Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
3 billion people depend on the oceans for food, obtaining almost 20% of their animal protein intake from fisheries.
34% of the fisheries sector is in crisis due to overexploitation, exacerbated by open access regimes and subsidies.
USD 1.25 trillion per year represents fossil fuel subsidies and public spending on agriculture and fisheries.
Four-fifths of all life on Earth lives in the ocean: it feeds three billion people (FAO, 2023).
From 90% to 64.6% the proportion of world fishery resources at biologically sustainable levels declined between 1974 and 2019, evidencing a significant decline in the sustainability of global fisheries (FAO, 2022).
20,600 agricultural researchers were hired in LAC in 2012/2013 (IDB and IFPRI, 2016).
