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Monitoring, Evaluation and Best Practices

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

Evidences

55 results

Consumption of aquatic foods

02/05/2025 Go to Evidence

164.6 million tons of aquatic animals were destined for human consumption in 2022, representing 89% of total production (FAO, 2024).

FAO, 2024

FAO. 2024. El estado mundial de la pesca y la acuicultura 2024. La transformación azul en acción. Roma. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd0683es

Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Aquaculture and fishery products
Area: Agrifood Context
Beneficiary: Public institutions Agro-industrial producers
Result: Information generation

Aquatic animal production

02/05/2025 Go to Evidence

9% of global aquatic animal production in 2022 came from Latin America and the Caribbean (FAO, 2024).

FAO, 2024

FAO. 2024. El estado mundial de la pesca y la acuicultura 2024. La transformación azul en acción. Roma. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd0683es

Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Aquaculture and fishery products
Area: Agrifood Context
Beneficiary: Public institutions Agro-industrial producers
Result: Information generation

Trade of aquatic products

02/05/2025 Go to Evidence

6.7% was the drop in the value of aquatic trade in 2020 due to the pandemic, followed by a rapid recovery later that year (FAO, 2024).

FAO, 2024

FAO. 2024. El estado mundial de la pesca y la acuicultura 2024. La transformación azul en acción. Roma. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd0683es

Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Aquaculture and fishery products
Area: International Trade and Regional Integration
Beneficiary: Public institutions Agro-industrial producers
Result: Information generation

Primary sector

02/05/2025 Go to Evidence

62 million people worked in the primary fisheries and aquaculture sector in 2022, whether full-time, part-time or casual (FAO, 2024).

FAO, 2024

FAO. 2024. El estado mundial de la pesca y la acuicultura 2024. La transformación azul en acción. Roma. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd0683es

Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Aquaculture and fishery products
Area: Agrifood Context
Beneficiary: Public institutions Agro-industrial producers
Result: Information generation

Agricultural censuses

19/02/2025 Go to Evidence

Of the 33 countries in LAC, only three have an agricultural census produced in the last 5 years (FAO and UNDP, 2025)

FAO y PNUD (2025)

FAO y PNUD. 2025. Caracterización de la agricultura familiar en América Latina y el Caribe: Desafíos, evidencia y perspectivas. Santiago, FAO.

Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products
Area: Family Farming Agrifood Context
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Public institutions Agro-industrial producers Agricultural producers Agricultural workers

Agri-food exports from Spain

13/08/2024 Go to Evidence

70,000 million euros per year exceeded Spanish agri-food and fisheries exports for the first time (MAPA, 2024).

Las exportaciones agroalimentarias y pesqueras españolas han superado por primera vez los 70,000 millones de euros anuales. (MAPA, 2024).

Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación de España

Tag: Value_chains
Country: Spain
Sector: Agrifood (products) Economia, total goods Multisectoral
Area: International Trade and Regional Integration Agrifood Context
Instrument: Bilateral, regional, multi-country, multilateral and global agreements
Beneficiary: Private enterprises Exporters Agro-industrial producers Agricultural producers
Result: Improved commercial competitiveness Impact: Economic growth

Agricultural sector loans

17/05/2024 Go to Evidence

1.6% reached loans to the agricultural sector in LAC in 2020, before decreasing to 1.37% in 2021 (ECLAC et al., 2024).

CEPAL. et al, 2024

"FAO, IICA, CEPAL y P M A. 2024. Financiamiento para la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición en América Latina y el Caribe. Santiago de Chile. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd0527es"

Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products Agri-Food (total)
Area: Family Farming Agrifood Context
Beneficiary: Urban or peri-urban farmers Private enterprises Exporters Agro-industrial producers
Result: Impact: Economic growth Jobs generated Improved productivity