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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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Chicken exports rise 16.5%
3.815 million tonnes of chicken meat were exported by Brazil between January and August 2026, 16.5% more than in the same period of 2025; revenue reached USD 7.543 billion.
Retail potato price rises 69.1%
69.1% was the increase in the retail price of smooth-skinned potatoes in Paraná between August and September 2026, rising from BRL 4.15 to BRL 7.01 per kilogram.
Wheat crop quality deteriorates
182 thousand hectares of wheat remained to be harvested in Paraná: 12% of the area was in poor condition, 42% in average condition, and 46% in good condition.
Production reaches 78.7 million pounds
78.7 million pounds of shrimp were produced by Honduras from January through August 2026, compared with 76 million pounds during the same period of 2025.
Loss of 13 million pounds
13 million pounds of shrimp are estimated to have been lost because of drought and high salinity, reducing the annual production target from 159 million to 146 million pounds.

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Law 166 - Paraguay

Law establishing the tax regime for the importation of insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, fertilizers, bulbs, and seeds for planting, as well as raw materials used for the industrialization of all ...

Law 17,319 – Hydrocarbons Regulatory Framework

Argentine law establishing the legal framework for the exploration, exploitation, industrialization, transport and commercialization of hydrocarbons. The regulation defines State responsibilities and ...

Implementation- Ongoing

Constitution of the Republic of Uruguay

This is the highest legal norm in the country. According to this, drinking water and sanitation are fundamental human rights, therefore the resource must be managed sustainably and the environment mus...

Irrigation Act. 1967 (Barbados)

An Act to provide for the powers of the Chief Agricultural Officer with respect to irrigation and related purposes. This Act allows the Chief Agricultural Officer, with the approval of the Minister re...

General Water Law (Panama)

1. The purpose of these Laws is to regulate the use of continental and insular waters of the State, guaranteeing their sustainability in availability, quality and quantity, through the integrated mana...

Water and Sewerage Act (EN)(Trinidad y Tobago)

An Act to provide for the development and control of water supply and sewerage facilities in Trinidad and Tobago and matters of sanitation incidental thereto; the promotion of the conservation and pro...

National Water Comission (EN)(Jamaica)

There is hereby established a body to be called the National Water Comission which shall be the body corporate with perpetual successions and a common seal and with power to adquire, hold and dispose ...

Law of Domain of Terrestrial Waters and Distribution of Public Waters law 5852

For the purposes of the law, rainwater is considered to be water that comes immediately from rain.

Decree 5/4/962: Prohibition of estrogen preparations in animals intended for human consumption Uruguay

Decree 5/4/962 prohibits the manufacture, importation, sale, and use of natural or synthetic estrogen-based preparations for sexual neutralization and fattening of animals intended for human consumpti...

Law of the Administration of Aqueducts and Sewers (El Salvador)

Its purpose will be to provide and help provide the inhabitants of the Republic with "Aqueducts" and "Sewers", through the planning, financing, execution, operation, maintenance, administration, and e...

The Crown Lands Ordinance (EN)(Dominica)

Crown lands means all lands within the Colony other than forest reserve within the meaning of the Forest Ordinance vested in the Crown or vested in the Administrator for the public uses of the Colony ...

Fishing Law Decree No.154

The purpose of the Fishing Law is the conservation and propagation of the fluvial, lacustrine and maritime fauna and flora of the country, its exploitation, commercialization and industrialization.