Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
5% of the total GDP of the LAC region was represented by agriculture in 2005 (ECLAC, 2008).
70-80% of the world's food is produced by family farmers, pastoralists, fishers and aquaculturists, forest dwellers, food workers and their families (FAO, 2023).
About 85% of rural producers in Pará never attended school or did not complete basic education (Barreto et al., 2024).
From 15.5% in 2006 to 10.4% in 2017 technical assistance to rural producers in Northern Brazil fell (Barreto et al., 2024).
583 thousand hectares of pasture, or about 2% of the pastures in this area of the Amazon, were embargoed by IBAMA for illegal deforestation until 2021 (Barreto et al., 2024).
4.3 million hectares of pasture in agrarian reform settlements in 2020, up to 60 km from the frigoríficos in the Amazon, of which 58% were degraded (Barreto et al., 2024).
Only 23% of livestock workers in the Amazon were formalized compared to an average of 41% of all workers in the region (Barreto et al., 2024).
R$1,118/month is the average yield of workers in the livestock sector in the Amazon, equivalent to 34% lower than the average yield of workers in the region (Barreto et al., 2024).
There are 44,781 farms in Uruguay, of which 25,285 are family units (MGAP, 2011).
There are 138,628 agricultural holdings in Chile (INE, 2021).
