Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
100% of Central American coffee areas are dominated by small producers with small holdings, unlike the large coffee estates found in Brazil (Bosselmann, 2008).
600,000 farmers and employees of the coffee industry lost their jobs during the coffee crisis in Mesoamerica (Bosselmann, 2008).
81% of farms in Latin America are family farms, which contribute between 27% and 67% of food production.
11,000 members, half of them women, make up 41 credit cooperatives of the National Rural Fund in Nicaragua, focused on family agriculture.
30-50% lower yields in family farming compared to commercial agriculture.
