Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
15% of the global value of fruits and 7% of vegetables are produced in LAC (Díaz-Bonilla, 2024).
Around 7% of the agricultural area worldwide is equipped for irrigation (Díaz-Bonilla, 2024).
12% of agricultural production in Latin America and the Caribbean is lost or wasted, while globally this figure is somewhat lower, at around 10% (Díaz-Bonilla, 2024).
1.45 MtCO₂e/year was the annual average of greenhouse gases due to deforestation caused by the expansion of the agricultural frontier in El Salvador between 2001 and 2022 (GFW, 2024).
< 0.1% (4.10 kha) is the land cover in Honduras occupied by agricultural land and 6.1% of the land cover corresponds to pasture (647 kha) (GFW, 2024).
1.67% (185 kha) of Honduras' land area is dedicated to oil palm cultivation, the second largest after fruit crops with 0.07% (7.84 kha) (GFW, 2024).
103.05 MtCO₂ was the greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation due to agricultural expansion in Costa Rica between 2001 and 2022 (GFW, 2024).
458 kha is the total loss of tree cover in Panama as a direct result of agriculture in 20 years (GFW, 2024).
11.39 kha is the average annual loss of tree cover in Costa Rica as a direct result of agriculture between 2001 and 2022 (GFW, 2024).
0.29% (22.4 kha) of Panama's land area is dedicated to fruit crops, followed by oil palm with 0.27% (21 kha) (GFW, 2024).
