Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
54% of employment is generated by family farming in Argentina on only 13% of the available cultivated land (International Land Coalition, 2021).
2 million people, around 9% of Argentine territory, participate in family farming (International Land Coalition, 2021).
252,000 productive units were estimated in Argentina within family agriculture (International Land Coalition, 2021).
78% of farms use only 10% of the land for cultivation (Rodrigo Castañeda, et al., 2023).
2% of landowners own 65% of the arable land (Rodrigo Castañeda, et al., 2023).
More than 40% of the rural population has problems of informality in land ownership (Rodrigo Castañeda, et al., 2023).
2.5 times more people live in rural areas than in urban areas in Colombia (Rodrigo Castañeda, et al., 2023).
41.1% of the land in Colombia is in the hands of 0.4% of landowners (Rodrigo Castañeda, et al., 2023).
35.4% was the overweight rate in boys and girls aged 5 to 11 in Ecuador in 2018: 36.9% in urban areas and 32.6% in rural areas (IEE, 2020).
From 31.9% to 28.7%, chronic malnutrition in children under 5 years old decreased in Ecuador from 2014 to 2018 (IEE, 2020).
