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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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Community alert prevented deaths
19 people, mostly women farmers, operate the Community Hydroclimatic Monitoring Network in southern Ahuachapán, El Salvador; during Tropical Storm Julia, an alert issued after more than six hours of rain enabled vulnerable families to evacuate two h...
Only 6% of budgets prevent future risks
83% of disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean are related to climate hazards, but only 6% of the regional risk-management budget is allocated to preventing future risks and 16% to reducing existing risks.
1.7 million disaster displacements
1.7 million new internal displacements caused by disasters were recorded in 2024 in Brazil, Cuba, Colombia, Haiti and Ecuador alone, according to the 2025 Global Report on Internal Displacement cited by the source.
Soy up 7% and wheat down 15.8%
7% is the projected increase in soybean output to 53.6 million tonnes; wheat would fall 15.8% to 23.4 million tonnes and barley 7.4% to 5 million tonnes.
US$41.497 billion in export revenue
US$41.497 billion in export revenue is projected, 6.9% more than in 2026; fiscal revenue would reach US$15.037 billion (+3.9%) and gross agro-industrial product US$54.297 billion (+5.9%).

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Russian government bans cereal and sugar exports

Russia temporarily banned exports of grain and sugar due to international sanctions and to protect the domestic market. Vladimir Putin's government is imposing a temporary ban on grain exports to the ...

Temporary ban on exports of raw cane sugar to the countries of the Euro-Asian Economic Union (EAEU)

The aim of the measure is to protect the internal food market. The measure is provided in the context of external restrictions. The ban on cereals applies to wheat and meslin (a mixture of wheat and r...

Algeria bans export of foodstuffs, including sugar, wheat and wheat products

The export restriction includes products made from imported raw materials such as sugar, pasta, vegetable oil, semolina and all wheat derivatives. It also "completely" bans the import of frozen meat p...

Special Transitory Law to Combat Inflation of Prices of Basic Products in El Salvador (Extended March 2024)

Through the regulations, the Tariff Import Duty (DAI) is eliminated on products such as milk, potatoes, tomatoes, onions, green chilies, beans, meat, bananas, rice, flour, oils, vegetables, animal fee...

Decree 309 of March 13, 2022 of the Special Transitory Law to Combat Commodity Inflation

The purpose of this law is to ensure the supply of basic necessities of the basic food basket, in order to be able to acquire them at adequate prices, so that there is no harm to consumers, as well as...

Ukraine restricts exports of wheat, oats and other

Ukraine banned the export of wheat, oats and other staple foods that are crucial to the world's food supply. These new rules on agricultural exports also ban the export of millet, buckwheat, sugar, li...

Ukraine introduces export licences for key agricultural commodities

Ukraine suspended exports of several agricultural commodities in the face of Russia's invasion of the country. The government suspended exports of rye, oats, millet, buckwheat, salt, sugar, meat and l...

Mensaje 6 Cumbre de Sistemas Alimentarios - Demanda de Consumidores

High quality proteins, carbohydrates (cereals and sugars), fats and fortified and biofortified foods to achieve a balanced and nutritious diet that contributes to human health.

Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Honduras on Forest Law Enforcement, Gover...

The FLEGT VPA is a bilateral agreement between Honduras and the European Union that establishes a legal framework aimed at ensuring that all timber products imported into the EU from Honduras have bee...

Incentives for Panela, virgin honeys and their derivatives (Law No. 2005)

Incentives for the quality, promotion of consumption and commercialization of panela, virgin honeys and their derivatives (Law No. 2005). This law seeks to generate incentives to increase the demand f...

Agreement No. 168 - Provides that AgroSeguro is a permanent productive security system subsidized by the State.

The ministerial agreement establishes the AgroSeguro system as a permanent productive security measure subsidized by the State, aimed at agricultural producers, livestock farmers and other productive ...

National Plan for Climate Change and Agroclimatic Risk Management for the Agricultural, Forestry, Fisheries and Aquacul...

The plan aims to contribute to the adaptation of the impacts of climate change and exceptionality within the framework of the Strategy for Adaptation and Mitigation to Climate Change of the Agricultur...