Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
58% of household heads on family farms have only primary education in Argentina (World Bank, 2024).
18% of cultivated land is occupied by family farms, which generate 27% of total agricultural production measured in volume (World Bank, 2024).
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).
In 2023, dollar shortages worsened in Argentina due to drought, increasing inflation and food prices (World Bank, 2024).
19.3 % negative was producer support in Argentina between 2019 and 2021, according to gross agricultural income (World Bank, 2024).
70% of family agricultural producers in Argentina currently do not belong to cooperatives (World Bank, 2024).
