Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
There are 44,781 farms in Uruguay, of which 25,285 are family units (MGAP, 2011).
The 90% of cultivated land in LAC is not irrigated (Wani, et al., 2009).
Only 10-20% of agricultural land belongs to women (UN, 2009).
1,004,000 hectares of corn ceased to be planted in Mexico between 1994 and 2006, showing a significant reduction in cultivated area (Arroyo, 2009).
100% of the shaded coffee plantations abandoned during the crisis were invaded and converted to intensively managed, short-term crops, treeless pastures or urban sprawl (Bosselmann, 2008).
100% of Central American coffee areas are dominated by small producers with small holdings, unlike the large coffee estates found in Brazil (Bosselmann, 2008).
100% of coffee agroforestry systems are found in buffer zones of protected areas and inside the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor in Costa Rica (Bosselmann, 2008).
93% of the total area of double cropping in Mato Grosso corresponded to the soybean-corn system during the study period (Garrett et al., 2018).
