Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
11 billion dollars were the total losses of the agricultural sector in the region due to natural disasters between 2003 and 2013, according to an ALASA study (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
20% of cultivated area and 1.3% of livestock are insured in Latin America, according to ALASA (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
0.37% of agricultural GDP represented agricultural insurance premiums in Latin America in 2009, compared to 6% on average in Canada and the United States (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
70% of rural productive units can be characterized as transitional or subsistence family farming in LAC (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
48% represents the incidence of poverty in rural areas of LAC (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
11.9% in 1991 to 4.2% in 2012 was the drop in the share of credit to the agricultural sector within the total portfolio in LAC (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
26% could increase agricultural productivity in Peru with access to credit, and profits could increase between 17% and 27% (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
50% is the approximate agricultural productivity gap between Latin America and the Caribbean and the countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
3.2% was the average annual growth of gross value added of output in LAC between 2006 and 2011, with 2.2% explained by productivity growth (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
5.5% was the growth of the agricultural sector compared to 2.5% of the economy's growth in 2013 as a result of the commodity production boom (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
