Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
3 out of 10 young women found employment in 2022 (OECD, 2024).
39.6% of youth employment was observed in LAC in 2022 (OECD, 2024).
7% of forest cover was lost between 1990 and 2020 in Latin America and the Caribbean, equivalent to 138 million hectares, highlighting the scale of landscape degradation in the region and the urgency of advancing large-scale restoration and conservation efforts (World Resources Institute, 2024).
58% of greenhouse gas emissions in Latin America and the Caribbean originate from land use, land-use change, and the forestry sector, highlighting the significant weight of these activities in the region’s climate dynamics and the urgent need to strengthen mitigation efforts (World Resources Institute, 2024).
23% of the world’s forests and 60% of global biodiversity are located in Latin America and the Caribbean, highlighting the region’s strategic importance for ecosystem and biodiversity conservation. This significant share also reflects the critical role of LAC in providing essential ecosystem services and in supporting global efforts to address environmental degradation and climate change (Worl...
50% of rural microenterprise workers are youth as youth labor inclusion indicator (Martín Manzano, 2012).
30% of microenterprise leadership positions are held by women and youth according to fifth product indicators (Martín Manzano, 2012).
30% of socio-productive association memberships are comprised of youth as generational inclusion indicator (Martín Manzano, 2012).
4.5 months of consuming iron biofortified beans showed significant increase in hemoglobin and total body iron in iron-depleted university women in Rwanda (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).
1.2 billion young people aged 15-24, 16% of the world's population, live mostly in developing countries (FAO, 2023).
