Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
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).
< 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).
3.42 kha is the average annual loss of tree cover in El Salvador as a direct result of agriculture between 2001 and 2022 (GFW, 2024).
75.44 kha is the total loss of tree cover in El Salvador as a direct result of agriculture in 20 years (GFW, 2024).
0.22% (3.06 kha) is the land cover in El Salvador occupied by agricultural land and 13% of the land cover corresponds to pasture (181 kha) (GFW, 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).
32.08 MtCO₂ were the greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation due to agricultural expansion in El Salvador between 2001 and 2022 (GFW, 2024).
250.53 kha is the total loss of tree cover in Costa Rica as a direct result of agriculture over 20 years (GFW, 2024).
