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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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United States: Oregon Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS)

The policy goal of the program is to reduce the carbon intensity of Oregons transportation fuels. Beginning in 2016, the DEQ established annual average carbon intensity reduction standards that extend...

United States: California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS)

The main objective of this legislation is to decarbonize the transportation sector through the use of low-carbon alternative fuels such as ethanol, biojet and biodiesel, as well as cleaner-burning fos...

Forest Law-Costa Rica

Establishes as an essential and priority function of the State, ensuring the conservation, protection and administration of natural forests and the production, use, industrialization and promotion of ...

Bolivia: Law on Additives of Plant Origin - Law 303/2017-2018

The purpose of this law is to establish the regulatory framework that allows the production, storage, transport, commercialization and blending of biofuels, with the aim of gradually replacing imports...

Peru: Biofuel Market Promotion Law - Law 28,054

Law 28,054 would be responsible for promoting investment in the production of biofuels and their marketing. To do this, it would establish the PROBIOCOM program within Peru's investment agency (PROINV...

Law 401 on Climate Change for the State of Zacatecas and Municipalities

The Climate Change Law for the State of Zacatecas and Municipalities was enacted on December 29, 2015. The law establishes the framework for climate action in the state of Zacatecas, encompassing both...

Special Agricultural Safeguard (SAE)

Special Agricultural Safeguard (SAE) is understood as a temporary trade defence measure for the producers of a country, which empowers the customs authorities of the importing country to apply, during...

Law 27734 for the promotion of organic production for regional economies Argentina

The recently enacted law establishes a promotion regime for the production and processing of organic products in Argentina, in line with the existing law on Ecological, Biological or Organic Productio...

Law of the Natural Resources and Environment System (N°150) of Cuba

The objective of the law is to regulate the actions of the State, citizens and society in general to guarantee the implementation and functioning of the Natural Resources and Environment System in Cub...

(Es) (Ecuador) Agreement No. MPCEIP-VAP-2023-0002: National Aquaculture and Fisheries Sanitary Control Plan

The Agreement establishes the National Aquaculture and Fisheries Sanitary Control Plan, which aims to guarantee the health, quality, and safety of bio-aquatic products throughout the entire production...

Legislative Decree No. 834 Comprehensive Agricultural Marketing Law El Salvador

The Law aims to improve the productivity, profitability, and competitiveness of agribusiness and its production chains to reduce the country's food vulnerability. This will be achieved through the cre...

LAW Nº 14.660, 23 OF AUGUST 2023 (Brazil) [EN]

Amends art. 14 of Law No. 11,947 of June 16, 2009, to include formal and informal groups of women involved in family farming among those with priority in the acquisition of foodstuffs under the Nation...