Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
1.3 million tons per year of pork positioned Mexico as the 15th largest producer in the world in 2018 (IDB, 2019).
US$562 million moved Mexico in pork exports to Japan in 2018, a country that has been the main importer of this product in the world (IDB, 2019).
To US$5 billion in 2019 amounted to Peruvian agricultural exports, 12% in total exports (IDB, 2019).
90% of fresh fruit imports in the United States came from Latin America in 2016 (IDB, 2019).
336 million hectares was the increase in global agricultural land between 1961 and 2020 (Fuglie, Morgan, S, & Jelliffe, 2024).
70% of global freshwater withdrawals are associated with agriculture (Fuglie, Morgan, S, & Jelliffe, 2024).
343 million hectares was the increase in irrigated land, multiplying 2.3 times between 1961 and 2020 (Fuglie, Morgan, S, & Jelliffe, 2024).
260 million hectares was the decline in agricultural land in the global north between 1961 and 2020 (Fuglie, Morgan, S, & Jelliffe, 2024).
From $1.1 trillion to $4.3 trillion was the growth in global production of crop, livestock and agricultural raw materials (at constant 2015 prices) (Fuglie, Morgan, S, & Jelliffe, 2024).
73% share of agricultural production in the global South (developed countries) in 2020, compared to 44% in 1961 (Fuglie, Morgan, S, & Jelliffe, 2024).
