Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
Five times more cultivated area could be achieved with large-scale irrigation financed by CAF (CAF, 2025).
Large-scale irrigation infrastructure could generate a 0.34% increase in yields (CAF, 2025).
A 7% increase in production could be achieved with small-scale irrigation projects (CAF, 2025).
Up to a 70% increase in land productivity could result from access to irrigation (CAF, 2025).
A 10%–47% increase in agricultural income could be generated with irrigation systems financed by CAF (CAF, 2025).
A 30% increase in household consumption could result from greater access to irrigation (CAF, 2025).
Reductions in anemia and nutritional problems are observed with greater availability of water for irrigation (CAF, 2025).
Increases in productive assets, such as livestock, are associated with access to irrigation (CAF, 2025).
70% of habitat conversion in LAC comes from agriculture and livestock (CAF, 2025).
The Caribbean and Mesoamerica have three times more arid lands compared to South America (CAF, 2025).
