products (3%) (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
.5% of the employed population in Mexico in 2011 represented jobs related to the environmental sector, estimating 1.8 million direct jobs (CEPAL, 2017).
6 (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela) of the 17 most megadiverse countries in the world are in LAC.
