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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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Regulation for the Elaboration of Standards containing Phytosanitary and Zoosanitary Measures according to the Plant and...

The Regulation establishes the administrative procedure for the elaboration, publication, notification, modification and repeal of phytosanitary and zoosanitary standards that must be issued by the Mi...

Plant and Animal Health Law - Decree 524

El Salvador's Plant and Animal Health Law establishes the fundamental provisions for the health protection of plants and animals, granting the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock competencies for di...

Sugar Fortification with Vitamin "A" Law

This law establishes the obligation to fortify all centrifuged sugar intended for domestic consumption with Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin A) to control and prevent nutritional deficiency in the Salvadora...

Regional Agreement on Conservation of Ecosystems and Forest Plantations

The main objective of the Regional Agreement for the Management and Conservation of Natural Forest Ecosystems and the Development of Forest Plantations is to establish concerted actions aimed at prese...

Convention for the Conservation of Biodiversity and Protection of Priority Wild Areas in Central America

The main objective of the Convention is to conserve the terrestrial and coastal-marine biodiversity of the Central American region for the benefit of present and future generations. The signatory Stat...

Tegucigalpa Protocol to the letter of the Organization of Central American States (ODECA)

The Tegucigalpa Protocol to the Charter of the Organization of Central American States (ODECA) is an agreement signed by the presidents of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and P...

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...

Plan Trifinio (El Salvador)

Build a cross-border, participatory and transparent territorial development model of the Trifinio region, with the active involvement of communities, local national and regional actors, that allows ec...

Regulation on Water Quality, Discharge Control and Protection Zones (El Salvador)

The purpose of this Regulation is to develop the principles contained in the Law on Integrated Management of Water Resources and its Regulations, as well as Articles 100 and 101 of the Irrigation and ...

Municipal Code (El Salvador)

The regulation and development of plans and programs aimed at the preservation, restoration, rational use and improvement of natural resources, in accordance with the law.

Law for Livestock Promotion and Development

El Salvador's Law for Livestock Promotion and Development constitutes the main regulatory framework to protect, promote and develop cattle, swine and goat livestock dedicated to breeding, selection an...

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 ...