Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
38-52% would be the national biodiversity loss in Colombia by 2033 if agricultural expansion is not controlled (Guerrero-Pineda, C. et al., 2022)
12% of agricultural production in Latin America and the Caribbean is lost or wasted, while globally this figure is somewhat lower, at around 10% (Díaz-Bonilla, 2024).
Around 7% of the agricultural area worldwide is equipped for irrigation (Díaz-Bonilla, 2024).
15% of the global value of fruits and 7% of vegetables are produced in LAC (Díaz-Bonilla, 2024).
10% of GHG emissions from food systems in LAC come from energy use outside of primary activities (Crippa et al, 2021).
Nearly 60% of the urban population in Latin America and the Caribbean resides in intermediate and small cities (Díaz-Bonilla, 2024).
Nearly 9% of total emissions from LAC food systems come from losses and waste (Crippa et al., 2021).
0.27 US$/m³ was the average agricultural water use efficiency in LAC over the last three years, well below the world average of 0.61 US$/m³ (Díaz-Bonilla, 2024).
180 million hectares of forest area were lost worldwide between the early 1960s and 2020, almost 140 million of them in Latin America and the Caribbean (Díaz-Bonilla, 2024).
1.2-1.3% was the average growth of the total volume of agricultural and food production per capita in South America between 1961 and 2020 (Díaz-Bonilla, 2024).
