Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
12 million hectares is the minimum that Brazil's National Native Vegetation Recovery Policy aims to recover by 2030 (Barreto et al., 2024).
37 million hectares of land could be released for other uses, such as forest restoration, with a more productive livestock sector in the Amazon (Barreto et al., 2024).
3 million kilometers of unofficial roads and branches, many in precarious condition, existed in the Amazon in 2020 (Barreto et al., 2024).
Forty-two percent of official roads in the North region were considered lousy or bad in 2022, almost double that of the South and Southeast regions, with 18.7% and 22%, respectively (Barreto et al., 2024).
2.3% of pastures in the Amazon were in protected areas in 2020 (Indigenous Lands and Conservation Units) incompatible with private occupation and pasture crops (Barreto et al., 2024).
4.3 million hectares of pasture in agrarian reform settlements in 2020, up to 60 km from the frigoríficos in the Amazon, of which 58% were degraded (Barreto et al., 2024).
15 million hectares of degraded pastures existed in 2020, in areas up to 60 km from the cold storage plants in the Amazon (Barreto et al., 2024).
Only 23% of livestock workers in the Amazon were formalized compared to an average of 41% of all workers in the region (Barreto et al., 2024).
54% of pastures (40 million hectares) in the Legal Amazon were degraded to some degree in 2022, equivalent to twice the territory of Paraná (Barreto et al., 2024).
75 million hectares were occupied by the bovine livestock sector in the Legal Amazon, which is equivalent to 80% of the agricultural area in the region (Barreto et al., 2024).
