Employment in fishing 11/11/2025 Go to Evidence 60 million people worldwide work in the primary sectors of fishing and aquaculture (FAO, 2024). FAO, 2024 FAO. 2024. La situación de las mujeres en los sistemas agroalimentarios. Roma. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc5343es Country: World (aggregate) Sector: Aquaculture and fishery products Area: Agrifood Context Beneficiary: Family agriculture Agricultural producers
Rural households livestock farming 11/11/2025 Go to Evidence 60% of rural households obtain income from the livestock sector (FAO, 2024). FAO, 2024 FAO. 2024. La situación de las mujeres en los sistemas agroalimentarios. Roma. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc5343es Tag: Urban_Rural_Gap Country: World (aggregate) Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products Sustainable Livestock Area: Agrifood Context Beneficiary: Agricultural workers
Increase in El Salvador 11/11/2025 Go to Evidence The proportion of women workers in agri-food systems in El Salvador increased by 9 percentage points since 2005 (FAO, 2024). FAO, 2024 FAO. 2024. La situación de las mujeres en los sistemas agroalimentarios. Roma. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc5343es Tag: Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition Country: El Salvador Sector: Agri-Food (total) Area: Agrifood Context Beneficiary: Agricultural producers
Women in Bolivia 11/11/2025 Go to Evidence 54% of the people working in agri-food systems in Bolivia are women (FAO, 2024). FAO, 2024 FAO. 2024. La situación de las mujeres en los sistemas agroalimentarios. Roma. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc5343es Tag: Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition Country: World (aggregate) Sector: Agri-Food (total) Area: Women and Rural Youth Beneficiary: Women
Women in LAC 11/11/2025 Go to Evidence 36% of people working in agri-food systems in LAC are women (FAO, 2024). FAO, 2024 FAO. 2024. La situación de las mujeres en los sistemas agroalimentarios. Roma. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc5343es Tag: Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate) Sector: Agri-Food (total) Area: Agrifood Context Beneficiary: Women
Women in 2019 11/11/2025 Go to Evidence 36% of women workers worldwide were employed in agri-food systems in 2019 (FAO, 2024). FAO, 2024 FAO. 2024. La situación de las mujeres en los sistemas agroalimentarios. Roma. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc5343es Tag: Gaps Country: World (aggregate) Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products Area: Agrifood Context Beneficiary: Family agriculture
Global reduction in employment 11/11/2025 Go to Evidence The global proportion of men and women working in agri-food systems fell by almost 10 percentage points between 2005 and 2019 (FAO, 2024). FAO, 2024 FAO. 2024. La situación de las mujeres en los sistemas agroalimentarios. Roma. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc5343es Tag: Gaps Country: World (aggregate) Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products Area: Women and Rural Youth Beneficiary: Women
11 billion tons 11/11/2025 Go to Evidence 11 billion tons of food are produced annually on a global scale within the framework of food systems (FAO, 2024). FAO, 2024 FAO. 2024. La situación de las mujeres en los sistemas agroalimentarios. Roma. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc5343es Tag: Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition Country: World (aggregate) Sector: Agri-Food (total) Area: Agrifood Context Beneficiary: Family agriculture Consumers Public institutions Agricultural producers
4 billion people 11/11/2025 Go to Evidence 4 billion people worldwide live in households whose livelihoods are linked to food systems (FAO, 2024). FAO, 2024 FAO. 2024. La situación de las mujeres en los sistemas agroalimentarios. Roma. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc5343es Tag: FamilyAndCommunityFarmingSystems Country: World (aggregate) Sector: Agri-Food (total) Area: Agrifood Context Beneficiary: Indigenous communities Agricultural producers
Food gender gap 11/11/2025 Go to Evidence 27.6% of men worldwide suffered from moderate or severe food insecurity in 2021, a significantly lower proportion than that of women (FAO, 2024). FAO, 2024 FAO. 2024. La situación de las mujeres en los sistemas agroalimentarios. Roma. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc5343es Tag: Gaps Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition Country: World (aggregate) Sector: Agri-Food (total) Area: Agrifood Context Beneficiary: Women
