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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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Bill 23,238 Authorizing the Executive Branch to make direct payments to small and medium-sized rice producers.

The purpose of this law is to authorize the Executive Branch to grant subsidies through a single direct payment to rice producers who have planted one hundred hectares or less for rice cultivation, in...

Climate change strategy of San Rafael de Heredia

The climate change strategy for San Rafael de Heredia is based on a diagnosis obtained from the Inventory of greenhouse gas emissions for the canton and community perception. To develop this strategy,...

Forest Law-Costa Rica

Establishes as an essential and priority function of the State, ensuring the conservation, protection and administration of natural forests and the production, use, industrialization and promotion of ...

UNDER DISCUSSION: National Water Policy and a National Water Resources Plan

Decree No. 43458-MINAE declares of public and national interest the National Strategy for the Recovery of Urban Watersheds 2020-2030 Clean Rivers. The authorities of the Ministry of Environment and En...

Preliminary draft of the Law for the Promotion of the Bioeconomy in Costa Rica

The initiative seeks to finance research and development of the bioeconomy and incubation of bioenterprises. This bill, under file number 23868, seeks to promote this activity, understood as the "uti...

Regulations for agricultural aviation activities in Costa Rica

The regulation establishes a set of rules established to regulate the aerial application of agrochemicals in the national territory. This regulation is mandatory for all entities and persons involved ...

Declaration of green alert for the El Niño phenomenon

With the declaration of green alert, the CNE seeks to coordinate with the rest of the institutions in order to minimize its impact on the different sectors, given the possible reduction of: crops, ava...

Institutional Supply Program Regulations

The Institutional Supply Program (PAI) Regulations establish the rules for the supply and distribution of agricultural, fishery and aquaculture products to Costa Rican public sector entities, prioriti...

Public Policy for the Costa Rican Agricultural Sector 2023–2032

With this Policy, we aim to implement a series of concrete actions, already identified, aimed at revitalizing an economic sector that is not only important but essential for rural development. By leve...

National Development and Public Investment Plan of the Bicentennial (Costa Rica)

The National Development and Public Investment Plan (PNDIP) is an instrument for the formulation of strategic priorities for the development of the country. It is built from the best international pra...

Strategy of the National Forum of Rural Women

The Work Strategy of the National Forum of Rural Women begins with the political and regulatory framework that justifies the creation of this space, followed by the conceptual framework necessary to u...

Executive Decree 43853 authorizing the importation of fresh potatoes for industrial use at a rate of fourteen percent (1...

The decree authorizes the importation of three thousand four hundred and fifty-five metric tons (3,455 mt) of fresh potatoes for industrial use, at a rate of fourteen percent (14%) of Import Duties (D...