Global: Cost increases

50% of growers in the global fresh produce industry sold at a loss or broke even due to increased costs from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Global Coalition of Fresh Produce: Survey into costs and prices for fresh produce operators

Canada: Cost increases

14% increase in prices did not offset the higher costs, affecting the respondents due to competition and low negotiation.

Global Coalition of Fresh Produce: Survey into costs and prices for fresh produce operators

Mexico: Cost increases

7.6% is the average increase in selling prices in Mexico over the past two years, but half of those surveyed have not compensated for rising costs, selling at break-even or at a loss.

Global Coalition of Fresh Produce: Survey into costs and prices for fresh produce operators

South America: Cost increases

85% of respondents in South America increased their prices by 13%, but 70% did not compensate for rising costs, and 44% sell at a loss or break even.

Global Coalition of Fresh Produce: Survey into costs and prices for fresh produce operators

Africa: Increasing costs

A 27% increase in selling prices in Africa has not offset operating costs, leaving 75% of the industry at a loss or break-even.

Global Coalition of Fresh Produce: Survey into costs and prices for fresh produce operators

New Zealand: Cost increases

25% of respondents in New Zealand sell at a loss and half are breaking even due to rising costs not offset by rising prices.

Global Coalition of Fresh Produce: Survey into costs and prices for fresh produce operators

Australia: Cost increases

More than 70% of respondents increased their selling prices in the last two years in Australia, but these increases have not offset rising production and operating costs.

Global Coalition of Fresh Produce: Survey into costs and prices for fresh produce operators

Internet Access in Rural Households

More than 90% of rural households in Peru, Bolivia, El Salvador and Paraguay have no Internet connection.

Perú, Bolivia, El Salvador y Paraguay más del 90 % de los hogares rurales no cuentan con conexión a Internet.

CEPAL (Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe, Chile). 2020. Construir un nuevo futuro: una recuperación transformadora con igualdad y sostenibilidad (en línea). Santiago, Chile, ONU. Consultado 12 jul. 2023. Disponible en https:// repositorio.cepal.org/bitstream/handle/11362/46227/S2000699_es.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y.

Mexico Hectares of Agricultural Use

Mexico reached 32.1 million hectares for agricultural use (INEGI, 2022).

México alcanza las 32.1 millones de hectáreas para uso agrícola. (INEGI, 2022).

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía de México (INEGI)

Economic growth of LAC in 2022

3.7% was the growth rate of economic activity in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in 2022, which is about half of the 6.7% rate recorded in 2021 (IMF, 2023).

FMI (2023)

FMI (Fondo Monetario Internacional, Estados Unidos de América). 2023a. World Economic Outlook: A Rocky Recovery. Washington, D. C., Estados Unidos de América.