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Caribbean lags: 45% of SDG targets regressing
the Caribbean has the lowest share of targets on track for fulfillment (13%), compared to 19% in South America and 18% in Central America and Mexico. Some 45% of Caribbean targets show stagnation or regression — the highest share among the three su...
LAC on track to meet only 19% of SDG targets
the region is on track to meet only 19% of the 2030 Agenda targets at the current pace — down from 23% estimated the previous year. Some 42% of targets are advancing in the right direction but too slowly, while 39% are stagnant or regressing compar...
FAO: 40-day conflict may cut fertilizer applicatio
FAO's Maximo Torero warns that high fertilizer costs and prolonged conflict may force farmers to cut inputs and plantings. A 20% reduction in fertilizers could slash yields by 25%, as costs now consume half of smallholder budgets.
FAO: Vegetable oil up 5.1%, sugar up 7.2% in March
Vegetable oil prices increased 5.1% in March, marking a third consecutive monthly rise, while sugar prices jumped 7.2% to their highest level since October 2025. Both increases are linked to rising energy costs driven by the Iran war and disruptions ...
FAO: Food Price Index rises 2.4% in March
FAO's Food Price Index rose 2.4% in March 2026, reaching its highest level since September of the previous year. The increase reflects the impact of higher energy costs linked to the Iran war, which disrupted the Strait of Hormuz and pushed crude ben...

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Resolution XXIV RO CAS 2012: Statement II - Status of Genetically Modified Organisms in CAS Countries

The declaration of the Southern Agricultural Council (CAS) establishes the intention of the parties to advance in the regulatory harmonization regarding genetically modified organisms.

Resolution XXI RO CAS 2011: Declaration III - Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and its impact on regional agriculture

The declaration of the Southern Agricultural Council (CAS) establishes the intention to analyze the implications of the discussion of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, in aspects such as risk analy...

Resolution XIX RO CAS 2010: Declaration II - Situation of agricultural biotechnology in the CAS countries

The declaration of the Southern Agricultural Council (CAS) establishes the intention to deepen and strengthen the regulatory frameworks and instruments for the use of genetically modified organisms.

Resolution VI 2005 RO CAS: Statement I - On Royalty Collection for Biotechnology Products

The CAS resolution establishes the interest in the coordination of governmental actions between the parties to develop regional technologies, tending to promote innovations in biotechnology. Therefore...

Resolution VI 2005 RO CAS: Declaration II - On Biotechnology and the Cartagena Protocol

The CAS resolution establishes the interest in the coordination of the parties prior to the meeting of the parties to the Cartagena Protocol. The declaration supports the interest in issues under nego...

Resolution VI 2005 RO CAS: Statement III - On Biotechnology and Codex Alimentarius

The declaration of the CAS Ministers underlines the importance of the Codex Alimentarius and the specific work of biotechnology in the framework of the Codex Alimentarius on food. They therefore propo...

Resolution 112/2016 which establishes the functions of the National Advisory Commission on Agricultural Biotechnology (C...

The resolution of the then Secretariat of Value Added, Ministry of Agroindustry, contemplates and establishes CONABIA's functions as advisor to the former Secretariat "in all matters or issues related...

Technical Regulation RT 65.06.01:18 on Biosafety of Living Modified Organisms for Agricultural Use.

This Technical Regulation is developed based on compliance with the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety compliance with the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The ...

United Nations Cooperation Framework for Sustainable Development in Ecuador 2022-2026.

The United Nations Cooperation Framework for Sustainable Development in Ecuador 2022-2026 is the UN's response to the challenges and opportunities to achieve the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Develo...

Framework for Bilateral Technical and Scientific Cooperation 2022-2024 between Mexico and Ecuador.

It was approved at the VIII Meeting of the Joint Commission for Technical and Scientific Cooperation and consists of four projects in the production and trade, agriculture and livestock, biotechnology...

Normative, Conceptual, and New Methodological Currents for the Channeling of Resources of International Cooperation with...

International cooperation in Ecuador is established as a competence of the provincial governments for the management of exclusive competencies as determined in the Montecristi Constitution of 2008 tha...

Ecuador - National Biodiversity Strategy 2015-2030

The vision of development to 2030, agreed upon in the framework of the SNDPP, involves the implementation of successive stages of government and steps that society as a whole must take to materialize ...