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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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Long-term drought likely in 2027
-1.67 at Hillsborough, -1.49 at Crown Point and -1.39 at Piarco would be the lowest 12-month SPI values; by the end of January 2027, a long-term drought would be likely in Trinidad and Tobago.
Drought raises risks for crops and livestock
The risk to crops and livestock is elevated due to irregular rainfall, a greater number of hot-spell days and decreased soil moisture.
Central America: harvest losses above 75%
Many subsistence farmers in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua reported losses above 75% in the 2026 maize and bean harvest of the Primera season (first planting of the year), due to the drought and high temperatures associated with El N...
Central America: rain deficit likely (>70%)
Below-normal rainfall is forecast with a probability above 70% for October-December 2026 in Honduras, Nicaragua, eastern Guatemala, eastern El Salvador, and southern Central America, with temperatures likely above the 90th percentile, amid a very str...
Manitoba harvest reaches 79%
79% was the average harvest completion in Manitoba as of October 14, 2026.

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Decree 3000 of 27/01/2015 which establishes the Public Procurement Policies for Family Farming.

Decree 3000 enables direct and indirect purchases between the State and family farming food production. It establishes the complementary contracting modality called simplified process for the acquisit...

Argentina - Family Farming Law / Law 27.118

The general objectives of this law are to promote integral human development, the social and economic wellbeing of producers, their communities, farm workers and, in general, rural agents, through div...

Law of Historical Repair of Family Farming 27.118 ARG

Law for the contribution to the food security and sovereignty of the people, by practicing and promoting ways of life and production systems that preserve biodiversity and sustainable processes of pro...

National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change for the Agri-Food Sector in Honduras | 2015-2025

ENACCSA is structured around four strategic pillars and contains strategic objectives aimed at strengthening institutional frameworks and human capacities, coordinating actions for prevention and reco...

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Policy for the agricultural sector and the development of rural territories 2015-2018.

The policy proposes to promote an efficient rural agricultural sector through five pillars: food and nutritional security and sovereignty, opportunities for the youth of agriculture and rural territor...

State Policy for Territorial Rural Development

It is intended to give added value to the territories, encourage entrepreneurship, as well as the productive chain as a means of livelihood to promote Territorial Rural Development

National Biodiversity Policy. 2015-2030.

The policy establishes through different actors and institutions the conservation of biodiversity, among them the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE), the National Commission for Biodiversity M...

Decree 297-2013 establishing the climate change framework in Honduras.

It establishes a framework for climate action in Honduras, including both mitigation and adaptation to climate change. The laws primary objectives are to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and ac...

Gender Equality Policy.

This policy aims to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women, to promote and ensure respect for equality between women and men in all fields of action and to strengthen womens power of acti...

RTCA 67.04.71:14 Dairy products. Creams and Prepared Creams. Specifications.

Central American technical regulation that addresses the specifications for the manufacture of creams and prepared creams. This Technical Regulation corresponds to the CODEX standard for Creams and P...

Bolivia: Law No. 622 on School Feeding within the Framework of Food Sovereignty and the Plural Economy

National law regulating Complementary School Feeding in Bolivia and distributing responsibilities for its provision, management, monitoring and oversight among the central government, autonomous depar...

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Law 27118: Historical reparation of family farming for the construction of a new rurality in Argentina.

This law declares family, peasant, and indigenous agriculture to be of public interest for its contribution to the food security and sovereignty of the people, for practicing and promoting life and pr...