Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
51% was the increase in freight costs versus 18% for grains and oilseeds FOB prices between January 2025 and September 2026; the IGC highlights this as a rising freight share in delivered prices.
157.8 million tonnes is the projected output of Argentina's 2026/27 crop season across 37.02 million hectares, an increase of 0.5% from the previous season.
US$41.497 billion in export revenue is projected, 6.9% more than in 2026; fiscal revenue would reach US$15.037 billion (+3.9%) and gross agro-industrial product US$54.297 billion (+5.9%).
7% is the projected increase in soybean output to 53.6 million tonnes; wheat would fall 15.8% to 23.4 million tonnes and barley 7.4% to 5 million tonnes.
Honduras' SAG estimates that drought has caused losses across approximately 50,000 manzanas of corn and 20,000 manzanas of beans, equivalent to about one million quintals of corn and between 150,000 and 200,000 quintals of beans.
Approximately 15% was the decline in crop production caused by the drought, while about 70% of farmers depend on rainfall for productive activity.
1.7 million new internal displacements caused by disasters were recorded in 2024 in Brazil, Cuba, Colombia, Haiti and Ecuador alone, according to the 2025 Global Report on Internal Displacement cited by the source.
83% of disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean are related to climate hazards, but only 6% of the regional risk-management budget is allocated to preventing future risks and 16% to reducing existing risks.
19 people, mostly women farmers, operate the Community Hydroclimatic Monitoring Network in southern Ahuachapán, El Salvador; during Tropical Storm Julia, an alert issued after more than six hours of rain enabled vulnerable families to evacuate two hours before the rivers overflowed, with no loss of life.
As of September 22, 2026, 58% of U.S. cattle, 57% of sheep, 57% of hay and 58% of alfalfa hay were located in areas experiencing moderate or more intense drought (D1+).
