Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
14% of cereals and 4.5% of soybeans traded globally pass through the Suez Canal.
700 million tons of waste straw from various crops are produced by China, one of the world's leading producers of food grains (GGGI, 2023).
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).
19.1% was the fall in the FAO cereal price index in July 2022. (FAO, 2023)
32,900 metric tons were mobilized under the Black Sea agreement (August 2022 - July 2023), mainly maize (51%), wheat (27%) and sunflower (11%) (ECLAC, FAO and IICA, 2023).
25% or more rice prices increased in the last seven months, with significant increases in several countries (ECLAC, FAO and IICA, 2023).
1 % annual yield increases in key crops such as maize, rice and wheat are insufficient to double food production by 2050 (FAO, 2022).
Less than 3% of wheat imports in LAC come from Ukraine and Russia, and even less in the case of other grains (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023).
54% of global soybean production is expected to come from Latin America and the Caribbean by 2032, increasing its current share of just over half (OECD and FAO, 2023).
463 million tons will be the estimated level of world cereal trade, the lowest in three years, with a drop of 2.6% compared to 2021/22.
