Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
0.007 percentage points was the positive and statistically significant effect of growth in domestic innovative activity on TFP growth in Latin America (Zaman, 2024).
352,289 certified organic dairy cows were in the United States in 2021, increasing from 2,265 in 1992 (Gillespie et al., 2024).
3.4 million quintals of beans reached Honduras in record production, 500 thousand more than in 2022 (SAG, 2024).
The bioeconomy could generate between 2 and 4 billion dollars annually at a global level in the next 10 to 20 years (FAO, 2024).
3.98% represents the value added of agriculture as a percentage of GDP in Chile in 2019, increasing from 3.63% in 2011, with an increase of 9.64% (de Araújo Ramos et al., 2023).
20% of the total cultivated areas in the world use irrigated agriculture (World Bank, 2023).
More than 11,000 small cotton producers in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, Paraguay and Peru have benefited from the +Cotton project (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023).
30% of global production of corn, soybeans, sugar, beef, poultry and flour comes from Latin America, driving agricultural growth in the region (OECD/FAO, 2023).
80% of additional food demand in 2050 will come from plant products
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.
