Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
A comparative study conducted by the University of Costa Rica (UCR) analyzes agroecological practices in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, highlighting the role of cultural agricultural management and ancestral knowledge in farm sustainability. Through interviews and field observation, it identifies key categories such as soil fertility, productive diversification, biological control, and resourc...
6 countries receive technical assistance from HarvestPlus for biofortification programs in Latin America and the Caribbean: Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, Haiti, Nicaragua and Panama (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).
23% of damages and losses from events such as El Niño affect the agricultural sector, reaching up to 82% in cases of drought (FAO, 2017).
30% of global production of corn, soybeans, sugar, beef, poultry and flour comes from Latin America, driving agricultural growth in the region (OECD/FAO, 2023).
60% was the reduction in the proportion of undernourished people in Latin America and the Caribbean between 1990 and 2014, thanks to the contribution of the agricultural sector to food security (FAO, 2021).
$20 billion is the direct economic loss due to zoonoses over a decade, and it is much more than $200 billion in indirect losses (World Bank, 2010).
More than 11,000 small cotton producers in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, Paraguay and Peru have benefited from the +Cotton project (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023).
USD 60 million has been allocated to ten projects between Brazil and FAO to reduce poverty through South-South Cooperation (FAO and ABC/MRE, 2022).
