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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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Technical - administrative guidelines, standards and minimum conditions of the School Feeding Program – PAE (Resolutio...

That within the framework of the declaration of the State of Economic, Social and Ecological Emergency carried out by the National Government, it became necessary for the Special Administrative Unit f...

Regional environmental strategy 2021-2025 in Central America

The ERAM has been formulated in a harmonized manner with the global regulatory framework on environmental matters, especially the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Paris Ag...

Argentina - National Plan for the Reduction of Food Losses and Food Waste - Law 27454

The objective of this law is to reduce and eliminate Food Losses and Waste (FWL), through the empowerment and mobilization of producers, processors, distributors, consumers and associations; giving sp...

Peru: Law 30021 on the promotion of healthy food for children and adolescents in Peru

The purpose of this law is to effectively promote and protect the right to public health, as well as to adequate physical and personal development. To this end, it establishes actions focused on educa...

Ecuador - Organic Law of Agrobiodiversity, Seeds and Promotion of Sustainable Agriculture

The purpose of this law is to protect, revitalize, multiply, and promote agrobiodiversity concerning phytogenetic resources for food and agriculture; ensure the production and ongoing free access to q...

National Family Farming Plan

Its objective is to promote actions that guarantee the integral and inclusive development of family farming and its recognition as a way of life, based on the strengthening of governance and intersect...

Brazil: Amazon Project for Sustainable Management (PAGES)

The United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of the State of Maranhão in Brazil signed a financing agreement for the implementation of the Amazon Susta...

Honduras Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC-HN)

The Honduras Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC-HN) is a document that establishes the country's commitments and goals to address climate change, both in mitigation and adaptation, with a compreh...

Peru: Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Action Plan.

The plan prepared by the Ministry of the Environment (MINAM) presents a proposal for programs, projects and priority actions in the short and medium term to address climate change. It represents a fir...

National Climate Change Adaptation Plan (2018-2030) of Honduras

The National Climate Change Adaptation Plan (2018-2030) of Honduras is a strategic planning instrument developed by UNDP, ASONOG, and AYUDA EN ACCIÓN that establishes guidelines to address climate ch...

Climate and Peace Plan: 2040 - Urabá Antioquia, Nutibara and Urrao

A pioneering initiative in Colombia that integrates climate action with peacebuilding in the regions of Urabá Antioqueño, Nutibara, and Urrao. It was developed by CORPOURABA, CORDUPAZ, and E3 – Ec...

Tools for territorial entities that guarantee the execution of the School Feeding Program and the provision of the publi...

The decree dictates measures that provide tools to territorial entities to guarantee the execution of the School Feeding Program, which allows this program to be provided to children and adolescents e...