Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
63% of the total area of the Amazon is located in Brazil, being the country with the largest portion of this biome (Lesenfants et al., 2024).
10.76% of the Amazon area in Brazil was deforested between 2001 and 2020, the highest rate among Amazonian countries (Lesenfants et al., 2024).
76.8% of agricultural farms in Brazil are family agricultural units, which is equivalent to 3,897,408 of a total of 5,073,324 farms (IBGE, 2017).
88.9% of the 291,497 farms in Paraguay are family units, equivalent to 259,188 (MAG, 2022).
There are 138,628 agricultural holdings in Chile (INE, 2021).
56% of production occurs on peasant family farming farms of up to five hectares in Paraguay (MAG, 2022).
77% of family farming producers indicated that their main source of income is agricultural, fish farming and forestry production (MAG, 2022).
15.7% of Argentina's GDP in 2021 came from agricultural and agrifood value chains (World Bank, 2024).
The third largest net food exporter in the world, Argentina plays a key role in global trade (World Bank, 2024).
3.7% annual growth in agrifood productivity in Argentina since 1973, thanks to new technologies (World Bank, 2024).
