Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
1%, with a minimum of -0.08% and a maximum of 1.91% was the average population growth in the 8 countries analyzed in Latin America and the Caribbean between 2007-2021 (ECLAC, 2023).
More than 11,000 small cotton producers in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, Paraguay and Peru have benefited from the +Cotton project (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023).
66% of the increase in Brazil's agrifood trade balance in 2022 came from oilseeds (+19.2%), followed by meats (+4.6%) (OPSAa/IICA, n.d.).
43% of the Latin American biocontrol market was accounted for by Brazil in 2021, projected to increase to 59% by the end of the decade.
USD 60 million has been allocated to ten projects between Brazil and FAO to reduce poverty through South-South Cooperation (FAO and ABC/MRE, 2022).
Every $1 million invested in climate adaptation infrastructure in the construction sector creates about 160 jobs in Brazil.
750,000 families of family farmers, villages and traditional communities in the Brazilian Amazon can benefit from this initiative.
US$2,139.9 million is generated by the production of non-timber forest products, exceeding the US$612.06 million generated by the extraction of timber logs.
Ninety percent of poultry workers in Brazil are women.
A 1% increase in deforestation increases malaria cases by 0.4% to 0.5% in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, and by 0.09% in Brazil.
