Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
Only 1.5% of global climate finance went to the education sector in 2021, highlighting the need to increase financial support for education to drive climate action (World Bank, 2024).
54.9% of LT-LEDS mention gender, and 25.3% include concrete actions to integrate the gender perspective in mitigation and adaptation (UNFCCC, 2024).
93.8% of National Communications (NCs) mention gender, and 63.3% include meaningful gender equality approaches and sectoral assessments to improve policies (UNFCCC, 2024).
85.2% of Parties mention gender in their climate reports and communications under the UNFCCC as of July 2024 (UNFCCC, 2024).
100% of the agricultural land needed to produce $1,000 was cut in half between 1990 and 2020, with a similar decrease in GHG emissions, phosphate loads, nitrogen, and irrigation water withdrawals (USDA, 2024).
Of 600 million farms in the world, most are family farms, which has proven to be more successful than collective or cooperative farms (USDA, 2024).
52% of pesticide active ingredients in 2020 were herbicides, followed by fungicides (23%), insecticides (18%) and other products (7%) (USDA, 2024).
2.7 million metric tons of pesticides were used globally in 2020, up from 1.7 million in 1990, with the largest increase in the Global South, especially in LAC (USDA, 2024).
74% of global cropland was harvested in 1961, while by 2020, this proportion increased to 92% (USDA, 2024).
1.62 trillion per year was the value of livestock and aquaculture products between 2016 and 2020, up from $433 billion in 1961-1965, with their share of global agricultural production rising from 37.5% to 39.2% (USDA, 2024).
