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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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Costa Rican Network for the Reduction of Food Loss and Waste

The Costa Rican Network for the Reduction of Food Loss and Waste, created in 2014, aims to reduce food loss and waste in Costa Rica. It is made up of public, private, academic and citizen sectors, and...

Central American Technical Regulation RTCA 67.04.66: 12 PASTEURIZED MILK (ES)

The purpose of this regulation is to establish the general specifications that must be met by milk that meets the definition in section 4 of this regulation. It applies to pasteurized milk intended fo...

Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and Central America (2014)

The Agreement establishes a comprehensive framework for political dialogue and cooperation between the European Union and six Central American countries (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, ...

National Marine Policy 2013-2028

The policy seeks to contribute to the consolidation of a vision that integrates marine and coastal areas into national development efforts, for the well-being of their inhabitants, the sustainable use...

Decree No. 37911. Creates the Registry System of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, to certify the condition of ...

The decree creates the Registration System of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock to certify free of charge the status of Small and Medium Agricultural Producer (PYMPA), defines the agricultural...

Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) on Dairy Terms (RTCA 67.04.65:12) (ES)

It establishes rules for the proper use of dairy terms in the food industry, especially on dairy product labeling. Its aim is to prevent consumer confusion and ensure transparency in information about...

Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) for products used in Animal Feed RTCA 65.05.52:11

The Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) for Animal Feed focuses on establishing standards for the production, processing, marketing, and control of products used in animal feed, ensuring thei...

National Water Bodies Monitoring Program (Costa Rica)

The Surface Water Quality Monitoring Plan is prepared within the framework of the National Program for Monitoring the Quality of Water Bodies of the country and establishes everything related to the i...

Water Agenda in Costa Rica 2013-2030

Water Agenda for 2030 (AA) and achieve, through this instrument, position the issue as a central axis in the public policies of the State, in order to find more expeditious procedures in order to addr...

National GHG and Carbon Sequestration Inventory

Para Costa Rica los INGEI son una herramienta central del monitoreo del avance hacia metas país en temas de mitigación al cambio climático, como por ejemplo las metas de la NDC y del Plan de Descar...

€mprende project

The project articulated its intervention around three lines of action&%2358; the promotion of micro and small enterprises (MSEs), the issue of gender and territorial/local development, and was aimed a...

Law 9036 Transformation of IDA into INDER

The law establishes the transformation of the Agrarian Development Institute (IDA) into the Rural Development Institute (INDER), with the purpose of obtaining an institutional framework for the sustai...