Honduras achieves record figure

3.4 million quintals of beans reached Honduras in record production, 500 thousand more than in 2022 (SAG, 2024).

Honduras logra cifra récord con producción de 3.4 millones de quintales de frijol, 500 mil más que en 2022. (SAG, 2024)

Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería de Honduras

Agri-food sector

12.6% of Honduras' real GDP in 2022 came from the agrifood sector (Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería de Honduras, 2023).

Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería de Honduras (2023). Política de Estado del Sector Agroalimentario de Honduras (PESAH) 2023-2043.

Banco Central de Honduras (BCH). (2023). Cifras del PIB.

Cattle sector

25% of Honduras' territory, more than 3 million hectares, is used by the cattle sector (Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería de Honduras, 2023).

Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería de Honduras (2023). Política de Estado del Sector Agroalimentario de Honduras (PESAH) 2023-2043.

Project +Cotton

More than 11,000 small cotton producers in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, Paraguay and Peru have benefited from the +Cotton project (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023).

ISPA, 2023

Perspectivas de la Agricultura y del Desarrollo Rural en las Américas: una mirada hacia América Latina y el Caribe 2023-2024

Evidence detail

PRONACOM

MINECO - PRONACOM

Coffee Production

60% of global coffee supply comes from smallholder farmers

El 60% del suministro mundial de café procede de pequeños agricultores

Enveritas, 2018. “How many coffee farmers are there? Global coffee farm study”

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

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