A new estimate for global and country-level employment in agrifood systems
Benjamin G. Davis·Esther Laske·Leman Yonca Gurbuzer·Ramya Ambikapathi·Paul Winters·Natalia Piedrahita·Veronica Boero·Nidhi Chaudhary·Rodrigo Rivera·Kate Schneider·Nimra Azhar·Marwan Benali·Erdgin Mane·Giulia Caivano
• Globally, 1.29B people worked in agrifood systems in 2021: 868M in agriculture, 418M in non-agriculture AFS. • AFS jobs dominate Africa (64%) and Asia (42%), with agriculture accounting for 48% and 29%, respectively. • Overall, 3.78B people live in households reliant on agrifood system-based livelihoods. • New dataset covers 184 countries (99% of population) and includes a balanced panel of 149 countries from 2000–2021. Global and national policy discourse and agendas are moving beyond traditi