Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
77% of family farming producers indicated that their main source of income is agricultural, fish farming and forestry production (MAG, 2022).
56% of production occurs on peasant family farming farms of up to five hectares in Paraguay (MAG, 2022).
44% of the land area of family farmers is leased in Argentina (International Land Coalition, 2021).
65% of producers consider themselves family farmers, representing 53% of rural employment and impacting 20% of national agricultural production (International Land Coalition, 2021).
54% of employment is generated by family farming in Argentina on only 13% of the available cultivated land (International Land Coalition, 2021).
2 million people, around 9% of Argentine territory, participate in family farming (International Land Coalition, 2021).
252,000 productive units were estimated in Argentina within family agriculture (International Land Coalition, 2021).
4,726 agricultural organizations were registered with the Ministry in Ecuador in 2020 (IIE, 2020).
1.9 million hectares are dedicated to commercial crops, and only 445 thousand hectares are for staple foods in Ecuador (IEE, 2020).
50% of the properties had less than five hectares in 1990, representing only 2.0% of the land (ECLAC, 2021).
