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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 price increase
The price of basic foodstuffs increased by 6.1% after two months of blockade in Hormuz (INFOBAE, 2026).
Barriers for agrifood companies.
83% of firms finance their investments primarily with their own resources.
Peru: 2015 El Niño raised pesticide exposure risk
The study maps 1,793 of 1,874 Peruvian districts (95.7%), with moderate-to-high risk zones covering over one-third of the national territory, indicating ENSO events amplify pesticide dispersal. (Honles,J. et al, 2026)
Peru: 436 cancer hotspots linked to pesticide
The excessive or inappropriate use of pesticides is strongly linked to an alarming increase in cancer cases, with 436 risk zones identified in Peru, concentrated in the Western Andes and the southern coast.(Honles,J. et al, 2026)
Dry Corridor and Caribbean face drought risks
The LAC agricultural sector absorbs 26% of climate disaster damages on average—rising to 82% during droughts—while equatorial Pacific warming further cripples Caribbean coastal fisheries.(Castellanos, 2026)

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UN: Sustainable Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) The SDGs are a guide, a map that will allow companies to identify whether their social, economic and environmental impact contributes value to society, and con...

Ecuador - Organic Law on Water Resources: Uses and Development of Water

The purpose of this law is to guarantee the human right to water as well as to regulate and control the authorisation, management, preservation, conservation and restoration of water resources.

Uruguay - Law on conservation, research and sustainable development of hydrobiological resources and ecosystems

The purpose of this law is to establish the legal regime for fishing and aquaculture, in order to ensure the conservation, management, sustainable development and responsible use of hydrobiological re...

Parlatino - Model Law on Community Water and Sanitation Systems

The objective of this law is to expand international cooperation and support provided to developing countries for capacity building in activities and programs related to water and sanitation, such as ...

Action Plan for the Integrated Management of Nicaraguas Water Resources (2022-2026)

The Action Plan for the Integrated Management of Water Resources in Nicaragua (2022-2026) is a document prepared by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARENA) in 2021. The objective of...

Local Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change (ELACC) in the middle basin of the Guacerique River, Honduras.

The Local Strategy for adaptation to climate change in the middle basin of the Guacerique River is a document prepared by the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE) and the...

Establishment of fodder prickly pear cactus nurseries to mitigate the effects of drought on livestock production

In order to mitigate the effects of drought on livestock, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, through the National Commission of Arid Zones (Conaza), began the year with the establishme...

Provincial Strategy for the Agrifood Sector (EPSA) - Province of Chaco (PdCH)

The Provincial Strategy for the Agri-Food Sector (EPSA) condenses and systematizes the main political guidelines for agri-food development through the identification and orientation of investments rel...

Action plan of the national climate change strategy

The Action Plan of the National Climate Change Strategy seeks to establish the path for Government institutions to carry out their daily activities with low-emission development and promote all those ...

A national policy, strategy, and action plan to address climate change in Belize

The document establishes a list of priority sectors for the Government of Belize to focus efforts upon, including agriculture, tourism, energy, forestry and fisheries. This strategy is meant to serve ...

Portfolio of strategies for adaptation to climate change - municipality of Tuluá, Valle del Cauca

This document initially presents a general context of the topic of climate change with emphasis on adaptation, to give way to the results of the general characterization of actors regarding the planni...

Antigua & Barbuda’s 2015-2020 National Action Plan: Combatting Desertification, Land Degradation & Drought

El Plan tiene como objetivo abordar la desertificación, la degradación del suelo y la sequía en respuesta a la Convención de las Naciones Unidas para Combatir la Desertificación (UNCCD). El plan ...