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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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Family Farming Law (Executive Decree No. 112)

The Decree is based on the National Family Farming Plan in Panama (Law 127 of March 3, 2020), which establishes measures for the development of Family Farming in Panama. The Decree regulates and defin...

Prohibition of the Use and Commercialization of Single-Use Plastics (Law No. 187)

Law No. 187, which specifies 11 plastic products that must be progressively replaced in the years 2021, 2022, and 2023.

Agrifood Innovation Agenda

This was built around three sectors considered strategic for development: agrifood, logistics and health. Indeed, they were selected because of their contribution to GDP and employment, but also becau...

Panama Roadmap

Panama, through the Ministry of Agricultural Development, defines four strategic actions on the road to strengthening food systems, based on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)...

Escazú Agreement

The Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean Adopted in Escazú, Costa Rica, on 4 March 2018 ...

Panamanian Food Agency (APA)

This Law creates the Panamanian Food Agency (APA), whose objective is the management and verification of procedures for the agro-industrial and industrial production of food, as well as the export and...

Agroparks Law (Law No. 196)

The Special Regime for the Establishment of Agropark Operating and Developing Companies or better known as the Agroparks Law is part of the Economic Recovery Plan, Phase 1, announced to the country on...

Official Gazette of Panama: Resolution C.E/N°002/2021

Resolution approving the 2021-2022 budget of the Agricultural Insurance Institute (ISA)

Program for Production Systems in Areas of Rural and Indigenous Poverty (PIISPAPRI)

The project is aimed at improving traditional agricultural and forestry production systems in areas of rural and indigenous poverty, in order to ensure the recovery, conservation and sustainability of...

Program to Strengthen Institutional Infrastructure

The program seeks to strengthen the infrastructure for agricultural research and innovation leading to the improvement of scientific and technological goods and services offered by the institution to ...

Research and Innovation Program for Production Systems in Areas of Rural and Indigenous Poverty

This program aims to improve the performance of agricultural and forestry production systems in terms of production, innovative capacity, livelihoods, food security and conservation of natural resourc...

Research and Innovation Management Program

The program seeks to strengthen the institutional research and innovation management process by providing modern scientific, technological and administrative equipment, in line with the demands of the...