Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
50%-60% of food retail sales in LAC are made in supermarkets (World Bank, 2020).
58% of the population (360 million people) in LAC were overweight, with Chile (64%), Mexico (63%), and Uruguay (63%) standing out (World Bank, 2020).
Thirteen times more loans are granted to large male producers compared to women, four times more to medium producers and twice as many to small producers (Dirección de Mujer Rural, 2020).
81% of smallholder farmers with less than 2 ha in non-developed countries (except China) had no agricultural insurance in 2019, while in Latin America and the Caribbean the figure was 67% (IFAD, 2020).
89% of production incentives in Uruguay are exemptions, tax refunds and exemptions from employer contributions (Lavalleja & Scalese, 2020).
67% of incentive resources in Uruguay are allocated to promote investment, followed by 13% for export promotion and 9% for personnel hiring (Lavalleja & Scalese, 2020).
23% of incentives in Uruguay go to primary activities, while manufacturing industry receives 22%, concentrating almost half of the total support (Lavalleja & Scalese, 2020).
17% of GVA in Uruguay is what the primary sector receives in incentives in Uruguay, being the sector with the greatest support in relation to its contribution to GDP (Lavalleja and Scalese, 2020).
US$2,414 million in 2017 is what the productive sector reached in Uruguay, representing 19.6% of DGI collection and 4.1% of GDP (Lavalleja and Scalese, 2020).
14% could increase the volume of trade in clean technologies, including those for air pollution control, if tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade in these technologies are eliminated (UNEP, 2019).
