Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
10% of the world's meat production comes from pastoralism, which is practiced in more than 100 countries and supports 200 million households (UNCCD, 2024).
43 million cattle and 14 million sheep in intensive systems depend on pasture for their feed (UNCCD, 2024).
570 million livestock units exist, and more than 80% graze on pasture (UNCCD, 2024).
25% of the world's beef supply and 10% of the world's milk supply come from South America (UNCCD, 2024).
16% of the world's beef comes from Brazil, with a value of approximately USD 7.6 billion in 2019 (UNCCD, 2024).
USD 81 billion, one third of agricultural GDP, comes from livestock, which employs 3 million people (UNCCD, 2024).
264 million head of cattle and 17.4 million sheep are in Brazil (UNCCD, 2024).
1.4% of world production comes from Brazil (UNCCD, 2024).
3.7 million beef cattle and 1 million dairy cattle in Canada are distributed across approximately 40,000 and 9,000 farms, respectively (UNCCD, 2024).
5.2 million sheep in the United States, including 3.8 million breeding sheep, were distributed across more than 100,000 farms in 2020 (UNCCD, 2024).
