Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
Between 3.3 and 3.6 billion people live in contexts that are highly vulnerable to climate change (IPCC, 2023).
9.3 billion metric tons (MT) of CO2 emissions were generated by global food loss and waste in 2017 (Zhu et al., 2023).
8% reduction in corn yields in Central America in 2030 due to climate change, compared to the 2001-2009 period, according to the IPCC extreme scenario (Rodriguez, 2023).
25%, 11%, 8%, 8%, 5% and 2% of the total water consumption of wind energy comes from agriculture, agricultural services, forestry, livestock and fisheries, respectively (ECLAC, 2024).
1% and 4.7% are the projected increases in export value, with the greatest dynamism concentrated in the United States and China, respectively (ECLAC, 2023).
By 170 million tons, the use of chemical fertilizers in the world has increased from 16 million tons in 1960 to 186 million tons in 2020 (CGIAR, 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).
19.3% of people in Nicaragua are undernourished in the period 2018-2020 (FAO, 2023).
41.8% of women in LAC suffered some degree of food insecurity in 2020, compared to 32.2% of men (FAO, 2023).
300 wholesale food markets exist in LAC (FAO, 2024).
