Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
The 1% of the largest farms (over 50 ha) farm more than 70% of the world's agricultural land (Lowder. et al, 2021).
By 0.9%, world agricultural production increases due to the stimulus produced by subsidies (Laborde. et al, 2021).
600 billion dollars in government support to agriculture worldwide each year (Laborde. et al, 2021).
Less than 5 % of smallholder farmers participate in contract farming currently (WRI, 2019).
43% is the estimated proportion of women in the agricultural workforce globally (WRI, 2019).
More than 70% of the world's poor live in rural areas, where the majority depend on agriculture for their main livelihood (WRI, 2019).
88% is the projected increase in demand for ruminant meat between 2010 and 2050 (WRI, 2019).
585 million hectares will need to be reforested to limit warming to 1.5 °C (WRI, 2019).
600 million hectares will grow cropland and pasture by 2050 if no action is taken (WRI, 2019).
50 % would increase total food demand by mid-century, and animal demand by almost 70 % (WRI, 2019).
