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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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Impact of CBAM on costs

23/03/2026 Go to Evidence

10%–20% is the increase in the cost of ammonia imports in the EU due to the CBAM mechanism (Earth Platform, 2026).

Plataforma Tierra. (2026). El mercado mundial de fertilizantes en 2026: geopolítica y tensiones en la oferta. https://www.plataformatierra.es/mercados/mercado-mundial-fertilizantes-2026-geopolitica

Plataforma Tierra. (2026)

Tag: Armed_Conflict
Country: Europe (aggregate)
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products Fertilizers (Value Chain)
Area: International Trade and Regional Integration Bioinputs
Beneficiary: Private enterprises Agricultural producers

Concentration in Asia-Pacific

23/03/2026 Go to Evidence

44.8% of global fertilizer production is concentrated in the Asia-Pacific region (Earth Platform, 2026).

Plataforma Tierra. (2026). El mercado mundial de fertilizantes en 2026: geopolítica y tensiones en la oferta. https://www.plataformatierra.es/mercados/mercado-mundial-fertilizantes-2026-geopolitica

Plataforma Tierra. (2026)

Tag: Armed_Conflict
Country: South-East Asia and Pacific
Sector: Fertilizers (Value Chain)
Area: International Trade and Regional Integration Bioinputs
Beneficiary: Private enterprises Exporters Public institutions Agricultural producers

Fall in European production

23/03/2026 Go to Evidence

European ammonia production is 19% below 2019 levels (Plataforma Tierra, 2026).

Plataforma Tierra. (2026). El mercado mundial de fertilizantes en 2026: geopolítica y tensiones en la oferta. https://www.plataformatierra.es/mercados/mercado-mundial-fertilizantes-2026-geopolitica

Plataforma Tierra. (2026

Tag: Armed_Conflict
Country: Europe (aggregate)
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products Fertilizers (Value Chain)
Area: International Trade and Regional Integration Bioinputs
Beneficiary: Private enterprises Agricultural producers

Hormuz: 95% collapse in maritime traffic

08/03/2026 Go to Evidence

Ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell more than 95% (from over 100 vessels per day to fewer than 10), disrupting flows of oil, LNG and fertilizers essential for global agricultural production (UNCTAD, 2026).

UNCTAD. (2026). Actualización sobre el comercio mundial 2026: Principales tendencias que configuran el comercio internacional. Naciones Unidas.

Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre Comercio y Desarrollo (2026)

Tag: Geopolitics Food_Inflation Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: America, Caribbean (Countries) World (aggregate)
Sector: Agri-Food (total) Energies excl. Renewable energies Fertilizers (Value Chain)
Area: International Trade and Regional Integration Agrifood Context

Regional exports

03/12/2025 Go to Evidence

A quarter of regional exports came from the agricultural sector (CAF, 2025).

CAF, 2025

Maris, L. (2025). Hacia un sector agropecuario resiliente, sostenible y regenerativo. CAF – Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe. https://scioteca.caf.com/bitstream/handle/123456789/2512/Hacia%20un%20sector%20agropecuario%20resiliente%2c%20sostenible%20y%20regenerativo.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Tag: Trade&Environment
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: International Trade and Regional Integration
Beneficiary: Exporters Public institutions

Rural employment

03/12/2025 Go to Evidence

55% of rural employment corresponds to agriculture in ALC (CAF, 2025).

CAF, 2025

Maris, L. (2025). Hacia un sector agropecuario resiliente, sostenible y regenerativo. CAF – Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe. https://scioteca.caf.com/bitstream/handle/123456789/2512/Hacia%20un%20sector%20agropecuario%20resiliente%2c%20sostenible%20y%20regenerativo.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Multisectoral
Area: Value Addition
Beneficiary: Public institutions Agricultural workers

Guyana's Agricultural Growth Surge

27/08/2025 Go to Evidence

The agricultural sector is undergoing a profound transformation: in 2025, the country achieved a production of over 700,000 tons of rice for the first time.( Ali, M. I., y Mustapha, Z. , 2025)

Ali, M. I., y Mustapha, Z. (2025). Guyana: una nueva frontera agrícola en las Américas. Infobae.

https://www.infobae.com/america/opinion/2025/08/27/guyana-una-nueva-frontera-agricola-en-las-americas/

Tag: Agriculture&Energy Value_chains
Country: Guyana
Sector: Agrifood (products) Economia, total goods Environment and natural resources
Area: Agrifood Context

Biodiesel Exports

15/05/2025 Go to Evidence

More than 4 million tons per year of installed capacity allowed exporting 1.3 million tons of biodiesel in 2022 (Cámara Argentina de Biocombustibles, 2023).

Cámara Argentina de Biocombustibles, 2023

Cámara Argentina de Biocombustibles. (2023). Anuario estadístico 2022-2023.

Tag: Agriculture&Energy
Country: Argentina
Sector: Renewable energy
Area: Biofuels Bioeconomy
Instrument: Collect, analyze, disseminate and exchange data and information between countries
Beneficiary: Consumers Public institutions Researchers
Result: Information generation