Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
USD 600.7 billion was the global support to producers, including expenses and non-reusable transfers (OECD, 2022).
3 veces mayor es la inversión agrícola en EE.UU. que en América del Sur y 5 veces más que en América Central y el Caribe, con ALC necesitando USD 60 000 millones anuales (OCDE y FAO, 2022).
28% must increase agricultural productivity in LAC in the next decade to balance sustainability, affordable prices and fairness for producers (OECD and FAO, 2022).
More than 450 ventures in LAC were agtechs during 2019. (Vitón et al. 2019)
9% to 57% between 2000 and 2020 has increased extreme weather events (FAO et al., 2021).
30.9 million correspond to the rural youth of 160 million young people, aged 15-29 (Guiskin, 2019)
58 million women live together in rural areas on the continent (Guiskin, 2019).
20% of the region's population, about 120 million people, live in rural areas (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023)
33% to 90% of diarrheal syndrome cases, which cause 1.4 million child deaths annually, are associated with foodborne illness (McDermott and Grace, 2011).
5% of the global burden of disease is related to foodborne diseases (McDermott and Grace, 2011).
