Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
70% of corn production in Argentina is exported in the form of grain (World Bank, 2024).
2.1 % of GDP represented the collection of export duties in Argentina in 2021, the second highest in the world (World Bank, 2024).
75% of the fertilizers used in Argentine agriculture in 2021 were imported, with a value of USD 2.3 billion (World Bank, 2024).
USD 629.5 million were invested in agricultural public goods and services in Argentina in 2011, a figure that decreased to USD 229.6 million in 2021 during the last decade (World Bank, 2024).
19.3 % negative was producer support in Argentina between 2019 and 2021, according to gross agricultural income (World Bank, 2024).
18% of cultivated land is occupied by family farms, which generate 27% of total agricultural production measured in volume (World Bank, 2024).
70% of family agricultural producers in Argentina currently do not belong to cooperatives (World Bank, 2024).
58% of household heads on family farms have only primary education in Argentina (World Bank, 2024).
45% of registered family agricultural producers in Argentina are women (World Bank, 2024).
Only 5% of the cultivated area in Argentina has irrigation systems, increasing the risk of drought (World Bank, 2024).
