Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
20% of global beef and poultry production is currently generated by Latin America and the Caribbean (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).
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).
31.6% could increase agricultural productivity in China with access to credit (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).
16% of MSMEs in the agri-food sector in Mexico reported having access to financing (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).
20% of cultivated area and 1.3% of livestock are insured in Latin America, according to ALASA (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
0.37% of agricultural GDP represented agricultural insurance premiums in Latin America in 2009, compared to 6% on average in Canada and the United States (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).
