Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
28% of the population in Central America, equivalent to 11.4 million people, faced food insecurity in 2023.
Nearly -1% of GDP is the estimated cumulative loss by the sixth quarter following a strong El Niño episode for the analyzed group comprising Central America, Panama, the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru; the effect reverses before two years and small increases are observed in headline and food consumer prices.
The study presents a review of the use of remote sensors in agriculture, with an emphasis on their applications for banana cultivation (Musa AAA) in Costa Rica and other tropical regions. It evaluates three main areas: the delimitation of cultivated areas, the estimation of productivity, and the diagnosis of diseases. It analyzes the advantages of using satellite imagery, synthetic aperture radar ...
48% and 50% are the high and very high degradation levels in the Caribbean and Mesoamerica regions in LAC, respectively.
0.79 is the GINI coefficient for land in LAC, 0.85 for South America, and 0.75 for Central America (Oxfam, 2016).
74% of farms in Belize are family farms (10,272 units), compared to 81.3% in LAC.
78.6% of the farms in Central America and Mexico are family farms (5,883,205 units) with an average area of 3.13 ha.
81.5% of the farms in Panama are family farms (202,499 units) with an average area of 1.35 ha.
83.2% of farms in Nicaragua are family farms (223,374 units), exceeding the LAC average of 81.3%.
97.2% of farms in Honduras are family farms (308,347 units), exceeding the LAC average of 81.3%.
