Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
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.
29% of the biocontrol market, equivalent to $14.4 billion, will be in Latin America by 2023.
10.6% of agricultural emissions were attributed to the use of fertilizers in 2018 (CGIAR, 2023).
60 % increased the use of pesticides between 1997 and 2017, and more than 30 % increased the use of fertilizers between 2007 and 2017 in Latin America and the Caribbean (OECD, 2023).
2.5 billion hectares of global agricultural land (i64 percent) are at risk of pesticide contamination from more than one active ingredient (FAO, 2022).
50% less in the use of pesticides is the goal of the European Commission for 2030 (Corficolombiana, 2022).
5.3% will be the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of the nitrogen fertilizer market during the period of 2022-2029.
