Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
65% of producers consider themselves family farmers, representing 53% of rural employment and impacting 20% of national agricultural production (International Land Coalition, 2021).
54% of employment is generated by family farming in Argentina on only 13% of the available cultivated land (International Land Coalition, 2021).
$2.40 additional in the food industries is generated for every dollar of value generated in agriculture in Mexico (World Bank, 2017).
18% and 10% was the yield decrease in the US for corn and soybeans as a result of temperature increase in 2012 (Wescott et al., 2013).
8% reduction in corn yields in Central America in 2030 due to climate change, compared to the 2001-2009 period, according to the IPCC extreme scenario (Rodriguez, 2023).
5% of GDP and 18% of employment in Latin America and the Caribbean come from agriculture (CEPALSTAT, 2023).
