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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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Bolivia - Law Nº 775 - Law for the promotion of healthy eating.

The purpose of this Law is to establish guidelines and mechanisms to promote healthy eating habits in the Bolivian population, in order to prevent chronic diet-related diseases.

Decree No. 4565/15 which regulates the application of agricultural laws and other rules related to family farming

The decree establishes the inclusion requirements for family farmers, dictates the functions of the ministries in the execution of Decree 3000 of 27/01/2015 which establishes the policies of Public Pr...

Chile - Food labelling law - Law 20606

Draft law on the nutritional composition of food and its advertising.

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...

Law 622: Bolivia

The purpose of this law is to regulate School Complementary Feeding by assigning responsibilities to different levels of government and promoting community social economy through the purchase of food ...

Costa Rican Network for the Reduction of Food Loss and Waste

The Costa Rican Network for the Reduction of Food Loss and Waste, created in 2014, aims to reduce food loss and waste in Costa Rica. It is made up of public, private, academic and citizen sectors, and...

Social Inclusion Program PROSPERA

The PROSPERA Social Inclusion Program articulates and coordinates the institutional offer of social policy programs and actions, including those related to productive development, income generation, e...

Ecuador - Food labelling law - Ministerial Agreement 5103

The purpose of this Regulation is to regulate and control the labelling of processed foods for human consumption, in order to guarantee the constitutional right of individuals to timely, clear, accura...

El Salvador Forward: Government Program for the Deepening of Changes

The "El Salvador Forward" program represents a comprehensive strategic framework to deepen the social, economic and political transformations initiated during the first FMLN government (2009-2014). Th...

Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and Central America (2014)

The Agreement establishes a comprehensive framework for political dialogue and cooperation between the European Union and six Central American countries (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, ...

Peru: National Development and Social Inclusion Strategy “Inclusion for Growth”

The Strategy established a general framework for the development and social inclusion policy, articulating the interventions of the three levels of government based on priority results, respecting the...

Peru: Law 30021 on the promotion of healthy food for children and adolescents in Peru

The purpose of this law is to effectively promote and protect the right to public health, as well as to adequate physical and personal development. To this end, it establishes actions focused on educa...