Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
180 million hectares of forest area were lost worldwide between the early 1960s and 2020, almost 140 million of them in Latin America and the Caribbean (Díaz-Bonilla, 2024).
Around 7% of the agricultural area worldwide is equipped for irrigation (Díaz-Bonilla, 2024).
31,638 arable hectares per worker are available in Costa Rica, being approximately 14% of the world average of 219,281 hectares per worker (Campos et al., 2024).
39,710 arable hectares per worker are available in the Dominican Republic, being approximately 18% of the world average of 219,281 hectares per worker (Campos et al., 2024).
20,913 arable hectares per worker are available in Panama, being the least amount among ADD countries and less than 10% of the world average of 219,281 hectares per worker (Campos et al., 2024).
The study identifies contradictions and methodological gaps in research on the Coffee Cultural Landscape, and concludes that its heritage management faces unresolved tensions between institutional discourses and territorial realities (Cruz-Rincón, D. F. , 2024).
More than 200,000 dead cattle were recorded in Venezuela as a result of drought due to a shortage of grass in 2014 (IDB, 2024).
4.9 million hectares of agricultural land in Guatemala, of which 3 million are crops and 1.16 million (39%) are basic grains, corn and beans (Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food, 2024).
35 % of the cultivated area in Latin America and the Caribbean is devoted to soybeans, followed by corn (22.7 %), sugar (7.5 %), wheat (6.2 %), beans (3.6 %), coffee (3 %), rice (2.6 %), other soybeans (2.1 %) and other crops (17 %) (FAO, 2023).
More than 60% of irrigated cropland in the world is severely affected by water stress (FAO, 2020).
