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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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PAI focused on improving access to credit

09/10/2025 Go to Evidence

0.6% of the 497 productive articulation initiatives (PAI) (same 20 countries; 2023–2025) prioritize improving access to credit (ECLAC, 2025).

Tag: Green_Finance InvestmentFinancing
Country: Argentina The Bahamas Belize Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Ecuador Grenada Jamaica Mexico Panama Peru Dominican Republic Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Uruguay Venezuela
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Agrifood Context
Instrument: Access to preferential credits Expansion of the supply of agricultural credit International financial cooperation Microcredits
Beneficiary: MSMEs Agro-industrial producers Agricultural producers
Result: Access to financial services

PAI focused on technology extension

09/10/2025 Go to Evidence

1.2% of the 497 productive articulation initiatives (PAI) (same 20 countries; 2023–2025) focus on technology extension services (ECLAC, 2025).

Tag: Digital_Inclusion
Country: Argentina The Bahamas Belize Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Ecuador Grenada Jamaica Mexico Peru Dominican Republic Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Uruguay Venezuela
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Agrifood Context
Instrument: Support for the adoption of agricultural technologies (transfering to producers) Agricultural extension services
Result: Improvement in technical assistance and rural extension services

Countries improving productivity

09/10/2025 Go to Evidence

3 more countries recorded positive productivity changes in 2024 than in 2023, according to the comparative count of the report (ECLAC, 2025).

3 países más registraron variaciones positivas de productividad en 2024 respecto de 2023, según el recuento comparativo del informe (CEPAL, 2025).

Tag: Regional_Cooperation
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (countries)
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Agrifood Context
Instrument: Strategic planning Prospective studies (forecasting)
Result: Impact: Economic growth Information generation

IAP: market access/internationalization

09/10/2025 Go to Evidence

According to the report (ECLAC, 2025), 26.6% of the 497 Productive Articulation Initiatives (IAP) (20 countries, 2023–2025) have as their strategic focus access to new markets or internationalization.

26,6% de las 497 Iniciativas de Articulación Productiva (IAP) (20 países, 2023–2025) tiene como foco estratégico el acceso a nuevos mercados o la internacionalización, según el informe (CEPAL, 2025).

Tag: Value_chains Regional_Cooperation
Country: The Bahamas Peru Dominican Republic Dominica Grenada Belize Mexico Brazil Suriname Argentina Costa Rica Venezuela Chile Uruguay Colombia Jamaica Ecuador Panama Cuba Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: International Trade and Regional Integration
Instrument: Bilateral, regional, multi-country, multilateral and global agreements Linkages between producers and value chains and markets
Result: Access to financial services Improved commercial competitiveness

Social services: external productivity

09/10/2025 Go to Evidence

34.6 was the external relative labor productivity index for Social services in LAC versus the EU (EU=100) in 2023 (ECLAC, 2025).

34,6 fue el índice de productividad laboral relativa externa del sector Servicios sociales de ALC frente a la UE (UE=100) en 2023, según el informe (CEPAL, 2025).

Tag: Gaps
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (countries) European Union
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Territorial Management One Health
Instrument: Agricultural extension services Individual capacity building
Result: Impact: Social inclusion Impact: Improved living conditions

International-cooperation financing for PAI

09/10/2025 Go to Evidence

15 initiatives report financing from international cooperation in the dataset of 687 IAPs across 18 countries (2023–2025) (ECLAC, 2025).

15 iniciativas reportan financiamiento de cooperación internacional en la base de 687 IAP de 18 países (2023–2025) presentada en el informe (CEPAL, 2025).

Tag: Regional_Cooperation South_South_Cooperation
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (countries)
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Agrifood Context
Instrument: Bilateral, regional, multi-country, multilateral and global agreements International technical cooperation
Result: Information generation

Climate equivalent annual investment required

09/10/2025 Go to Evidence

3.7% to 4.9% of regional GDP is the estimated average annual equivalent of climate investment through 2030 in LAC (ECLAC, 2025).

3,7% a 4,9% del PIB regional es el equivalente anual promedio de la inversión climática estimada hasta 2030 en ALC, según el informe (CEPAL, 2025).

Tag: ClimateSmartAgriculture Trade&Environment COP
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (countries)
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Associativity Bioeconomy
Instrument: International financial cooperation Investment funds
Beneficiary: Consumers Private enterprises Public institutions Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) Agro-industrial producers Agricultural producers
Result: Climate mitigation Impact: Climate risk resilience

Macro losses due to temperature

09/10/2025 Go to Evidence

6.3% of GDP would be the estimated losses for LAC associated with rising temperatures toward 2030, according to the reported climate-impact scenario (ECLAC, 2025).

6,3% del PIB serían las pérdidas estimadas para ALC asociadas al aumento de la temperatura hacia 2030, según el escenario de impactos climáticos reportado (CEPAL, 2025).

Tag: ClimateSmartAgriculture Trade&Environment Climate_Risks
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (countries)
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Agrifood Context
Result: Risk mitigation Climate mitigation

Climate investment required

09/10/2025 Go to Evidence

US$2.1 to US$2.8 trillion is the estimated range of cumulative investment through 2030 in LAC to meet climate commitments, per the report (ECLAC, 2025).

2,1 a 2,8 billones de dólares es el rango de inversión acumulada estimada hasta 2030 en ALC para cumplir compromisos climáticos, según el informe (CEPAL, 2025).

Tag: ClimateSmartAgriculture COP Decarbonization
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (countries)
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Associativity Bioeconomy
Instrument: International, public-private partnerships International financial cooperation Investment funds
Beneficiary: Consumers Private enterprises Public institutions Researchers
Result: Climate mitigation

Rising share of business services

09/10/2025 Go to Evidence

9.5% was the share of business services after increasing from 5% (as reported over time) (ECLAC, 2025).

El 9,5% fue la participación de los servicios empresariales tras aumentar desde 5% (comparación temporal reportada) (CEPAL, 2025).

Tag: Value_chains
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (countries)
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Digital Transformation
Instrument: Networks and platforms for dialogue and collaboration Linkages between producers and value chains and markets
Beneficiary: Private enterprises
Result: Improved productivity