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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 No. 12,854 of August 26, 2013 on forest promotion and recovery.

This law promotes and encourages actions that foster forest recovery and the implementation of agroforestry systems in expropriated rural areas and degraded lands. It focuses on settled family farmers...

Law No. 12,805 of April 29, 2013 establishing the National Policy for Lavoura-Livestock-Floresta Integration (Política ...

Brazil's National Policy for the Integration of Crop-Livestock-Forest aims to sustainably improve the productivity, quality, and profitability of agricultural activities through integrated systems in ...

National Policy Plan for Women 2013-2015

This National Policy Plan for Women 2013-2015, made up of 10 Chapters, aims to encourage sustainable development with the inclusion of women in all their specificities and diversities, taking into acc...

Project +Cotton

The Government of Brazil, together with FAO and seven partner countries, has collaborated in the +Cotton project since 2013 to promote the sustainable development of the cotton chain in the region. Th...

PLANAPO: Plan Nacional for Agroecology and Organic Production

This Plan National for Agroecology and Organic Production (PLANAPO) has six Objectives divided into separate goals and strategies. This National Plan is an important instrument for the consolidation ...

Cistern Program

The Cisterns Program seeks to promote access to water for human consumption and food production through the implementation of simple, low-cost social technologies. Established as public policy since 2...

(PT) Decree No. 7.858 approving the Regulations of the Family Farming Fund within the MERCOSUR sphere

This Decree approves the Regulation of the Family Farming Fund within the MERCOSUL (FAF MERCOSUL). This FAF MERCOSUL Regulation (in Annex), consisting of 5 Chapters, is a financial management tool aim...

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.

(PT) Rural Environmental Register (Cadastro Ambiental Rural - CAR)

The CAR was instituted by the Brazilian Forest Code, Law nº 12.651/2012, and is a geo-referenced registry of environmental information on properties and rural possessions in the country.

Decree No. 7,830 of October 17, 2012 establishes the Rural Environmental Cadastre System (SICAR) and the Rural Environme...

This decree establishes the Rural Environmental Registry System (SICAR) and the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) in Brazil. It defines general rules for the Environmental Regularization Programs (PR...

Native Vegetation Protection Law (Brazilian Forest Code - Amendments)

Legal framework that establishes standards for the protection of native vegetation, Permanent Preservation Areas and Legal Reserve areas in Brazil, regulating forest exploitation, supply of forest raw...

Decree No. 7.794: National Agroecology and Organic Production Policy (PNAPO) of Brazil.

Decree No. 7,794 of 2012 establishes Brazil's National Agroecology and Organic Production Policy with the objective of integrating, articulating and adapting policies for agroecological transition and...