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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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People in a h. phase of food insecurity (ECU)
5,136,000 people were in a heightened phase of food insecurity in Ecuador between December 2025 and March 2026. (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, 2026).
People in food crisis (Ecuador)
2,447,000 people were in a food crisis situation in Ecuador between December 2025 and March 2026. (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, 2026).
People in food emergencies (Ecuador)
95,000 people found themselves in a food emergency situation in Ecuador between December 2025 and March 2026. (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, 2026).
Vulnerability of livestock in Colombia
Between 25% and 30% of the 1,345,000 head of cattle are exposed to disease, death and loss of pastures, with the greatest impact in Arauca, Arauquita and Tame, Colombia. (Fundación Corocoras, 2026).
Impact of climate on agricultural land (COL)
In Arauca, Colombia, there are approximately 482,631 hectares dedicated to agricultural activities at risk due to permanent exposure to flooding. (Fundación Cocoras, 2026).

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Under discussion in the House of Assembly - The Bahamas government intends to eliminate tariffs on some three dozen food...

Most of the food products that are to be exempted from taxes were taxed at a rate of 5%. These items include cheese, lettuce, salad beets, turnips, cucumbers, cucumbers, peas and beans, asparagus, cel...

Resolution 15/23 establishing the MERCOSUR technical regulation for the allocation of food additives and technology adju...

This standard addresses the composition and amounts of additives added to milk powders and cream powders, fermented milks and cheeses. It provides an update based on the generation of new products.

Exempt Resolution 210 of 2023 - Chile

Resolution declaring a state of agricultural emergency due to the effects of productive damage caused by the presence of the H5N1 Avian Influenza virus in the Biobío Region in 2023

Resolution No. 195/023: Declaration of Agricultural Emergency in Uruguay.

Declaration of Agricultural Emergency for livestock, dairy farming, horticulture, fruit farming, agriculture, apiculture, poultry farming, and afforestation sectors, throughout the national territory,...

The Agricultural Emergency is extended for the Livestock, Dairy, Horticulture, Fruit Growing and Agriculture sectors (R...

The Agricultural Emergency is extended for the livestock, dairy, horticulture, fruit growing and agriculture sectors throughout the national territory, for a period of 90 (ninety) days from January 23...

[PT] Brazil: National Policy for the Promotion of Precision Agriculture and Livestock

The Presidency of the Republic of Brazil has enacted Law 14,475/22, which establishes the National Policy for the Promotion of Precision Agriculture and Livestock, with the purpose of expanding coordi...

Law to promote milk production and milk pricing

Establish the legal and administrative regime to promote, regulate, ensure, guarantee and strengthen the primary production of raw milk. Likewise, to strengthen the different processes of obtaining ra...

Mexico will purchase 20,000 tons of powdered milk and one million tons of fertilizers from the USA

Lopez Obrador agreed that Mexico will purchase up to 20,000 tons of powdered milk from the United States in order to "help families in rural and urban communities". Also, it will purchase one million ...

Colombia excludes 200 imported products from freight charges to contain inflation (Decree Nº955)/n

Colombia excludes 200 imported products from freight rates to contain inflation. The objective of the measure is to reduce the negative effects and cost overruns of imports as a consequence of the inc...

Mexico temporarily eliminates tariffs on imports of staple foods and key inputs/n

Mexico adopted a decree temporarily eliminating import tariffs on more than 20 basic food products and key inputs, including paddy rice, white corn grain and flour, wheat grain and flour, bread, dry b...

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...

Mexico evaluates strategies to keep productivity growing in the agricultural sector - Dairy subsector

Increase of milk to 10 pesos per liter in the Guarantee Prices Program for Basic Food Products. Actions are also implemented to improve genetics, repopulation of cattle, financing schemes and training...