Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
14% will increase crop and livestock production in Latin America and the Caribbean in the next 10 years (FAO, 2023).
23% of beef and buffalo meat, as well as 21.4% of poultry meat worldwide, is produced in Latin America and the Caribbean (FAO, 2023).
40% of the value of global agricultural production is represented by livestock (FAO, 2023).
88% of the emissions that come from the livestock sector are due to enteric fermentation in the digestive tract of ruminant animals (cattle, sheep and goats), released through belching, the rest comes from manure. (CGIAR, 2023).
10.6% of agricultural emissions were attributed to the use of fertilizers in 2018 (CGIAR, 2023).
22.9 billion dollars (0.5% of GDP) was the investment to finance climate action in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2020 (ECLAC, 2024).
59% of economic losses in South America, between 1970 and 2019, were represented by floods, the most frequent cause of disasters (ECLAC, 2024).
0.5% of the GDP of the LAC region would be the average total cost of new technologies for water supply (ECLAC, 2024).
66% probability that the global temperature will exceed 1.5°C (WMO, 2023).
163 (localized) drought events were reported in Peru between 2000 and 2010 (Ayala, 2023).
