Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
48% of the 12 million children who worked in LAC did so in agricultural activities, mainly as unpaid family members (Nueva Sociedad, 2017).
20,600 agricultural researchers were hired in LAC in 2012/2013 (IDB and IFPRI, 2016).
In 10 out of 11 countries in LAC, the percentage of female agricultural researchers increased from 2006 to 2012/2013 (IDB and IFPRI, 2016)
19% and 9% of agricultural employment was contributed to male and female employment respectively between 2008-2011 (World Bank, 2013).
48% and 91% is the agricultural workforce in Argentina and Nicaragua respectively (Bambrilla et al., 2010).
30% of the national workforce in Bolivia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Paraguay and Peru was from the agricultural sector (ASTI, 2009).
600,000 farmers and employees of the coffee industry lost their jobs during the coffee crisis in Mesoamerica (Bosselmann, 2008).
