Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
40% of the world's land is degraded, reducing its productivity and negatively affecting climate, biodiversity and people's livelihoods.
23,000 million colones in coffee and 1,982 million in rice is the economic impact of the recent rains in Costa Rica (La Nación, 2024).
42% of companies do not transparently report their progress towards net zero and Scope 3 emissions targets, while 17% have experienced an increase in emissions rather than a decrease.
The 1.4% annual growth in agricultural productivity in the OECD between 1991 and 2000 was reduced to 0.85% between 2011 and 2021 (OECD, 2024).
0.1 % of GDP was the budget support to agriculture in 2021-23, while the Total Support Estimate (TSE) remained negative from -0.8 % in 2000-02 to -1.6 % in 2021-23 (OECD, 2024).
1.6% growth in Canada's agricultural production between 2012 and 2021, below the world average of 1.9%, was explained by increased intermediate inputs and higher productivity, despite the reduction in primary factors (OECD, 2024).
2.3% was the annual growth of Argentina's agricultural production between 2012 and 2021, driven mainly by an increase in intermediate inputs (OECD, 2024).
0.9% is the average annual growth rate of the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean between 2015 and 2023 (ECLAC, 2024).
10% is the increase in digitalization that correlates with a 5.7% increase in multifactor productivity (ECLAC, 2024).
1.2% is the estimated average annual rate of job creation in Latin America and the Caribbean between 2015 and 2024 (ECLAC, 2024).