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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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Community development and institutional strengthening

The application instrument for Community Development and Institutional Strengthening (DESCOM-FI), as part of the Operating Regulations (RO) of the Water Program for Small Communities, incorporates in ...

National Water Policy (Law No. 18,610)

The law establishes the general framework in which water management must be developed, regulating, among others, the publicity of data from the national water information system. Likewise, it contempl...

Law N° 18610: National Water Policy Uruguay

The National Water Policy Law establishes principles and guidelines for the integrated and sustainable management of water resources in Uruguay, recognizing water as a fundamental human right and an e...

Law on the Development Financial Corporation (No. 1 of 2009)

This Law creates the Development Financial Corporation and defines its functions and powers. The Corporation will provide financially sustainable and environmentally acceptable financing to individual...

Law No. 8763 - Performance requirements for the importation of beans and white corn with preferential tariff in case of ...

This Law approves the performance requirements for the importation of beans and white corn with preferential tariff, in case of shortage and provides that the National Production Council (CNP) conduct...

Organic Law of the National Production Council

The National Production Council, as an autonomous entity of the Costa Rican State, is responsible for modernizing and comprehensively transforming the agricultural sector to enhance its efficiency and...

The Forests Act (2009)

The Forests Act of Guyana (2009) establishes a comprehensive legal framework for the sustainable management, conservation, and development of the country's forest resources. This legislation regulates...

Standard CAN NA 0063:2009. Raw milk. Requirements

This Andean Community Standard establishes the requirements to be met by raw cow's milk. This Andean standard applies only to cow's milk. The denomination raw milk applies to milk that has not undergo...

CAN Standard NA 0064:2009. Pasteurized milk. Requirements

This Andean Community Standard establishes the requirements to be met by pasteurized cow's milk.

Law No. 11,952: Cadastral regularization of occupations of union lands in the Legal Amazon

Legal framework that establishes standards for the regularization of occupations on lands located in areas of the Union, within the scope of the Brazilian Legal Amazon, through alienation and concessi...

Law No. 11,947 on School Feeding Brazil

Law 11,947 on School Feeding in Brazil highlights the importance of integrating family farming products in purchases for the National School Feeding Program (PNAE). According to this law, it is establ...

Resolution 55/009 of the Biodiesel and Fuel Alcohol Quality Control Regulations (R.C.C.B.A.C.).

This regulation of the URSEA: Unidad Reguladora de Servicios de Energía y Agua defines the responsibilities and procedures related to the quality control of these biofuels.