Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
10% of the world's meat production comes from pastoralism, which is practiced in more than 100 countries and supports 200 million households (UNCCD, 2024).
37 million hectares of land could be released for other uses, such as forest restoration, with a more productive livestock sector in the Amazon (Barreto et al., 2024).
2.3% of pastures in the Amazon were in protected areas in 2020 (Indigenous Lands and Conservation Units) incompatible with private occupation and pasture crops (Barreto et al., 2024).
583 thousand hectares of pasture, or about 2% of the pastures in this area of the Amazon, were embargoed by IBAMA for illegal deforestation until 2021 (Barreto et al., 2024).
4.3 million hectares of pasture in agrarian reform settlements in 2020, up to 60 km from the frigoríficos in the Amazon, of which 58% were degraded (Barreto et al., 2024).
15 million hectares of degraded pastures existed in 2020, in areas up to 60 km from the cold storage plants in the Amazon (Barreto et al., 2024).
300 kg/hectare/year is the average productivity that can be achieved by cattle in the Amazon through the adoption of already available technologies, compared to the current 80 kg/hectare/year (Barreto et al., 2024).
Almost R$ 10 billion of the rural credit used in the region for the livestock sector in 2021 went to the acquisition of livestock, while a tiny portion was used for pasture improvement (Barreto et al., 2024).
Only 23% of livestock workers in the Amazon were formalized compared to an average of 41% of all workers in the region (Barreto et al., 2024).
