Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
300 wholesale food markets exist in LAC (FAO, 2024).
41.8% of women in LAC suffered some degree of food insecurity in 2020, compared to 32.2% of men (FAO, 2023).
19.3% of people in Nicaragua are undernourished in the period 2018-2020 (FAO, 2023).
3.5% of women over 15 years of age are unemployed and close to 75% of employed women over 18 years of age have informal jobs in Guatemala (FAO, 2023).
1% and 4.7% are the projected increases in export value, with the greatest dynamism concentrated in the United States and China, respectively (ECLAC, 2023).
25%, 11%, 8%, 8%, 5% and 2% of the total water consumption of wind energy comes from agriculture, agricultural services, forestry, livestock and fisheries, respectively (ECLAC, 2024).
8% reduction in corn yields in Central America in 2030 due to climate change, compared to the 2001-2009 period, according to the IPCC extreme scenario (Rodriguez, 2023).
2 million family farmers live in northern Central America and are among the most vulnerable populations (World Bank, 2024).
Less than 4 in 10 adults living in rural Honduras have basic transaction accounts (World Bank, 2024).
75% of the water administered by the State is for agriculture (IICA, 2023).
