Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
3.7% annual growth in agrifood productivity in Argentina since 1973, thanks to new technologies (World Bank, 2024).
The third largest net food exporter in the world, Argentina plays a key role in global trade (World Bank, 2024).
15.7% of Argentina's GDP in 2021 came from agricultural and agrifood value chains (World Bank, 2024).
1% of producers in Argentina owned 36% of the land (International Land Coalition, 2021).
44% of the land area of family farmers is leased in Argentina (International Land Coalition, 2021).
65% of producers consider themselves family farmers, representing 53% of rural employment and impacting 20% of national agricultural production (International Land Coalition, 2021).
54% of employment is generated by family farming in Argentina on only 13% of the available cultivated land (International Land Coalition, 2021).
2 million people, around 9% of Argentine territory, participate in family farming (International Land Coalition, 2021).
252,000 productive units were estimated in Argentina within family agriculture (International Land Coalition, 2021).
48% and 91% is the agricultural workforce in Argentina and Nicaragua respectively (Bambrilla et al., 2010).
