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).
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).
28% must increase agricultural productivity in LAC in the next decade to balance sustainability, affordable prices and fairness for producers (OECD and FAO, 2022).
More than 450 ventures in LAC were agtechs during 2019. (Vitón et al. 2019)
58 million women live together in rural areas on the continent (Guiskin, 2019).
20% of the region's population, about 120 million people, live in rural areas (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023)
45.9% of people in Latin America live in inequality, making the region the most unequal in the world (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023)
227 million hectares recognized and titled for indigenous communities have contributed to reducing or preventing carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (FAO, 2022).
More than 338 million tons of CO2 emissions are emitted by agricultural land in LAC, which represents approximately 33% of global agricultural land emissions (FAO, 2020).
63 million people benefit from family farming, which contributes between 27% and 67% of food production (FAO, 2022).
