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Chicken exports rise 16.5%
3.815 million tonnes of chicken meat were exported by Brazil between January and August 2026, 16.5% more than in the same period of 2025; revenue reached USD 7.543 billion.
Retail potato price rises 69.1%
69.1% was the increase in the retail price of smooth-skinned potatoes in Paraná between August and September 2026, rising from BRL 4.15 to BRL 7.01 per kilogram.
Wheat crop quality deteriorates
182 thousand hectares of wheat remained to be harvested in Paraná: 12% of the area was in poor condition, 42% in average condition, and 46% in good condition.
Production reaches 78.7 million pounds
78.7 million pounds of shrimp were produced by Honduras from January through August 2026, compared with 76 million pounds during the same period of 2025.
Loss of 13 million pounds
13 million pounds of shrimp are estimated to have been lost because of drought and high salinity, reducing the annual production target from 159 million to 146 million pounds.

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Law No. 5777 on the Integral Protection of Women against all forms of violence.

The law establishes policies and strategies for the prevention of violence against women, attention mechanisms and protection, sanction and integral reparation measures, both in the public and private...

Resolution XXXII 2016 RO CAS: Statement IV - Development of New Breeding Technologies

The Southern Agricultural Council (CAS) statement addresses the direction in risk analysis of foods obtained by modern biotechnological means.

Resolution XXXII 2016 RO CAS: Statement III - Negotiation of the Cartagena Protocol (COP-MOP8)

The declaration of the Southern Agricultural Council (CAS) establishes the regional position on biotechnologies linked to the agricultural sector within the framework of the negotiations of the Conven...

National Climate Change Adaptation Plan 2016-2021.

The National Climate Change Adaptation Plan is an articulating instrument of Paraguayan public policy in the area of climate change adaptation, whose purpose is to incorporate adaptation and risk mana...

BUR1: First Biennial Update Report on Paraguay

Paraguay presents the first Biennial Report of Update (IBA) on climate change, so to comply with the reporting commitments of the mandate of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (...

Law No. 5.446 - Public Policies for Rural Women.

This law has the fundamental objective of promoting and guaranteeing the economic, social, political, and cultural rights of rural women, in order to achieve their empowerment and development. A rural...

Decree No. 4,565 - Regulating the application of agrarian laws and other rules related to family farming

By means of this Decree, and within the framework of the laws regulating the use of land for family farming, different concepts and rules related to family farming are defined and delimited.

Decree No. 4565/15 which regulates the application of agricultural laws and other rules related to family farming

The decree establishes the inclusion requirements for family farmers, dictates the functions of the ministries in the execution of Decree 3000 of 27/01/2015 which establishes the policies of Public Pr...

Law No. 5446 Promotes and guarantees economic, social, political and cultural rights of rural women

(EN) Its general objective is to promote and guarantee the economic, social, political and cultural rights of rural women; fundamental for their empowerment and development.

Paraguay: Law to Promote Alcohol Consumption - Law 5,444

This Law encourages the national consumption of absolute alcohol (anhydrous ethanol) and fuel alcohol (hydrated ethanol), and establishes standards for authorized alcohol industries.

Decree 3000 of 27/01/2015 which establishes the Public Procurement Policies for Family Farming.

Decree 3000 enables direct and indirect purchases between the State and family farming food production. It establishes the complementary contracting modality called simplified process for the acquisit...

Resolution Nº 40 - Whereby the Family Farming Advisory Council of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock is created.

In order to give its real position to family farming as the focus of agricultural, environmental and social policies at the national level, this Resolution creates the Family Farming Advisory Council.