Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
70% of new United States investment in Latin America since 2003 was concentrated in Brazil, Mexico and Guyana; in 2025 Mexico received US$7.98 billion and Brazil US$6.49 billion.
10.5 million people live in the Central American Dry Corridor and depend mainly on subsistence maize and bean farming, which is highly vulnerable to El Niño.
4 weeks without rainfall were enough to destroy staple crop plantings in agricultural communities in Guatemala and El Salvador, worsening food insecurity risks.
4 Central American countries, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua, contain extensive areas of the Dry Corridor exposed to prolonged droughts and extreme rainfall associated with El Niño.
More than 50 consecutive days of record-high ocean surface temperatures increased the risk of altered rainfall, droughts, floods and heatwaves affecting agricultural production.
Mexico ranks among the world's 15 leading milk-producing countries, according to The Food Tech infographic.
Mexico's dairy industry generates 1.6 million jobs, according to The Food Tech infographic.
15 billion liters of milk is Mexico's production target for 2030, according to The Food Tech infographic.
84% of Mexico's dairy imports originate in the United States. The infographic also reports a dairy trade deficit of US$2.693 billion in 2025.
97% of Mexico's milk producers are small and medium-sized livestock farmers. The dairy chain comprises approximately 154,000 production units nationwide.
