Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
$2.40 additional in the food industries is generated for every dollar of value generated in agriculture in Mexico (World Bank, 2017).
3.2% was the average annual growth of gross value added of output in LAC between 2006 and 2011, with 2.2% explained by productivity growth (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
50% is the approximate agricultural productivity gap between Latin America and the Caribbean and the countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
26% could increase agricultural productivity in Peru with access to credit, and profits could increase between 17% and 27% (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
31.6% could increase agricultural productivity in China with access to credit (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
1.2% was the average annual growth of total factor productivity in the agricultural sector of LAC between 1980 and 2012 (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
25% of global cereal and oilseed production is currently generated by Latin America and the Caribbean (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
20% of global beef and poultry production is currently generated by Latin America and the Caribbean (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
21.5 million small-scale farms were estimated in LAC for 2016 (Lowder et al., 2016).
Roughly 79% of the food consumed in Colombia is produced by family farming (CNIA, 2016).
