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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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NDC: AgriExt application

The AgriExt application has been developed by IICA to help Caribbean farmers access agricultural extension services using their mobile phones. The application provides information on crop management, ...

GFC Project in Ecuador - Climate Change: The New Evolutionary Challenge for the Galapagos

To help establish a sustainable and self-sufficient island system, this project aims to strengthen local communities through the rehabilitation of ecosystems and the promotion of climate-smart agricul...

Costa Rica lifts import restriction on Hass avocado from Mexico

The president of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves, announced the lifting of the restriction on the import of Mexican avocado that had been in force since 2015, a case that generated a bilateral dispute that...

Bolivia injects Bs 842.8 million to expand production and diversify food industrialization: dairy, almonds, potatoes and...

The national government approved Supreme Decree 4722, which allocates more than Bs 842.8 million from the National General Treasury (TGN) to Empresa Boliviana de Alimentos y Derivados (EBA) and Empres...

Ministry of Welfare and ECLAC boost cocoa production in southeastern Mexico

Within the framework of the Integral Development Program (PDI) for the south-southeast of Mexico and the countries of northern Central America, a working commission was formed that will follow up on t...

Measures to facilitate the supply of Urea fertilizer (Emergency Decree No. 013-2022)

The purpose of this Emergency Decree is to issue special and urgent economic and financial measures to facilitate and guarantee the acquisition and delivery of the nitrogen fertilizer Urea for agricul...

International Financial Institutions Action Plan to Address Food Insecurity

The plan is developed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the African Development Bank (AfDB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the International Fund for Agricultural Dev...

To guarantee the supply of Urea Nitrogen Fertilizer for the 2022-2023 Agricultural Campaign (Emergency Decree Nº 013-20...

The purpose of this Emergency Decree is to issue extraordinary and urgent economic and financial measures to facilitate and guarantee the acquisition and delivery of Urea nitrogen fertilizer to agricu...

EU: REPowerEU Plan

The plan seeks to end the European Union's dependence on Russian fossil fuels and move towards a green transition and tackle climate change. The plan's measures would respond to energy savings, divers...

Special measures to facilitate and guarantee the supply of the nitrogen fertiliser Urea (Emergency Decree No. 013-2022).

This Emergency Decree is issued in the context of the forthcoming start of the 2022-2023 agricultural season as a result of the global shortage of this input due to the ongoing international conflicts...

The Government of Spain authorizes territorial distribution of 48 million euros for various lines agricultural and lives...

The preliminary distribution proposal is as follows: Program of Options for Remoteness and Insularity (POSEI) 18,000,000.00, Conservation of agricultural varieties and local livestock breeds of the Ca...

LAW FOR THE DEFENSE, RESTORATION AND PROMOTION OF PEASANT FAMILY AGRICULTURE

It recognizes the productive activities carried out by peasant family agriculture in order to achieve the recovery and consolidation of this productive sector. The State is given responsibility for th...