Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
575 million people will still be in extreme poverty in 2030 if current trends continue, and only one third of countries will reach the target of halving national poverty (UN, 2023).
Less than 50% of the people involved in agricultural production own land or have secure rights to it (UN, 2023).
Nearly 100 million hectares of net forest area were lost in the last two decades (UN, 2023).
59 million women live in rural areas in Latin America and the Caribbean, 20 million are part of the economically active population and 4.5 million are agricultural producers (FAO, 2017).
41.8% of women in LAC suffered some degree of food insecurity in 2020, compared to 32.2% of men (FAO, 2023).
3.5% of women over 15 years of age are unemployed and close to 75% of employed women over 18 years of age have informal jobs in Guatemala (FAO, 2023).
48% of Salvadoran imports are subject to at least one non-tariff measure, compared to only 16% of Honduran imports (Kelleher & Reyes, 2014).
From 5.07 % to 4.91 % would reduce the urban extreme poverty rate in Guatemala with a decrease in the cost and time required to obtain health records (Kelleher & Reyes, 2014).
About 2 percentage points of GDP is the estimated deterioration in Bolivia's primary balance associated with El Niño; the study finds no statistically significant effects on economic growth or inflation.
-0.5, -0.6 and -0.9 percentage points are the estimated reductions in Colombia's economic growth in 2024 under moderate, strong and extreme El Niño scenarios, respectively; the estimated increases in inflation are 1.7, 2.3 and 3.3 percentage points.
