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

Evidences

10 results

Logistics Costs Are Holding Back Regional Agricult

27/04/2026 Go to Evidence

65% of agrifood companies in Latin America and the Caribbean identify high logistics and transportation costs as the main barrier to growth and participation in international trade.

(BID, 2026)

Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID)

Tag: Value_chains InvestmentFinancing NewGenerationPolicies Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (agg. 20 countries)
Sector: Agri-Food (total) Finance, banking and insurance Mobility, Services or Transport Logistics
Area: International Trade and Regional Integration Agrifood Context Value Addition
Instrument: Expansion of the supply of agricultural credit Technical assistance to producers Entrepreneurial capacity building Marketing and trade promotion Linkages between producers and value chains and markets
Beneficiary: Value Chains
Result: Food access Access to financial services Improved logistical and administrative capacity Improved commercial competitiveness

Agrifood Companies Depend on Their Own Resources

27/04/2026 Go to Evidence

83% of agrifood companies in Latin America and the Caribbean finance their investments primarily with their own resources due to limited access to credit.

(BID, 2026)

Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID)

Tag: Value_chains Trade&Environment InvestmentFinancing NewGenerationPolicies
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (agg. 20 countries)
Sector: Agri-Food (total) Finance, banking and insurance
Area: International Trade and Regional Integration Agrifood Context Value Addition
Instrument: Expansion of the supply of agricultural credit Entrepreneurial capacity building Marketing and trade promotion Linkages between producers and value chains and markets
Beneficiary: Value Chains
Result: Food access Access to financial services Improved logistical and administrative capacity Improved commercial competitiveness

Companies Are Unaware of Public Policy Instruments

27/04/2026 Go to Evidence

47% of surveyed agrifood companies in Latin America and the Caribbean report being unaware of public policy instruments targeted at the sector, highlighting gaps in access to support programs.

(BID, 2026)

Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID)

Tag: Value_chains InvestmentFinancing NewGenerationPolicies
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (agg. 20 countries)
Sector: Agri-Food (total) Finance, banking and insurance
Area: International Trade and Regional Integration Agrifood Context Value Addition
Instrument: Expansion of the supply of agricultural credit Entrepreneurial capacity building Marketing and trade promotion Linkages between producers and value chains and markets
Beneficiary: Value Chains
Result: Access to financial services Improved logistical and administrative capacity Improved commercial competitiveness

Companies Demand Trade-Related Training

27/04/2026 Go to Evidence

67% of surveyed agrifood companies in Latin America and the Caribbean are interested in training on market access and international trade.

(BID, 2026)

Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID)

Tag: Value_chains InvestmentFinancing NewGenerationPolicies
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (agg. 20 countries)
Sector: Agri-Food (total) Finance, banking and insurance
Area: International Trade and Regional Integration Agrifood Context Value Addition
Instrument: Expansion of the supply of agricultural credit Entrepreneurial capacity building Marketing and trade promotion Linkages between producers and value chains and markets
Beneficiary: Value Chains
Result: Access to financial services Improved logistical and administrative capacity Improved commercial competitiveness

SMEs Dominate the Regional Agrifood Sector

27/04/2026 Go to Evidence

66% of surveyed agrifood companies in Latin America and the Caribbean identify themselves as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

(BID, 2026)

Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID)

Tag: Value_chains InvestmentFinancing NewGenerationPolicies
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (agg. 20 countries)
Sector: Agri-Food (total) Finance, banking and insurance
Area: International Trade and Regional Integration Agrifood Context Value Addition
Instrument: Expansion of the supply of agricultural credit Entrepreneurial capacity building Marketing and trade promotion Linkages between producers and value chains and markets
Beneficiary: Value Chains
Result: Access to financial services Improved logistical and administrative capacity Improved commercial competitiveness

LAC: water crisis hits over 100 million people

20/04/2026 Go to Evidence

100 million people in LAC face water scarcity despite the region holding 34% of the planet's renewable freshwater (FAO, 2026).

(FAO,2026)

Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO). (2026, abril 20). La FAO y CEPAL advierten que América Latina y el Caribe enfrenta una crisis hídrica que afecta a más de 100 millones de personas. https://www.fao.org/americas/news/news-detail/crisis-hidrica/es

Tag: Climate_Risks Food_Water_Security Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition Droughts
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (agg. 20 countries)
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Water for Agriculture Agrifood Context

LAC on track to meet only 19% of SDG targets

14/04/2026 Go to Evidence

19% of 2030 Agenda targets will be met by LAC at the current pace — down from 23% the prior year — with 39% stagnant or regressing compared to 2015 (CEPAL, 2026).

(CEPAL, 2026)

Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL). (2026). Al ritmo actual, América Latina y el Caribe solo cumpliría el 19% de las metas de la Agenda 2030. https://www.cepal.org

Tag: Geopolitics NewGenerationPolicies Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition Avanzar2030
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (agg. 20 countries)
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Agrifood Context

486 Thousand People Exposed to Severe Drought

23/04/2024

486,000 people in rural areas of Central America faced severe drought conditions between April and November 2023, affecting the main planting and harvesting seasons due to reduced rainfall associated with the El Niño phenomenon. (WFP, 2024).

Programa Mundial de Alimentos (WFP). (2024). Fenómeno de El Niño 2023–2024: América Latina y el Caribe.

PMA. 2024

Tag: ElNiño Climate_Risks Food_Water_Security Droughts
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (agg. 20 countries)
Sector: Agri-Food (total) Environment and natural resources
Area: Territorial Management Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Water for Agriculture Family Farming
Instrument: Internacional humanitarian and Development Assistance Food aid Intersectoral and interinstitucional coordination Strategies, plans, policies or guidelines; sectoral or national Studies and diagnoses
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Rural communities Agricultural producers
Result: Strengthened water resources management Impact: Food and nutritional security

Food Crisis Worsened by El Niño

23/04/2024 Go to Evidence

43.2 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean do not have sufficient access to food, in a context worsened by climate impacts associated with the El Niño phenomenon. (WFP, 2024)

Programa Mundial de Alimentos (WFP). (2024). Fenómeno de El Niño 2023–2024: América Latina y el Caribe.

PMA, 2024.

Tag: ElNiño Climate_Risks Food_Water_Security Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (agg. 20 countries)
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture
Instrument: Internacional humanitarian and Development Assistance Food aid
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Rural communities Researchers Agricultural producers
Result: Risk mitigation Impact: Climate risk resilience Impact: Food and nutritional security

Dry Corridor Faces Food Crisis

23/04/2024 Go to Evidence

1.7 to 2.7 million people in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua may require food assistance by March 2024 due to the impacts of the El Niño phenomenon in the Central American Dry Corridor (WFP, 2024).

Programa Mundial de Alimentos (WFP). (2024). Fenómeno de El Niño 2023–2024: América Latina y el Caribe.

PMA, 2024.

Tag: ElNiño Climate_Risks Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (agg. 20 countries)
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture
Instrument: Internacional humanitarian and Development Assistance Food aid
Beneficiary: Researchers
Result: Risk mitigation Impact: Climate risk resilience Impact: Food and nutritional security