Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
90% of the 608 million agricultural farms worldwide are family farms (FAO, 2024).
35% of the world's food supply comes from family farming (FAO, 2024).
15% increased wood use efficiency between 1961 and 2022 (FAO, 2024).
58,539 disaster-related events were recorded between 2008 and 2022 in Colombia (UNDP, 2024).
80% of amphibian species, 75% of bird species and 68% of mammal species find their habitat in forests, which are home to most of the planet's terrestrial biodiversity (FAO, 2024).
50% was the decrease in deforestation in the Legal Amazon of Brazil in 2023 (FAO, 2024).
23% was the reduction in the global gross loss rate of mangroves between the periods 2000-2010 and 2010-2020 (FAO, 2024).
6,687 megatonnes of CO2 were emitted worldwide by fires in 2023 (FAO, 2024)
25 million hectares of forests in the United States are projected to suffer losses of more than 20% by 2027 (FAO, 2024).
4,000 million m³ per year is the figure that global wood production has reached (FAO, 2024).
