Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
70% of rural productive units can be characterized as transitional or subsistence family farming in LAC (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
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).
25% of global cereal and oilseed production is currently generated by Latin America and the Caribbean (de 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).
Around 23% of the agricultural area of Latin America and the Caribbean is used by family farming.
86% of cattle farms in Central America are small, with less than 18 hectares and a density of 1.5 animals per hectare.
94% of small cassava producers yield less than 13 tons/ha, while large producers yield close to 30 tons/ha.
87% of family sugarcane farmers have a yield of less than 60 tons/ha, while large technicized producers exceed 100 tons/ha.
81% of farms in Latin America are family farms, which contribute between 27% and 67% of food production.
