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Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies

Evidences

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Transport & information: key productivity

09/10/2025 Go to Evidence

33.6 was the external relative labor productivity index for Transport and information in LAC versus the EU (EU=100) in 2023 (ECLAC, 2025).

33,6 fue el índice de productividad laboral relativa externa del sector Transporte e información de ALC frente a la UE (UE=100) en 2023, según el informe (CEPAL, 2025).

Tag: Value_chains Connectivity
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (countries) European Union
Sector: Mobility, Services or Transport Logistics
Area: Agrifood Context
Instrument: Production infrastructure Linkages between producers and value chains and markets
Result: Improved logistical and administrative capacity Improved commercial competitiveness

Basic services: gap in productivity

09/10/2025 Go to Evidence

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

42,7 fue el índice de productividad laboral relativa externa del sector Servicios básicos de ALC frente a la UE (UE=100) en 2023, según el informe (CEPAL, 2025).

Tag: Agriculture&Energy Connectivity
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (countries) European Union
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Water for Agriculture Territorial Management
Beneficiary: Consumers Agro-industrial producers Agricultural producers
Result: Improved water quality Strengthened water resources management Impact: Energy transition

PAI: focused on specialized public infrastructure

09/10/2025 Go to Evidence

0.4% of the 497 productive articulation initiatives (PAI) (same 20 countries; 2023–2025) focus on specialized public infrastructure development (ECLAC, 2025).

0,4% de las 497 iniciativas de articulación productiva (IAP) (en los 20 países listados; 2023–2025) reporta como foco estratégico el desarrollo de infraestructura pública especializada, según el informe (CEPAL, 2025).

Tag: Connectivity
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: Territorial Management
Instrument: Production infrastructure Public infrastructure investment
Beneficiary: Public institutions Researchers Agro-industrial producers Agricultural producers
Result: Improved logistical and administrative capacity

Internet Access in Rural Households

12/07/2023 Go to Evidence

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.

Tag: Connectivity
Country: El Salvador El Salvador El Salvador El Salvador
Sector: Agri-Food (total) Information technology Communication technology
Area: Family Farming Territorial Management Digital Transformation
Instrument: Situation and prospective analysis (regional or international) Studies and diagnoses Prospective studies (forecasting)
Result: Information generation

Access to connectivity in rural areas

01/12/2022 Go to Evidence

56.6% of the inhabitants of rural areas do not have access to significant connectivity, which is equivalent to 36.2 million people in rural áreas (IICA, et al. 2022).

IICA, et al. 2022

IICA, Banco Mundial, CAF, Bayer, Microsoft y Syngenta. 2022. Conectividad rural en América Latina y el Caribe. Estado de situación, retos y acciones para la digitalización y el desarrollo sostenible. San José de Costa Rica

Tag: Urban_Rural_Gap Connectivity
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Communication technology
Area: Digital Transformation
Instrument: Internet of things
Result: Digital transformation

Connectivity gap

31/12/2020 Go to Evidence

While 71% of the urban population has significant connectivity services, in rural populations this percentage drops to 36.8%.

Ziegler et al. (2020)

Ziegler, S; Arias Segura, J; Bosio, M; Camacho, K. 2020. Conectividad rural en América Latina y el Caribe: un puente al desarrollo sostenible en tiempos de pandemia (en línea). San José, Costa Rica, IICA. 119 p

Tag: Connectivity Urban_Rural_Gap
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (countries)
Sector: Information technology Communication technology
Area: Digital Transformation Agrifood Context
Result: Impact: Social inclusion Impact: Sustainable Rural Development

Information Exchange between Companies

16/11/2006 Go to Evidence

75% of companies gain more benefits from information exchange (visits to "model" companies, customer-supplier forums, training in standard problem identification techniques) than what they fear from peer discussion about their problems (Sabel & Reddy, 2006).

75% de las empresas obtienen más beneficios del intercambio de información (visitas a empresas "modelo", foros cliente-proveedor, capacitación en técnicas estándar de identificación de problemas) que lo que temen del debate entre pares sobre sus problemas (Sabel y Reddy, 2006).

Sabel, C. F., & Reddy, S. G. (2006). Learning to Learn: Undoing the Gordian Knot of Development Today.

Tag: Open_science Connectivity
Country: World (aggregate)
Area: Associativity
Instrument: Entrepreneurial capacity building Individual capacity building Experience sharing Demonstration plots
Beneficiary: Private enterprises
Result: Increased knowledge Improved technical capacities Information generation Improvement in technical assistance and rural extension services