Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
15.5% was the average of global food exports represented by LAC between 2020 and 2022 (ECLAC, 2024).
60 percent of the 220 organic registrations in 2014 in Bahia corresponded to cocoa production in the identity territories of Costa Sul, Baixo Sul and Costa do Descobrimento (Sanchez et al., 2021).
The 17.2% prevalence of hunger in the Caribbean is three times higher than the figures recorded in South America (5.2%) and in Central America and Mexico (5.8%) (ECLAC, 2024).
41 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean suffered from hunger in 2023 (ECLAC, 2024).
The 1.2% drop in the volume of world trade in goods in 2023 was followed by a year-on-year growth of 1% between January and July 2024 (ECLAC, 2024).
The 454 new organic producer registrations were made in Bahia between 2014 and 2020 (Sanchez et al., 2021).
100% of agricultural establishments in Bahia total 762,848 units covering 28 million hectares according to the 2017 Agricultural Census (Sanchez et al., 2021).
365% was the annual average of new registrations of pesticide products in Brazil between 2016 and 2020, compared to 121 annual registrations between 2010 and 2015 (Sanchez et al., 2021).
68% of the total organic production registrations in Bahia corresponded to producers certified by participatory guarantee systems and social control organizations in 2018 and 2019 (Sanchez et al., 2021).
67% of the total agricultural area of Bahia corresponds to non-family agriculture, occupying 19 million hectares with only 169,000 farms (Sanchez et al., 2021).
