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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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EU: Ban listing and provision of services in relation to shares of Belarusian state-owned entities on EU trading venues

Compliance package.

The EU bans any Russian and Belarusian road transport company from preventing them from transporting goods by road with...

However, exemptions are granted for a number of products, such as pharmaceuticals, medical, agricultural and food products, including wheat, and for road transport for humanitarian purposes.

EU: Russian jet fuel and fuel additives banned.

Fifth EU package of measures. Trade Sanctions.

EU: Restrictions on Economic Cooperation

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will not provide new loans to Russia.

EU: Targeted export bans

Fifth package of EU measures. Sector Foreign Trade Targeted export bans, worth €10 billion, in areas where Russia is vulnerable due to its high dependence on EU supplies. This includes: quantum comp...

EU:Prohibition of Russian-flagged vessels to enter EU ports

Fifth EU package of measures. Transport Sector: exemptions apply for medical, food, energy, humanitarian and other purposes.

EU: Total prohibition for Russian and Belarusian road freight operators to work in the EU

Fifth EU package of measures. Transport Sector: certain exemptions will cover essential items such as agricultural and food products, humanitarian aid and energy.

EU: Coal prohibition

Fifth EU package of measures. Financial penalty: import prohibition on all forms of Russian coal.

EU prohibits the purchase, import or transfer, directly or indirectly, of goods that generate significant revenues for R...

This measure is part of the fifth round of sanctions against Russia for its military aggression against Ukraine.

The EU imposes a total transaction ban on four key Russian banks that account for 23% of the market share in the Russia...

After being removed from SWIFT, these banks will now be subject to an asset freeze, so they will be completely cut off from EU markets.

EU bans the participation of Russian companies in public procurement in member states and the exclusion of all financial...

The prohibition extends to deposits in crypto wallets and the sale of banknotes and transferable securities denominated in any official currency of EU member states to Russia and Belarus, or to any na...

The USA sanctions Russian state-owned companies involved in Ukrainian war

The country imposes blocking sanctions on two Russian state-owned companies. They are: Russia's largest shipbuilding company, United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), 28 USC subsidiaries and eight USC b...