Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
30% of the sown area may be lost after each harvest due to environmental causes in Panama (IDB, 2024).
2.6% corresponds to the share of the agricultural sector in Panama (IDB, 2024).
16% is the proportion of jobs offered by the agricultural sector in Panama (IDB, 2024).
13% of agricultural soils are degraded and 20% are recovering as a result of overexploitation and inadequate or absent use of cultivation technologies.
65.40% of Panama's territory is covered by 4.93 million hectares of forest, placing it among the countries with the highest forest cover (Government of Panama, 2020).
50,000 hectares are committed to restoring Panama, which will increase CO2eq absorption by 2.6 million tons annually by 2050, 10% more than the 1994-2017 average (National Government of the Republic of Panama, 2020).
130,000 hectares of degraded land will have been restored by 2050 through agroforestry and silvopastoral systems, depending on the international support received (National Government of the Republic of Panama, 2020).
6 countries receive technical assistance from HarvestPlus for biofortification programs in Latin America and the Caribbean: Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, Haiti, Nicaragua and Panama (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).
20 million people in farm households in developing countries are growing and consuming biofortified crops according to HarvestPlus (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).
In 10 out of 11 countries in LAC, the percentage of female agricultural researchers increased from 2006 to 2012/2013 (IDB and IFPRI, 2016)
