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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. 12,695, of July 25, 2012, which establishes scholarships to teachers of public education networks and to student...

Law No. 12,695 of Brazil provides for the technical or financial support of the Union within the scope of the Articulated Actions Plan to improve the quality of public basic education. It authorizes t...

National Policy for Territorial and Environmental Management of Indigenous Lands (PNGATI)

PNGATI is a Brazilian national policy that aims to ensure and promote the protection, recovery, conservation, and sustainable use of natural resources in indigenous lands and territories. Its objectiv...

Law No. 12.651, of May 25, 2012, which establishes the Brazilian Forestry Code.

Brazil's Law No. 12,651, known as the New Forest Code, establishes general rules on the protection of native vegetation, permanent preservation areas and legal reserves. It regulates forest exploratio...

Brazilian Forest Code (2012)

Brazil’s 2012 Forest Code introduced controversial changes that raised concerns about their impact on Amazon deforestation. In particular, Article 15 allows Amazon states to reduce the legal reserve...

Pernambuco: State Plan for Climate Change

The State Climate Change Policy proposes a series of comprehensive measures to address this issue. Proposals include the creation of a climate change database to facilitate access to and integration o...

EMF: Environmental Management Framework

The EMF specifies the criteria and procedures (including operating rules) that will be used during projects implementation to avoid or minimize adverse environmental impacts. Additional training and r...

Complementary Law No. 140 on Environmental Cooperation

This law establishes norms for cooperation between the Union, States, Federal District, and Municipalities in administrative actions related to environmental protection, natural landscapes, pollution ...

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...

Law No. 12,512 Program for the Promotion of Rural Productive Activities in Brazil

Chapter II of Law No. 12,512, of October 14, 2011, creates the Program for the Promotion of Rural Productive Activities. This program seeks to stimulate the generation of work in a sustainable manner,...

DECREE N° 7,572 Environmental Conservation Support Program - Green Bag Program

Decree No. 7,572 establishes the Green Bag Program to support environmental conservation in Brazil. This program is coordinated by the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change and is implemented thr...

Law 12.431: Tax incentives for infrastructure investments and intensive economic production in Brazil

This law establishes tax incentives to promote investments in infrastructure and economic production intensive in research, development and innovation in Brazil. It reduces to zero the income tax rate...

Federal Decree 7,390 establishing Brazil's National Climate Change Policy.

The National Plan on Climate Change will be comprised of action plans for the prevention and control of deforestation in biomes, as well as sectoral plans for mitigation and adaptation to climate chan...