Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
9% of producers own 72% of the surface area, while the remaining 91% have 28% of the cultivable surface area (Martín Manzano, 2012).
100% of Central American coffee areas are dominated by small producers with small holdings, unlike the large coffee estates found in Brazil (Bosselmann, 2008).
44% of the land area of family farmers is leased in Argentina (International Land Coalition, 2021).
78% of farms use only 10% of the land for cultivation (Rodrigo Castañeda, et al., 2023).
2% of landowners own 65% of the arable land (Rodrigo Castañeda, et al., 2023).
More than 40% of the rural population has problems of informality in land ownership (Rodrigo Castañeda, et al., 2023).
26% of women in Colombia own agricultural units (DANE, 2020).
52% is the calculation of the degree of informality of rural land in Colombia (Fedesarrollo, 2024).
The government of Colombia plans to formalize 3.9 million hectares with high priority for agricultural policy (Fedesarrollo, 2024).
