Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
1.2% was the average annual growth of total factor productivity in the agricultural sector of LAC between 1980 and 2012 (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
70% of rural productive units can be characterized as transitional or subsistence family farming in LAC (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
48% represents the incidence of poverty in rural areas of LAC (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
11.9% in 1991 to 4.2% in 2012 was the drop in the share of credit to the agricultural sector within the total portfolio in LAC (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
50% is the approximate agricultural productivity gap between Latin America and the Caribbean and the countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
3.2% was the average annual growth of gross value added of output in LAC between 2006 and 2011, with 2.2% explained by productivity growth (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
5.5% was the growth of the agricultural sector compared to 2.5% of the economy's growth in 2013 as a result of the commodity production boom (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
6% of GDP represents the agricultural sector in Latin America and the Caribbean, ranking below other regions such as Asia (10%) and Africa (14%) (Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
59% of the Sustainable Development Goals (10 out of 17) have environmental sustainability as a key objective related to green production (Cervera-Ferri & Ureña, 2017).
41% of the indicators proposed in the guide are part of the basic set of green production indicators for manufacturing industries in Latin America and the Caribbean (Cervera-Ferri & Ureña, 2017).
