Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
68% was the representation of labor income in rural areas with respect to income in urban areas in LAC (Nueva Sociedad, 2017).
50% higher are incomes from rural non-farm jobs compared to farm incomes (New Society, 2017).
51% of employees in urban areas have a written employment contract, and only 27% in rural areas (Nueva Sociedad, 2017).
0.5 is the average Gini for Latin America and the Caribbean, making it the region with the highest inequality on the planet (IDB, 2016).
21.5 million small-scale farms were estimated in LAC for 2016 (Lowder et al., 2016).
More than two-thirds of the total family farming operations are poor in Paraguay (UNDP, 2021).
5% of LAC GDP in 2012 Attributed to Agriculture (IDB, 2014).
US$300 billion was the estimated aggregate agricultural output of LAC in 2012 (IDB, 2014).
US$50 billion could decrease annual agricultural exports in LAC by 2050 due to climate change (Fernandes et al., 2012).
$137.54 dollars costs the basic food basket in rural areas, while the average salary in agriculture is $129.73 dollars (Martín Manzano, 2012).
