Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
USD 600.7 billion was the global support to producers, including expenses and non-reusable transfers (OECD, 2022).
600 million cases of foodborne diseases were estimated by WHO for 2010 (Jaffee et al., 2019)
USD 95 billion in annual losses are linked to 420 000 premature deaths from foodborne diseases in low- and middle-income countries (Jaffee et al., 2019).
45.9% of people in Latin America live in inequality, making the region the most unequal in the world (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023)
20% of the world's pig population was slaughtered due to African Swine Fever in China (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023)
5% of the global burden of disease is related to foodborne diseases (McDermott and Grace, 2011).
33% to 90% of diarrheal syndrome cases, which cause 1.4 million child deaths annually, are associated with foodborne illness (McDermott and Grace, 2011).
20% of the region's population, about 120 million people, live in rural areas (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023)
58 million women live together in rural areas on the continent (Guiskin, 2019).
30.9 million correspond to the rural youth of 160 million young people, aged 15-29 (Guiskin, 2019)
