Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
50% of global exports of sugar, soybeans, and coffee were driven by LAC (FAO, 2014).
More than 60% of the world's coffee supply came from Brazil and Colombia, while the price of Arabica fell due to better harvests (IDB, 2024).
35 % of the cultivated area in Latin America and the Caribbean is devoted to soybeans, followed by corn (22.7 %), sugar (7.5 %), wheat (6.2 %), beans (3.6 %), coffee (3 %), rice (2.6 %), other soybeans (2.1 %) and other crops (17 %) (FAO, 2023).
70% of the world's coffee is produced on farms of <5 hectares.
60% of global coffee supply comes from smallholder farmers
