Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
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).
50% is the approximate agricultural productivity gap between Latin America and the Caribbean and the countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
48% represents the incidence of poverty in rural areas of LAC (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
70% of rural productive units can be characterized as transitional or subsistence family farming in LAC (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
11 billion dollars were the total losses of the agricultural sector in the region due to natural disasters between 2003 and 2013, according to an ALASA study (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
70% of MSMEs in the agri-food sector in Mexico used internal resources to finance investments (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
1.2% was the average annual growth of total factor productivity in the agricultural sector of LAC between 1980 and 2012 (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
25% of global cereal and oilseed production is currently generated by Latin America and the Caribbean (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
20% of global beef and poultry production is currently generated by Latin America and the Caribbean (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
2 times the incidence of natural disasters has doubled in the last 30 years in the Latin America and Caribbean region (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
