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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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EU: Action Plan for Organic Production

The action plan is divided into three interrelated axes, which are:Axis 1: stimulate demand and guarantee consumer confidence. Axis 2 : stimulating conversion and strengthening the entire value chain....

Action Plan for the Development of Organic Production

The Organic Farming Action Plan, presented by the Commission in March 2021 as part of the Farm to Fork Strategy, sets out a series of actions to increase organic farming in the EU.

Food and Fertilizer Export Restriction Tracker Tool (European Union)

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) began tracking food export restrictions and documenting their impacts after the COVID-19 blockades began and some national governments took mea...

Social Climate Fund

The Council of Europe agreed to create a Social Climate Fund to support vulnerable households, micro-enterprises and transport users to support the emissions trading system for the construction and ro...

Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, and Colombia, Peru and Ecuador.

Ecuador joined the Trade Agreement between the member countries of the European Union and the Andean countries, Colombia and Peru, in 2016, which came into force in January 2017. The Agreement is a co...

Regulation (EU) No 488/2014 regarding the maximum cadmium content in food products.

Maximum cadmium levels have been established for a wide range of foods, including cereals, vegetables, meat, fish, seafood, offal, and dietary supplements. However, for certain food products that sign...

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, ...

Tool: Fertilizer Dashboard

Fertilizer Dashboard is a tool that offers several ways to monitor this developing situation. It provides the latest monthly prices for major fertilisers and natural gas. Other tabs show the importa...

Tool: Vulnerability analysis of wheat and fertiliser trade dependence

This is a tool that includes short-term assessments of global (expected) impacts through trade and production bottlenecks in wheat and fertiliser markets caused by the crisis and trade and policy resp...

EU-Central America Association Agreement

The Association Agreement between the European Union and the six Central American countries (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama) constitutes the first inter-regional ag...

International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV Convention)

The UPOV Convention is an international treaty that provides a legal framework for the protection of new plant varieties, granting exclusive commercial rights to the breeders. To obtain protection, a ...