Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
100% of shaded coffee fields provide connectivity within degraded and fragmented forests, facilitating movement and maintenance of key wildlife populations (Bosselmann, 2008).
600,000 farmers and employees of the coffee industry lost their jobs during the coffee crisis in Mesoamerica (Bosselmann, 2008).
16% of agricultural methane emissions and 1.5% of anthropogenic GHG emissions come from rice paddy production (Sutton, Lotsch & Prasann, 2024).
20% of the world's calories come from rice (Sutton, Lotsch & Prasann, 2024).
80% is the level of water stress in Latin America and the Caribbean, which occurs during periods varying from 3 to 12 months a year (ECLAC, 2024).
11% of global raw materials are provided by Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC, 2024).
27.7% of LAC's total exports are of products of biological origin (ECLAC, 2024).
57% of GHG emissions in the Southern Cone and Bolivia come from the AFOLU sector, with livestock as the main source of methane (Muñoz G. & Gauna D., 2024).
3 ecosystems at risk from agricultural pollution in Trinidad and Tobago: coral reefs, beaches and mangroves of Caroni and Nariva (Govia & Roopnarine, 2024).
US$80 million was approved in 2022 by the IDB for the National Water Sector Transformation Program that will benefit agriculture (Govia & Roopnarine, 2024).
