Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
USD 60 million has been allocated to ten projects between Brazil and FAO to reduce poverty through South-South Cooperation (FAO and ABC/MRE, 2022).
0.9% was the average growth in 2014-2023, less than half of the 2.0% recorded in the “lost decade” of 1980-1989 (ECLAC, 2022).
1.2% is the anticipated growth rate for Latin America and the Caribbean in 2023, signaling a deepening economic slowdown in the region (CEPAL)
125.1 was the FAO food price index, 15.5 points above the 2010-2019 average but below the 2021 level (ECLAC, FAO and IICA, 2023).
Less than 3% of wheat imports in LAC come from Ukraine and Russia, and even less in the case of other grains (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023).
8.4% was the inflationary peak in June 2022, falling to 4.2% in June 2023 in 18 countries (ECLAC, FAO and IICA, 2023).
40% is the projected increase in energy goods since 2021, while food will rise by 11% in 2023 (ECLAC, 2022).
11.3% was food inflation in January 2023 and in June it had dropped to 6.1% in Latin America (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023).
43% of the Latin American biocontrol market was accounted for by Brazil in 2021, projected to increase to 59% by the end of the decade.
29% of the biocontrol market, equivalent to $14.4 billion, will be in Latin America by 2023.
