Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
More than 50% of food production comes from small farmers in LAC (Rabobank, 2015).
589.3 million pesos was reported by Mexico as Global Measure of Aid in 2007, representing a low level of utilization of its agricultural sector support capacity (CEDRSSA, 2015, p. 6).
4% maintained Mexico in distorting aid between 2001 and 2007, below Canada (6.1%), but higher than United States (3.1%), European Union (2.9%) and Brazil (1.8%) (CEDRSSA, 2015, p. 17).
16.5 million farms in Latin America and the Caribbean belong to family farmers, involving some 60 million people.
Around 23% of the agricultural area of Latin America and the Caribbean is used by family farming.
26% of women in Colombia own agricultural units (DANE, 2020).
More than two-thirds of the total family farming operations are poor in Paraguay (UNDP, 2021).
More than 70% of the agricultural area in Latin America and the Caribbean is in the hands of medium and large producers (Salcedo and Guzmán, 2014).
81% of farms in the Dominican Republic are family farms (281,526 units), close to the LAC average of 81.3%.
86% of cattle farms in Central America are small, with less than 18 hectares and a density of 1.5 animals per hectare.
