Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
0.79 is the GINI coefficient for land in LAC, 0.85 for South America, and 0.75 for Central America (Oxfam, 2016).
300 billion dollars annually is the cost of land degradation (Nkonya. et al. 2016).
More than 70% of the agricultural area in Latin America and the Caribbean is in the hands of medium and large producers (Salcedo and Guzmán, 2014).
70-80% of the world's agricultural land suffers moderate to severe erosion (Jara-Rojas et al., 2013).
The article discusses how climate policies can benefit from land use approaches that integrate forest conservation and sustainable agriculture. Using a model applied to a hypothetical farm in South America, the authors assess the ecological and economic viability of the “compartment approach” (CAP), which proposes a mix of small plots of diverse crops, reforestation of abandoned lands and cons...
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).
