Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
Imports have steadily grown since 2018, with peaks in 2021 and 2022, due to rising international prices of commodities in which CAN countries have deficits, such as cereals and oilseeds (Furche, 2024).
76.8% of agricultural farms in Brazil are family agricultural units, which is equivalent to 3,897,408 of a total of 5,073,324 farms (IBGE, 2017).
88.9% of the 291,497 farms in Paraguay are family units, equivalent to 259,188 (MAG, 2022).
There are 138,628 agricultural holdings in Chile (INE, 2021).
56% of production occurs on peasant family farming farms of up to five hectares in Paraguay (MAG, 2022).
77% of family farming producers indicated that their main source of income is agricultural, fish farming and forestry production (MAG, 2022).
15.7% of Argentina's GDP in 2021 came from agricultural and agrifood value chains (World Bank, 2024).
The third largest net food exporter in the world, Argentina plays a key role in global trade (World Bank, 2024).
Three quarters of the growth of Argentina's agrifood sector in the last two decades has come from grains and oilseeds (World Bank, 2024).
70% of corn production in Argentina is exported in the form of grain (World Bank, 2024).
