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Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies

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Productivity in LAC

02/12/2025 Go to Evidence

Three key sectors —trade, manufacturing and services— concentrate the productivity lag in LAC (OECD, 2024).

OECD, 2024

OECD, CEPAL, CAF – Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe, & Comisión Europea. (2024). Perspectivas económicas de América Latina 2024: Financiando el desarrollo sostenible. OECD Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1787/25aed2f5-es

Tag: Gaps
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Multisectoral
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Family Farming Value Addition
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Agricultural workers
Result: Information generation

Temperature increase

02/12/2025 Go to Evidence

1.5°C was the temperature increase limit reaffirmed at COP27 (CAF, 2023).

CAF, 2023

Pupo Roncallo, O. R., & González Quiroga, A. (2023). Transición energética y descarbonización en América Latina y el Caribe en industrias de alto consumo energético (Policy Paper N.º 27). CAF – Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina. https://scioteca.caf.com/bitstream/handle/123456789/2268/Policy%20Paper%20N%C2%B027_Transici%C3%B3n%20energ%C3%A9tica%20y%20descarbonizaci%C3%B3n%20en%20ALC%20en%20industrias%20de%20dificil%20descarbonizacion.pdf?sequence=4&isAllowed=y

Tag: Climate_Risks
Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Environment and natural resources
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Family Farming Value Addition
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Public institutions Agricultural producers
Result: Information generation

CO2 generation

02/12/2025 Go to Evidence

The industrial sector generates 9 Gt/year of CO2 globally (CAF, 2023).

CAF, 2023

Pupo Roncallo, O. R., & González Quiroga, A. (2023). Transición energética y descarbonización en América Latina y el Caribe en industrias de alto consumo energético (Policy Paper N.º 27). CAF – Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina. https://scioteca.caf.com/bitstream/handle/123456789/2268/Policy%20Paper%20N%C2%B027_Transici%C3%B3n%20energ%C3%A9tica%20y%20descarbonizaci%C3%B3n%20en%20ALC%20en%20industrias%20de%20dificil%20descarbonizacion.pdf?sequence=4&isAllowed=y

Tag: Climate_Risks
Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Environment and natural resources
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Family Farming Agrifood Context
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Public institutions

Industrial emissions

02/12/2025 Go to Evidence

70% of industrial emissions come from energy-intensive industries (CAF, 2023).

CAF, 2023

Pupo Roncallo, O. R., & González Quiroga, A. (2023). Transición energética y descarbonización en América Latina y el Caribe en industrias de alto consumo energético (Policy Paper N.º 27). CAF – Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina. https://scioteca.caf.com/bitstream/handle/123456789/2268/Policy%20Paper%20N%C2%B027_Transici%C3%B3n%20energ%C3%A9tica%20y%20descarbonizaci%C3%B3n%20en%20ALC%20en%20industrias%20de%20dificil%20descarbonizacion.pdf?sequence=4&isAllowed=y

Tag: Value_chains
Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Environment and natural resources
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Agrifood Context
Beneficiary: Urban or peri-urban farmers Family agriculture Public institutions
Result: Information generation

Global emissions

02/12/2025 Go to Evidence

25% of global CO2 emissions correspond to the subsector of high energy consumption industries (CAF, 2023).

CAF, 2023

Pupo Roncallo, O. R., & González Quiroga, A. (2023). Transición energética y descarbonización en América Latina y el Caribe en industrias de alto consumo energético (Policy Paper N.º 27). CAF – Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina. https://scioteca.caf.com/bitstream/handle/123456789/2268/Policy%20Paper%20N%C2%B027_Transici%C3%B3n%20energ%C3%A9tica%20y%20descarbonizaci%C3%B3n%20en%20ALC%20en%20industrias%20de%20dificil%20descarbonizacion.pdf?sequence=4&isAllowed=y

Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Environment and natural resources
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Agrifood Context
Instrument: Collect, analyze, disseminate and exchange data and information between countries
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Public institutions
Result: Information generation

Labor productivity

02/12/2025 Go to Evidence

33% of OECD labor productivity corresponds to the average productivity of LAC in 2023 (OECD, 2024).

OECD, 2024

OECD, CEPAL, CAF – Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe, & Comisión Europea. (2024). Perspectivas económicas de América Latina 2024: Financiando el desarrollo sostenible. OECD Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1787/25aed2f5-es

Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Family Farming
Instrument: Collect, analyze, disseminate and exchange data and information between countries
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Public institutions Agricultural workers

OECD Productivity

02/12/2025 Go to Evidence

40% of OECD productivity was represented by LAC in 1990 (OECD, 2024).

OECD, 2024

OECD, CEPAL, CAF – Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe, & Comisión Europea. (2024). Perspectivas económicas de América Latina 2024: Financiando el desarrollo sostenible. OECD Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1787/25aed2f5-es

Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Family Farming
Instrument: Collect, analyze, disseminate and exchange data and information between countries
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Agricultural producers

ALC PTF

02/12/2025 Go to Evidence

1950–2023 is the period in which LAC's TFP remained systematically below the OECD average (OECD, 2024).

OECD, 2024

OECD, CEPAL, CAF – Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe, & Comisión Europea. (2024). Perspectivas económicas de América Latina 2024: Financiando el desarrollo sostenible. OECD Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1787/25aed2f5-es

Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Multisectoral
Area: Family Farming Value Addition
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Public institutions

Poverty in 2024

02/12/2025 Go to Evidence

26.8% of the population of LAC was in poverty in 2024 (OECD, 2024).

OECD, 2024

OECD, CEPAL, CAF – Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe, & Comisión Europea. (2024). Perspectivas económicas de América Latina 2024: Financiando el desarrollo sostenible. OECD Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1787/25aed2f5-es

Tag: Gaps
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Multisectoral
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Family Farming
Instrument: Collect, analyze, disseminate and exchange data and information between countries
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Public institutions

ALC PTF

02/12/2025 Go to Evidence

TFP in Latin America and the Caribbean grew by 1.1% annually between 1950 and 1975 (OECD, 2024).

OECD, 2024

OECD, CEPAL, CAF – Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe, & Comisión Europea. (2024). Perspectivas económicas de América Latina 2024: Financiando el desarrollo sostenible. OECD Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1787/25aed2f5-es

Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Multisectoral
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Family Farming Value Addition
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Value Chains
Result: Information generation