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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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Family Farming Law (Executive Decree No. 112)

The Decree is based on the National Family Farming Plan in Panama (Law 127 of March 3, 2020), which establishes measures for the development of Family Farming in Panama. The Decree regulates and defin...

Message #8 Food Systems Summit - Sustainable Production Systems

Implementing sustainable production systems within “one health” schemes or others that add public health benefits throughout the entire value chain is a useful strategy to develop agri-food system...

Message #10 Food Systems Summit - Climate Change

Food production systems are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. The challenges imposed by climate change make it essential to focus efforts on adaptation, in order to gua...

Message #9 Food Systems Summit - Environmental Issues

The new scenarios of science and technology represent a strategic opportunity to advance towards a more productive and sustainable agriculture, thanks to the fact that they enable higher levels of pre...

Message #3 Food Systems Summit - Balance and Environmental Sustainability

The transformation of global food systems must be balanced in relation to the following attributes: capacity to increase food production and variety; health and safety; diversity and nutritional quali...

Message #2 Food Systems Summit - Agricultural Production

Agricultural producers and food system workers are an essential and central link. Without agricultural production, there are no raw materials to be transformed into food and, therefore, food security ...

Master Plan for Agricultural Recovery in El Salvador: Towards Sustainable and Sustainable Agriculture

El Salvador will invest more than $1.4 billion to recover agriculture through the Agricultural Rescue Master Plan, which aims to make the country self-sufficient in food production, generating more th...

As Big as Texas: Youth Opportunities in Agriculture

The article "As Big as Texas: Youth Opportunities in Agriculture" highlights a virtual event organized by the USDA and Prairie View A&M University to inspire Texas students to explore the many educati...

Implementation Strategy for a Sustainable Ocean Economy in Mexico 2021–2024

The Implementation Strategy for a Sustainable Ocean Economy in Mexico 2021–2024 is a guiding document that articulates the country's priority actions to transition towards a sustainable ocean econom...

Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) for Sustainable Cattle Ranching in Colombia

The sustainable cattle ranching NAMA is a public policy aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions generated by meat and milk supply chains, and increasing the amount of carbon stored in agro-ecosyste...

USDA Native Youth Resource Guide 2022

The "USDA Native Youth Resource Guide 2022" is a comprehensive guide developed by the United States Department of Agriculture to facilitate Native youth access to opportunities in agriculture, natural...

BOLIVIA: Supreme Decree No. 4560. Creation of programs: vegetables, cattle ranching, pineapple, and banana marketing.

Supreme Decree No. 4560 of August 2021 creates four production support programs: Vegetables, Cattle, Pineapple, and Banana, to increase the production and productivity of these crops and generate surp...