Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
CAF and Brazil signed an agreement at COP30 with the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples and FILAC to strengthen the rights and inclusion of Indigenous Peoples in the region (CAF, 2025).
50% of rural microenterprise workers are youth as youth labor inclusion indicator (Martín Manzano, 2012).
1.2 billion people work in the food economy worldwide (World Bank, 2024).
1.2 billion young people will enter the labor force in developing countries in the next decade, but there will only be 420 million jobs, leaving 800 million without a clear path to employment (World Bank, 2024).
40.2% is the share of agrifood employment (including trade and transportation) in total employment in the Americas (FAO, 2024).
27.6% of GDP and 20.1% of total employment in Brazil was generated by the agro-industrial sector in 2021 (World Bank, 2023).
2.8 million direct jobs and three times more indirect jobs are generated by fishing and aquaculture in LAC (FAO, 2024).
10%-15% of total jobs are associated with agriculture in LAC.
48% and 91% is the agricultural workforce in Argentina and Nicaragua respectively (Bambrilla et al., 2010).
19% and 9% of agricultural employment was contributed to male and female employment respectively between 2008-2011 (World Bank, 2013).
