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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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Global gap

02/12/2025 Go to Evidence

The global spending gap in food systems is 328 billion USD annually (OECD, 2024).

OECD, 2024

OECD, CEPAL, CAF – Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe, & Comisión Europea. (2024). Perspectivas económicas de América Latina 2024: Financiando el desarrollo sostenible. OECD Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1787/25aed2f5-es

Tag: Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Agrifood Context
Beneficiary: Consumers Public institutions

AGROIDEAS increases coffee yield

28/11/2025 Go to Evidence

92% increase in coffee yield per hectare among producers benefiting from the AGROIDEAS program (MIDAGRI, 2024).

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13036/2041

Tag: AgTech Value_chains Innovation InvestmentFinancing TFP
Country: Peru
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Value Addition Science, Technology, and Innovation
Instrument: Support or subsidy for the acquisition of production assets Seedling/working capital grants to start manufacturing or processing processes Agricultural extension services Direct transfers to producers
Beneficiary: Urban or peri-urban farmers Family agriculture Producer organizations (cooperatives, etc.) Agricultural producers
Result: Access to financial services Productive diversification Impact: Production inclusion Technological Innovation Improved productivity Income improvement

Barriers to the use of technology in agriculture

25/11/2025 Go to Evidence

The study assessed how precision technologies—such as sensors, GIS, and drones—relate to agricultural input management in the San Martín region of Peru. Based on surveys of 120 producers, it found that productivity and sustainability positively influence efficient input management, while costs, limited infrastructure, and resistance to change are the main barriers to their adoption

Santillán-Gonzáles, M., Ganoza-Roncal, J., Lobato-Galvez, R., Oliva-Cruz, C., & Arratea-Pillco, D. (2025).

Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (INIA) Universidad Nacional de Trujillo (UNT)

Tag: SustainableProductivity
Country: Peru
Sector: Tropical Agriculture Agri-Food (total) Science, technology and innovation
Area: Value Addition Science, Technology, and Innovation
Instrument: Technical assistance to producers Digitization of information Education and training for farmers
Beneficiary: Urban or peri-urban farmers Rural communities Researchers
Result: Increased knowledge Improved technical capacities

Agricultural growth in LAC 1961–2021

20/11/2025 Go to Evidence

2.9% per year was the growth of agricultural output in LAC since 1961, driven by a 1.7% annual TFP (Total factor productivity) increase (IBD, 2025).

http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0013695

Tag: Global_Agricultural_Productivity SustainableProductivity
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Value Addition
Instrument: Policy Monitoring and Evaluation Strategic planning
Beneficiary: Consumers Public institutions MSMEs Agricultural producers Agricultural workers
Result: Impact: Economic growth Technological Innovation Improved productivity Impact: Environmental sustainability

Recent stagnation of agricultural TFP in LAC

20/11/2025 Go to Evidence

0.9% was the growth of agricultural Total Factor Productivity (TFP) in Latin America and the Caribbean between 2011 and 2020, signaling a marked slowdown in productivity (IBD, 2025).

http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0013695

Tag: Global_Agricultural_Productivity SustainableProductivity
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Value Addition
Instrument: Policy Monitoring and Evaluation Strategic planning
Beneficiary: Consumers Public institutions MSMEs Agricultural producers Agricultural workers
Result: Impact: Economic growth Technological Innovation Improved productivity Impact: Environmental sustainability

Decline in sustainable productivity

20/11/2025 Go to Evidence

30% declines in sustainable productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean when environmental costs are included, lowering total factor productivity (TFP) to 0.14% per year. (IDB, 2025).

http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0013695

Tag: Global_Agricultural_Productivity SustainableProductivity
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Value Addition
Instrument: Policy Monitoring and Evaluation Strategic planning
Beneficiary: Consumers Public institutions MSMEs Agricultural producers Agricultural workers
Result: Impact: Economic growth Technological Innovation Improved productivity Impact: Environmental sustainability