Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
3.7 million beef cattle and 1 million dairy cattle in Canada are distributed across approximately 40,000 and 9,000 farms, respectively (UNCCD, 2024).
730,000 hectares of rangeland were converted to cropland in the U.S. Great Plains in 2020 (UNCCD, 2024).
5.2 million sheep in the United States, including 3.8 million breeding sheep, were distributed across more than 100,000 farms in 2020 (UNCCD, 2024).
25% of Mexico's national territory is covered by grasslands and shrublands in arid and semi-arid zones (UNCCD, 2024).
33.3 million heads of beef cattle and 3 million heads of dairy cattle are in Mexico (UNCCD, 2024).
Nearly 32,000 ejidos and local communities, with more than 5.6 million ejidatarios, manage more than half of the land in Mexico (UNCCD, 2024).
12% of Mexico's territory experiences severe or extreme soil degradation (UNCCD, 2024).
1.2 billion poor people in developing countries depend on livestock for food security and income (UNCCD, 2024).
67 million square kilometres of grasslands, representing 45% of the world's land surface, are used for livestock production, with almost half in drylands (UNCCD, 2024).
35% of grasslands are at risk of degradation, with another 26-27% showing significant risk (UNCCD, 2024).
