Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
44% was the reduction in the wheat harvest in Argentina for the 2022/23 campaign compared to the previous cycle, due to the absence of rain during the growing period (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023).
60.8% of the population in Haiti and 8.0% in the Dominican Republic faced food insecurity in 2023 in Latin America and the Caribbean.
22.6% suffered food insecurity in 2023, projected to 6.9% in 2033 (USDA, 2023).
28% of the population in Central America, equivalent to 11.4 million people, faced food insecurity in 2023.
45 billion euros in goods exported by Mercosur to the EU in 2021, while it imported goods worth 44 billion euros (Cosbey and Vogt-Schilb, 2023).
750,000 families of family farmers, villages and traditional communities in the Brazilian Amazon can benefit from this initiative.
US$2,139.9 million is generated by the production of non-timber forest products, exceeding the US$612.06 million generated by the extraction of timber logs.
Ninety percent of poultry workers in Brazil are women.
48% of the agricultural labor force in low- and middle-income countries is composed of women.
50% of growers in the global fresh produce industry sold at a loss or broke even due to increased costs from the COVID-19 pandemic.
