Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
52% of social assistance spending during the period 2014-2018 in Latin America and the Caribbean consisted of money transfers (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023).
1.6% per year is the expected increase in GDP per capita in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will reach USD 10,500 by 2032 (OECD and FAO, 2023).
Mexico reached 32.1 million hectares for agricultural use (INEGI, 2022).
With a 60% probability, El Niño is expected to begin to show its effects in mid-2023, after three consecutive years of La Niña (AMIS, 2023).
Half of the world's population lives in households dependent on agrifood systems (FAO, 2023).
50,857.5 Kton CO₂e El Salvador seeks to reduce in its AFOLU sector between 2035 and 2040, conditional on financing (Government of El Salvador, 2021).
46% of greenhouse gases in the region come from agricultural production, which also contributes significantly to biodiversity loss.
108,000 active cooperatives were registered in LAC in 2019, of which 29,000 (26.6%) belong to the agricultural sector, with 6.6 million members.
5,647 KtCO2e is the total emissions reduction Belize expects to achieve across all sectors between 2021 and 2030, according to its updated NDC in 2021 (Belize, 2021).
