Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
44% of global tropical deforestation between 2013 and 2019 occurred in Latin America and the Caribbean, evidencing a large forest loss (FPTF, 2021).
More than 450 ventures in LAC were agtechs during 2019. (Vitón et al. 2019)
28% must increase agricultural productivity in LAC in the next decade to balance sustainability, affordable prices and fairness for producers (OECD and FAO, 2022).
3 veces mayor es la inversión agrícola en EE.UU. que en América del Sur y 5 veces más que en América Central y el Caribe, con ALC necesitando USD 60 000 millones anuales (OCDE y FAO, 2022).
45.9% of people in Latin America live in inequality, making the region the most unequal in the world (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023)
20% of the region's population, about 120 million people, live in rural areas (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023)
58 million women live together in rural areas on the continent (Guiskin, 2019).
25% was the growth in sectoral exports in 2022, which was higher than the total merchandise shipments of 15.3% (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023).
8 LAC countries are home to the Amazon biomass, whose conservation requires collective action to have a global impact (IDB, 2023).
81.4% of farms in LAC and 1 out of every 4 hectares belong to family farming, which totals more than 16 million farms (FAO, 2022).
