Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
Brazil's soybean production was revised down to 179 million tonnes (from 180M) due to excessive rainfall in northern and central producing states; Brazil's competitive discount makes it unlikely China will purchase an additional 8 million tonnes of soybeans from the US (Darragh & Bhanu, Kpler, 2026).
60% of global fertilizer production is concentrated in five countries (China, USA, Russia, India and Canada) (Plataforma Tierra, 2026).
6% of global land use change is attributed individually to countries such as Russia, India, China, and the United States (Kan et al., 2026).
20 million people in farm households in developing countries are growing and consuming biofortified crops according to HarvestPlus (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).
79% of positive support to agriculture in 2021-23 was provided by China (37%), the United States (15%), India (14%) and the European Union (13%) (OECD, 2024).
19.0 % of China's total exports of goods went to the United States in 2017, a figure that declined to 14.8 % in 2023 (ECLAC, 2024).
31.6% could increase agricultural productivity in China with access to credit (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
88% de los agricultores ven la mejora en los rendimientos de los cultivos como motivación para usar aplicaciones digitales, 85% el ahorro de costos y 84% la mejora en la calidad de los cultivos (Bayer AG, 2024).
3 most widely implemented practices of regenerative agriculture are: crop rotation, maintaining soil fertility by adding nutrients, and monitoring soil health (Bayer AG, 2024).
7 out of 17 common regenerative farming practices are used on average by farmers (Bayer AG, 2024).
