Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
2.1% was the year-on-year fall in the price index of the main commodities exported by LAC (ECLAC, 2024).
A 5% drop in exports of goods in Honduras was driven by a reduction in the export volumes of coffee (-10%), palm oil (-34%), bananas (-9%) and textile products (-70%) (ECLAC, 2024).
Between 70 % and 100 % was the increase in the volume of soybean, corn and wheat exports in Argentina (ECLAC, 2024).
The 228% increase in the volume of cotton exported, followed by a 54% increase in coffee and a 29% increase in beef and crude oil, were the largest increases in Brazil's exports (ECLAC, 2024).
68% of the total organic production registrations in Bahia corresponded to producers certified by participatory guarantee systems and social control organizations in 2018 and 2019 (Sanchez et al., 2021).
The 1.2% drop in the volume of world trade in goods in 2023 was followed by a year-on-year growth of 1% between January and July 2024 (ECLAC, 2024).
15.5% was the average of global food exports represented by LAC between 2020 and 2022 (ECLAC, 2024).
8.4% and 5.6% represent the highest tariff equivalents of non-tariff measures in LAC intraregional trade, applied to the agriculture, hunting and fishing, and processed food sectors, respectively (ECLAC, 2024).
57% of GHG emissions in the Southern Cone and Bolivia come from the AFOLU sector, with livestock as the main source of methane (Muñoz G. & Gauna D., 2024).
22-30% is the projected decrease in rainfall for Trinidad and Tobago by 2100, which significantly threatens agricultural production (Govia & Roopnarine, 2024).
