Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
17% of food production is wasted during the retail and consumption stages: 11% in households, 5% in food services, and 2% in retail (PNUMA, 2021)
178 million hectares of forests have been lost since 1990 due to deforestation, mainly driven by extensive agriculture, affecting biodiversity (UNEP and FAO, 2020).
30-50% of nitrogen and 15% of phosphorus are lost in crops, while only 50-60% of applied potassium is used, affecting soil fertility (FAO, 2022).
60,000 deaths per year are caused by rabies, despite being 100% preventable (Sanchez et al., 2020 and Crozet et al., 2020).
77% of the NDCs include mitigation and adaptation measures related to agriculture and land use (FAO, 2022c)
8.4% was the inflationary peak in June 2022, falling to 4.2% in June 2023 in 18 countries (ECLAC, FAO and IICA, 2023).
40% is the projected increase in energy goods since 2021, while food will rise by 11% in 2023 (ECLAC, 2022).
80% of the calories in the human diet are provided by agriculture (FAO, 2022)
11.3% was food inflation in January 2023 and in June it had dropped to 6.1% in Latin America (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023).
43% of the Latin American biocontrol market was accounted for by Brazil in 2021, projected to increase to 59% by the end of the decade.
