Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
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).
Oil palm accounts for 1.3% (68.4 kha) of the total estimated agroforestry plantation coverage in Costa Rica (GFW, 2024).
Global production of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) grew by 272% in the last ten years (IICA, 2022).
94% was the accumulated growth shown in global biodiesel production in the last decade (IICA, 2022).
60 billion dollars (1.3% of GDP) were spent by Latin American and Caribbean countries on fossil fuel subsidies in 2020 (IDB, 2023).
6% of El Salvador's GDP in 2021 corresponds to the import of fossil fuels for energy (IDB, 2024).
60 countries had some type of regulation on liquid biofuels by 2021 (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023)
