Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
29% of the biocontrol market, equivalent to $14.4 billion, will be in Latin America by 2023.
43% of the Latin American biocontrol market was accounted for by Brazil in 2021, projected to increase to 59% by the end of the decade.
10.6 billion USD reached the global bioinputs market in 2021, with a projection of 18.5 billion USD by 2026, representing more than 4% of the agrochemicals market (Meticulous Research, 2023).
The research analyzes ancestral practices of using natural fertilizers and biocides in Aymara agriculture in Puno, Peru. Through an ethnographic approach, it documents how peasant families use organic resources (such as plants, minerals, and human urine) to fertilize soils and control pests, thus preserving agricultural sustainability and traditional wisdom.
400 million a year is invested by Latin American agriculture in botanical and biological solutions against fungi that affect crops.
USD 17.7 million reached Argentina's agricultural bioinputs exports in 2021, with a target of USD 35.4 million by 2030 (Argentine Ministry of Economy, 2023).
0.9% of the global bioinputs market belongs to Colombia (Corficolombiana, 2022).
78% of the analyzed VSS (7 out of 9) include required criteria to minimize the impact of agrochemicals, excluding ISCC and ProTerra (Larrea et al., 2021).
The 151 g/kg DM represents the crude protein content in cowpea hay, being 95.5 g/kg DM higher than pangola grass hay (55.5 g/kg DM) (Corea et al., 2020).
4 units of feed are required to produce one unit of pig in confined systems, while 2 units are needed for one unit of chicken (Garrett et al., 2018).
