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Guidelines, strategies, regulations, resolutions and agreements, at the international, regional, national and subnational levels that configure the actions of the State.

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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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National Plan for Adaptation to Climate Change Colombia

The PNACC defines actions that outline a development path according to which Colombia reacts to the evidence of what climate change implies for social well-being and economic growth, minimizing negati...

NDC: Nationally Determined Contribution of Costa Rica

The NDC is articulated on public policy in several fundamental axes aimed at having a low-carbon and resilient development to the effects of climate change that promotes adaptation and brings co-benef...

Colombia - Law on policy to prevent food loss and waste and other provisions - Law 1990

The Law establishes the Policy to Prevent Food Loss and Waste. Its objective is to implement measures that reduce these phenomena, contributing to sustainable development through social inclusion, env...

Paraguay - Law establishing the special regime for food donation of September 2020.

This law creates the Special Regime for the Donation of Food suitable for human consumption, which will aim to contribute to meeting the food needs of the most economically vulnerable population.

Reduction of tariffs on food, beverages, cereals, seeds for agricultural products, among others./n

The Colombian government issued Decree 307, which established, among other measures, that 165 subheadings would not be subject to tariffs, which previously ranged between 5%, 10% and 15%, for six mont...

Agricultural input pricing policy (Decree 417 - Resolution 071 - 03/28/20)

The resolution subjects baskets of key products of fertilizers, pesticides, veterinary medicines, biological products for livestock use, and animal feed, used as inputs for agricultural production, un...

Honduras Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC-HN)

The Honduras Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC-HN) is a document that establishes the country's commitments and goals to address climate change, both in mitigation and adaptation, with a compreh...

District Risk Management and Climate Change Plan for Bogotá D.C.

The District Plan for Disaster Risk and Climate Change Management of Bogotá, approved by Agreement 001 of November 9, 2018 and adopted by Decree 837 of 2018, is the planning instrument of the Distric...

Colombia - Food Labelling Law

This law adopts measures that promote healthy food environments, guaranteeing access to clear, truthful, timely, visible, suitable and sufficient information on food products and beverages offered in ...

Comprehensive territorial climate change management plan for the Department of Cesar

This document constitutes a proposal for a Comprehensive Territorial Climate Change Management Plan for the department of Cesar, seen from a positive perspective to the year 2032. Its objective is to ...

Peru: High Level Commission to address food crisis and family farming (Supreme Resolution No. 010-2022-MIDAGRI)

The Peruvian Government formalized the creation of a temporary Multisectoral Commission called “High Level Commission to address the food security and family farming crisis”, attached to the Minis...

Decree 309 of March 13, 2022 of the Special Transitory Law to Combat Commodity Inflation

The purpose of this law is to ensure the supply of basic necessities of the basic food basket, in order to be able to acquire them at adequate prices, so that there is no harm to consumers, as well as...