Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
40% of the world's land area and 70% of water use are used for agriculture (OECD, 2020).
14.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, equivalent to 7.1 gigatons of CO2 per year, come from livestock chains.
0.839 is the land Gini coefficient for Ecuador in 2019, which shows the great inequality in the country (IEE, 2020).
4,726 agricultural organizations were registered with the Ministry in Ecuador in 2020 (IIE, 2020).
71.7% was the multidimensional poverty in rural areas of Ecuador in 2019, compared to 22.7% in urban areas (IIE, 2020).
23% was the malnutrition rate in Ecuador in 2018: 20% at the urban level, and 28.72% at the rural level (IEE, 2020).
From 31.9% to 28.7%, chronic malnutrition in children under 5 years old decreased in Ecuador from 2014 to 2018 (IEE, 2020).
35.4% was the overweight rate in boys and girls aged 5 to 11 in Ecuador in 2018: 36.9% in urban areas and 32.6% in rural areas (IEE, 2020).
10.7 per 100,000 workers die in the agricultural sector in Latin America and the Caribbean, the second highest mortality rate (ILO, 2020).
23% of global greenhouse gas emissions come from deforestation, exceeding emissions from the global transport sector.
