Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
4.7 million hectares per year represents the global net loss of forest area from 2010 to 2020, a reduction from 7.8 million hectares annually in the 1990s (Larrea et al., 2021).
1.6 billion people rely on forests for their livelihoods according to FAO (Larrea et al., 2021).
100% of certified cocoa farmers in West Africa must provide their specific GPS coordinates to enable close monitoring via satellite technology according to Rainforest Alliance (Larrea et al., 2021).
89% of the analyzed VSS (8 out of 9) require producers to restore natural areas, excluding only Fairtrade which has it as recommended (Larrea et al., 2021).
200,000 hectares will be forested in Chile by 2030, with at least 100,000 hectares of permanent cover and 70,000 hectares of native species (Government of Chile, 2021).
50% of the properties had less than five hectares in 1990, representing only 2.0% of the land (ECLAC, 2021).
1% of producers in Argentina owned 36% of the land (International Land Coalition, 2021).
This study explores the shift toward a more sustainable oil palm policy in Peru, driven by environmental pressures and tensions with Indigenous peoples. Peru's oil palm policy shifted discursively toward sustainability, albeit without formal approval or Indigenous consultation, which generated tensions in its implementation (La Rosa Salazar, M. A., 2021).
40% of the world's land area and 70% of water use are used for agriculture (OECD, 2020).
0.839 is the land Gini coefficient for Ecuador in 2019, which shows the great inequality in the country (IEE, 2020).
