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).
5.5% was the growth of the agricultural sector compared to 2.5% of the economy's growth in 2013 as a result of the commodity production boom (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
5.8% of total employment in Latin America and the Caribbean corresponds to the agricultural sector (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
6% of GDP represents the agricultural sector in Latin America and the Caribbean, ranking below other regions such as Asia (10%) and Africa (14%) (Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
Less than $15 (constant 2011 PPP) per day worked is the maximum labor productivity of small-scale food producers in all low- and middle-income countries with available data. (FAO, 2022)
68 countries had at least one measure to ensure the fair sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources and traditional knowledge, according to the Nagoya Protocol, by the end of 2021 (FAO, 2022).
85% of the world's amphibian, bird and mammal species are found in mountainous regions, even though they constitute only about 25% of the Earth's land surface (FAO, 2022).
From 90% to 64.6% the proportion of world fishery resources at biologically sustainable levels declined between 1974 and 2019, evidencing a significant decline in the sustainability of global fisheries (FAO, 2022).
50-70% of the income of male-headed production units is earned by female-headed small-scale units in half of the countries with available data (FAO, 2022).
75% of countries with available data show that small-scale food producers earn on average less than half the income of large-scale producers (FAO, 2022).
