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Policy frameworks

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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Food and post-production costs (2025)
Post-farmgate activities account for 70 to 75 percent of what consumers pay. (Food and Agriculture Organization, 2026).
Average cost of a healthy diet in LAC (2025)
The average cost of a healthy diet in Latin America and the Caribbean was $4.91 purchasing power parity (PPP) per person per day. (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2026).
Global average cost of a healthy diet (2025)
The global average cost of a healthy diet rose to $4.28 purchasing power parity (PPP) per person per day. (Food and Agriculture Organization, 2026).
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World population with food insecurity (2025)
Around 2.1 billion people (25.8% of the world's population) experienced moderate or severe food insecurity in 2025. (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2026).

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Law 731 of 2002 which dictates rules to favor rural women

This Law dictates rules that favor rural women, which it defines as all those who, without distinction of any nature and regardless of the place where they live, their productive activity is directly ...

Law 731 of 2002 (Colombia)

Law 731 of 2002 is a regulation that aims to improve the quality of life of rural women, prioritizing those with low income. It establishes measures to accelerate equity between rural men and women, i...

Law 7472 for the Promotion of Competition and Effective Defense of the Consumer Costa Rica

The purpose of this Law is to effectively protect the rights and legitimate interests of the consumer, the protection and promotion of the process of competition and free concurrence, through the prev...

Rio Declaration on Environment and Development

The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development is a set of 27 principles adopted during the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro from June 3 to 14, 1992....

Constitutive Agreement of the Central American Commission on Environment and Development (CCAD)

The Constitutive Agreement of the Central American Commission on Environment and Development is a regional agreement signed in San José on December 12, 1989, by the Presidents of Costa Rica, El Salva...

Law 30 of 1988 (Colombia)

By which the adequate economic exploitation and social use of rural lands suitable for agricultural exploitation are promoted; raising the standard of living of the peasant population (recognizing wom...

Decree No. 91,766 in 1985 of the National Agrarian Reform Program (PNRA)

The PNRA aims to promote a better distribution of land in Brazil by modifying the land tenure and use regime, adapting it to the country's development requirements. Its objectives are to progressively...

School Nutrition and Health Program

The School Feeding and Health Program of the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology of El Salvador aims to improve learning conditions through school feeding, health, and nutrition. Initiated ...

Law 6879 which creates the 1% Tax on the Customs Value of Imported Goods including agri-food products.

A tax of one percent (1%) on the customs value of imported merchandise is the customs value of imported goods, which must be paid at the time of settlement of the corresponding the time of liquidation...

Federal Labor Law

(EN) It includes reforms to the regulation of domestic work. In Chapter XIII of Title Three on Working Conditions, it enshrines a legal definition of "domestic workers" in which it includes those who ...

Cartagena Agreement Agricultural Development Program

It is a regional initiative aimed at promoting sustainable, competitive, and inclusive development of the agricultural sector in the member countries of the Andean Community. Its main objective is to ...

Fiscal Code Law N°8 of Panama

The Fiscal Code of Panama is a compendium of the local legislation on fiscal matters or National Treasury. It was approved by Law 8 of January 27, 1956 and published in the Official Gazette 12995, on ...