Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
70% of corn production in Argentina is exported in the form of grain (World Bank, 2024).
2.1 % of GDP represented the collection of export duties in Argentina in 2021, the second highest in the world (World Bank, 2024).
19.3 % negative was producer support in Argentina between 2019 and 2021, according to gross agricultural income (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).
70% of family agricultural producers in Argentina currently do not belong to cooperatives (World Bank, 2024).
Only 5% of the cultivated area in Argentina has irrigation systems, increasing the risk of drought (World Bank, 2024).
45% of registered family agricultural producers in Argentina are women (World Bank, 2024).
58% of household heads on family farms have only primary education in Argentina (World Bank, 2024).
1.9 million hectares are dedicated to commercial crops, and only 445 thousand hectares are for staple foods in Ecuador (IEE, 2020).
59 million women live in rural areas in Latin America and the Caribbean, 20 million are part of the economically active population and 4.5 million are agricultural producers (FAO, 2017).
