influence of the mix of expenditures related to agriculture on net income generation, using data for 19 Latin American and … positively impacts agriculture's performance. More importantly, and of greater practical economic significance, increasing the …

countries accounted for 78 percent of the region's population, 80 percent of the region's agricultural value added, and 84 … for only 4.5 percent of worldwide Gross Domestic Product (GDP), but 7.7 percent of agricultural value added and more than … 10 percent of agricultural and food exports. The table reveals the considerable diversity within the region in terms of …