Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
With a 22% share, the U.S. topped the region's agri-food export destinations in 2022 (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023).
28% must increase agricultural productivity in LAC in the next decade to balance sustainability, affordable prices and fairness for producers (OECD and FAO, 2022).
3 veces mayor es la inversión agrícola en EE.UU. que en América del Sur y 5 veces más que en América Central y el Caribe, con ALC necesitando USD 60 000 millones anuales (OCDE y FAO, 2022).
USD 600.7 billion was the global support to producers, including expenses and non-reusable transfers (OECD, 2022).
45.9% of people in Latin America live in inequality, making the region the most unequal in the world (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023)
20% of the region's population, about 120 million people, live in rural areas (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023)
58 million women live together in rural areas on the continent (Guiskin, 2019).
30.9 million correspond to the rural youth of 160 million young people, aged 15-29 (Guiskin, 2019)
6% will increase direct GHG emissions from agriculture in the next decade, a growth slower than that of production thanks to productivity improvements (OECD and FAO, 2022).
More than 11,000 small cotton producers in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, Paraguay and Peru have benefited from the +Cotton project (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023).
