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Law 27685 on Promotion of the Development and Production of Modern Biotechnology and Nanotechnology

The law aims to promote the development and production of modern biotechnology and nanotechnology in Argentina until December 31, 2034. It defines modern biotechnology as technological applications ba...

Peru gives 180 tons of manure to farmers in response to fertilizer hikes/n

Peru delivers 180 tons of island guano, or manure, to nearly 6,000 small farmers in the Chancay valley, north of Lima, to guarantee their crops in the face of rising international fertilizer prices. A...

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...

Peru: Law No. 31452 - Law on the Exemption of VAT on products of the basic family basket

The law temporarily exempts the sale and import of a group of basic food items (chicken, eggs, sugar, pasta, and bread) from the General Sales Tax (IGV) in order to mitigate the inflationary impact of...

Law No. 6-22, which provisionally applies a zero tariff rate in the Customs Tariff to certain goods affecting the cost o...

Transitional law (6 months) applying a zero customs tariff rate to basic food items in the Dominican family basket in response to price increases driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine...

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The Mexican government expands the strategy for the delivery of domestically produced fertilizers to promote food secur...

The Mexican government, through SADER (Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development) and Pemex (Mexican petroleum), presented the fertilizer strategy for the national countryside which, by 2022, wil...

Roadmap Brazil

Brazils roadmap establishes that access to healthy, nutritious and adequate food is considered a human right by the constitution, and that the National Food and Nutritional Security System (SISAN) int...

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Int...

The agreement promotes collaboration between FAO and IFA in the field of sustainable food and agriculture, including soil fertility assessment, sustainable use of fertilizers. IFA and FAO developed a ...

Brazilian Bioeconomy Program - Sociobiodiversity

The Brazilian Bioeconomy Program - Sociobiodiversity is created within the scope of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply - MAPA, which seeks to strengthen and coordinate bioeconomy action...

Water Pact (Dominican Republic)

It is essential to dimension the sectors problems in its environmental, economic and social aspects and to design a work plan aligned with the goals of the Government Plan, the SDGs and the National D...

Production for Wellbeing Program: Farmer Field Schools for the agroecological transition and improvement of maize yields...

Mexico’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development reports that technical assistance and agroecological practices implemented through Field Schools achieved maize yield increases of up to 25% in...

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Uruguays national climate change policy

Uruguays National Climate Change Policy (PNCC) is a document that establishes strategies and actions to promote climate change, adaptation and mitigation in the country. The PNCC was approved by Execu...