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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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Agricultural employment in LAC vs EU

09/10/2025 Go to Evidence

In 2023, agriculture accounted for 12.1% of employment in Latin America and the Caribbean, versus 3.8% in the European Union, per the report’s employment-by-sector chart (ECLAC, 2025).

En 2023, la agricultura representó 12,1% del empleo en América Latina y el Caribe, frente a 3,8% en la Unión Europea, según el gráfico comparativo de participación del empleo por actividad económica (CEPAL, 2025).

Tag: Value_chains
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (countries) European Union
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Agrifood Context
Beneficiary: Agricultural workers

Agricultural production chains and local developme

16/08/2025 Go to Evidence

The study analyzes local development in the Quevedo canton (Ecuador) based on the strengthening of its agricultural production chains, combining a review of scientific literature and a territorial diagnosis. It identifies the structural conditions, levels of association, and degree of commercial integration of the main crops (bananas, rice, cocoa, African palm, and tropical fruits) revealing an unequal and fragmented structure. The results highlight problems such as intermediation, limited access to credit, low levels of technification, and weak institutional governance, which limit the competitiveness and sustainability of the territory. The article concludes that strengthening chains with a territorial, inclusive, and sustainable approach is essential to boost the rural economy, reduce inequality, and consolidate an equitable local development model.

Universidad Técnica Estatal de Quevedo, Ecuador.

Muñoz, G. B. E., Muñoz, C. A. G., & Nagua, S. V. A. (2025). Análisis del Desarrollo Local en el Cantón Quevedo a partir del Fortalecimiento de las Cadenas Agroproductivas: Una Revisión de Literatura y Diagnóstico Territorial. Ciencia Latina: Revista Multidisciplinar, 9(4), 6930-6948.

Tag: Urban_Rural_Gap Value_chains SustainableProductivity
Country: Ecuador
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products Agrifood (products) Business organization and management
Area: Associativity Agrifood Context Territorial Management
Instrument: Access to preferential credits Technical assistance to producers Strategies, plans, policies or guidelines; sectoral or national Fostering of associativity
Beneficiary: Producer organizations (cooperatives, etc.) Agricultural producers
Result: Impact: Sustainable Rural Development Institutional capacity building Impact: Production inclusion Improved productivity

Impacto Socioeconómico del Sector (ES)

12/06/2025 Go to Evidence

A pesar de las dificultades, el sector lácteo aún tiene un peso socioeconómico considerable. Según estimaciones de MIDA, la cadena lechera (producción primaria + industria + comercialización) genera alrededor de 270,000 empleos directos e indirectos en el país. (ES)

Tag: Value_chains Dairy_CentralAmerica
Country: Panama
Sector: Agrifood (products) Dairy Value Chain Dairy
Area: Agrifood Context
Beneficiary: Rural communities Agricultural workers

GDP per capita

02/05/2025 Go to Evidence

12,688 USD was the global GDP per capita in 2022, more than double that of 2000, while global agricultural employment fell from 40% to 26% (FAO, 2024).

FAO, 2024

FAO. 2024. El estado de los mercados de productos básicos agrícolas 2024. Comercio y nutrición: coherencia de las políticas en favor de dietas saludables. Roma.

Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products Food
Area: Agrifood Context
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Public institutions
Result: Information generation

Informality and gender gap

03/12/2024 Go to Evidence

55% of women entrepreneurs in Latin America and the Caribbean work in the informal sector, which limits their ability to grow in size and profits (ECLAC, 2024).

CEPAL, 2024

M. Williams and A. Constable, “Climate change financing in the Caribbean: an analysis from a gender perspective”, Gender Affairs Series, No. 165 (LC/TS.2024/104), Santiago, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), 2024

Tag: Gaps
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Multisectoral
Area: Agrifood Context

Employment in Brazil

06/11/2024 Go to Evidence

8.7% of employment in Brazil in 2022 was related to agriculture, down from 15.4% in 2000 (OECD, 2024).

OECD (2024), Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2024: Innovation for Sustainable Productivity Growth, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/74da57ed-en

Country: Brazil
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Beneficiary: Agricultural workers

Primary agriculture

06/11/2024 Go to Evidence

2% of GDP and 1.6% of employment in Canada come from primary agriculture, which has a greater economic contribution in some regions of the country (OECD, 2024).

OECD (2024), Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2024: Innovation for Sustainable Productivity Growth, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/74da57ed-en

Country: Canada
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Value Addition
Beneficiary: Agricultural producers Agricultural workers
Result: Impact: Economic growth