Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
127 thousand tons of Andean grains were produced in Peru in 2020, supporting the income of 125 thousand families.
14% could increase the volume of trade in clean technologies, including those for air pollution control, if tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade in these technologies are eliminated (UNEP, 2019).
90% of fresh fruit imports in the United States came from Latin America in 2016 (IDB, 2019).
To US$5 billion in 2019 amounted to Peruvian agricultural exports, 12% in total exports (IDB, 2019).
US$562 million moved Mexico in pork exports to Japan in 2018, a country that has been the main importer of this product in the world (IDB, 2019).
1.3 million tons per year of pork positioned Mexico as the 15th largest producer in the world in 2018 (IDB, 2019).
Nearly 2% of B2C trade and 3.2% of global cross-border trade were accounted for by Latin America and the Caribbean in 2019 (IDB, 2019).
A 1% increase in participation in global value chains is linked to an increase in per capita income of more than 1% in the long run.
60% is the required increase in global food production by 2050, when the population will reach 9.7 billion (UNDESA, 2019).
16% was the representation of Mato Grosso, Brazil in South American soybean production (7% overall) and 6% of South American meat production (1% overall) during the 2000-2011 period (Garrett et al., 2018).
