Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
70% of the Amazon grasslands, equivalent to 37 million hectares, are the result of deforestation (UNCCD, 2024).
14 million hectares of natural ecosystems have been replaced by pasture and cropland since 2010, encroaching on indigenous territories and protected areas (UNCCD, 2024).
133 billion dollars could be the climate costs in Brazil's drylands by 2050, while losses in agricultural productivity would reach 105 billion dollars (UNCCD, 2024).
730,000 hectares of rangeland were converted to cropland in the U.S. Great Plains in 2020 (UNCCD, 2024).
12% of Mexico's territory experiences severe or extreme soil degradation (UNCCD, 2024).
35% of grasslands are at risk of degradation, with another 26-27% showing significant risk (UNCCD, 2024).
Transitions to silvopastoral systems increase resilience, productive stability and ecosystem services in degraded soils, but reduce biodiversity by replacing native ecosystems (Picasso and Pizarro, 2024).
31% represents the increase experienced by flows destined for environmental protection during the decade between 2011 and 2021 in LAC (ECLAC. et al, 2024).
43.2 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean do not have sufficient access to food, in a context worsened by climate impacts associated with the El Niño phenomenon. (WFP, 2024)
1.7 to 2.7 million people in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua may require food assistance by March 2024 due to the impacts of the El Niño phenomenon in the Central American Dry Corridor (WFP, 2024).
