Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
The 32 million head of chicken and 8.2 million head of cattle represent the main livestock productions in Bahia according to the 2017 Agricultural Census (Sanchez et al., 2021).
From 50.9 million hectares in 2015 to 69.8 million hectares in 2017 increased the global area of organic production(Sanchez et al., 2021).
25% was the average annual growth of organic agriculture in Brazil between 2009 and 2017 (Sanchez et al., 2021).
5.7 million field jobs are generated in Peru from the production of the main Andean grains, including quinoa, cañihua, kiwicha or amaranth and chocho or tarhui.
127 thousand tons of Andean grains were produced in Peru in 2020, supporting the income of 125 thousand families.
106 of 141 municipalities in Mato Grosso had some degree of double cropping at the end of the study period in 2013 (Garrett et al., 2018).
6% of GDP represents the agricultural sector in Latin America and the Caribbean, ranking below other regions such as Asia (10%) and Africa (14%) (Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
5.8% of total employment in Latin America and the Caribbean corresponds to the agricultural sector (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
5.5% was the growth of the agricultural sector compared to 2.5% of the economy's growth in 2013 as a result of the commodity production boom (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
3.2% was the average annual growth of gross value added of output in LAC between 2006 and 2011, with 2.2% explained by productivity growth (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
