Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
0.54% was the annual growth of Total Factor Productivity (TFP) and represented only 25% of Argentina's production growth (GAP, 2023).
2.8% was the annual growth of input use in agricultural crop production in Argentina between 1991-2020 (GAP, 2023).
6.3% was aquaculture's share of global agricultural production between 2016 and 2020, up from 0.4% in 1961-1965, with increases in vegetables and fruits and decreases in grains and livestock products (USDA, 2024).
14% of cereals and 4.5% of soybeans traded globally transit the Suez Canal (IFPRI, 2024).
14% of cereals and 4.5% of soybeans traded globally pass through the Suez Canal.
700 million tons of waste straw from various crops are produced by China, one of the world's leading producers of food grains (GGGI, 2023).
35 % of the cultivated area in Latin America and the Caribbean is devoted to soybeans, followed by corn (22.7 %), sugar (7.5 %), wheat (6.2 %), beans (3.6 %), coffee (3 %), rice (2.6 %), other soybeans (2.1 %) and other crops (17 %) (FAO, 2023).
25% or more rice prices increased in the last seven months, with significant increases in several countries (ECLAC, FAO and IICA, 2023).
32,900 metric tons were mobilized under the Black Sea agreement (August 2022 - July 2023), mainly maize (51%), wheat (27%) and sunflower (11%) (ECLAC, FAO and IICA, 2023).
19.1% was the fall in the FAO cereal price index in July 2022. (FAO, 2023)
