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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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Peru: Law No. 31361 Prioritization of the direct commercialization of island guano in favor of family farmers

The purpose of the Law is to guarantee the sustained growth and productivity of small farmers. Therefore, it proposes to establish an order of priority for the direct marketing of island guano to smal...

Peru: Law No. 31361 Direct Commercialization of Island Guano for Family Farming

The purpose of the Law is to guarantee the sustained growth and productivity of small farmers. Therefore, it proposes establishing an order of priority for the direct marketing of island guano to smal...

Argentina - Healthy Eating Law

This law aims to guarantee the right to health and adequate food by promoting healthy eating, providing simple and understandable nutritional information on packaged foods and alcoholic beverages.

Decree Law No. 50 On the conservation, improvement and sustainable management of soils and the use of fertilizers.

Establishes a regulatory framework that includes principles of sustainability, prevention, progressivity, responsibility, subsidiarity and cooperation. A National Soil and Fertilizer System is created...

Law 240 – Regulates agrotourism activity in Panama

This Law aims to promote agrotourism, within rural tourism, as an alternative for the sustainable development of the agricultural productive sector, so that both Tourists and visitors can have an auth...

Law 238 of 2021

(EN) It extends the scope of the maternity privilege to the father, applicable to all employees and grants vacations in the event of the death of the mother.

Organic Law for the Care and Comprehensive Development of Older Adults

The purpose of this Law is to guarantee respect for the human dignity of older persons and the full exercise of their rights and guarantees, the fulfillment of their duties and responsibilities, recog...

Colombia: Bioethanol Blending Mandate: E10. Resolution 40294 of 2021.

Mandatory Blending Mandate. According to the phasing-in resolution 40294 of 2021, the 10% came into effect from January 2022.

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 ...

Paraguay - Special Regime for Food Donation

Create the Special Regime for the Donation of Food suitable for human consumption, which will aim to contribute to meeting the food needs of the most economically vulnerable population.

Program for the Prevention, Detection, Management and Control of Fusarium Wilt in Musaceae Caused by Fusarium oxysporum ...

This program defines Venezuela’s national phytosanitary strategy to prevent the introduction and spread of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 (Foc TR4), the causal agent of banana and...

Law 19.978

(EN) Telework Law. Article 3 recognizes teleworking as a necessary modality for the generation of employment and in particular for access to jobs for people with family responsibilities, people with d...