Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
65,394 km² of deforestation occurred in Mato Grosso between 2000 and 2011, accounted for 12% of South American deforestation and 3% globally (Garrett et al., 2018).
100% of the shaded coffee plantations abandoned during the crisis were invaded and converted to intensively managed, short-term crops, treeless pastures or urban sprawl (Bosselmann, 2008).
85 gigatons of CO₂ could be sequestered with efficient land use, equivalent to more than 1.5 years of global emissions, with no negative economic impact (Sutton, Lotsch & Prasann, 2024).
USD 4.3 trillion in 2030 could be generated in health, economic and environmental benefits by investing in low-emission agriculture and land-use transformation, with a 16 to 1 return on costs (Sutton, Lotsch & Prasann, 2024).
3.73% of Honduras' land cover in 2021 corresponded to agroforestry systems in coffee and fruit plantations, with 419,902 hectares (Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería de Honduras, 2023).
One-third of the global land area has been affected by land use changes since 1960, with phases of acceleration (1960-2005) and deceleration (2006-2019) in these changes (USDA, 2024).
142 cows was the average size of organic dairy farms in the United States in 2021, increasing from 109 cows in 2008 (Gillespie et al., 2024).
0.587 percentage points was the average contribution of land to economic growth in the Latin American countries studied between 1825-2015 (Zaman, 2024).
Mexico reached 32.1 million hectares for agricultural use (INEGI, 2022).
From 26% to 25.4% went the percentage of rural population in LAC between 1950 and 2015 (New Society, 2017).
