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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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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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National Plan for Food Security, Nutrition and Eradication of Hunger, 2025

The plan briefly addresses the Central American regional policy framework, as a first level, and then goes on to review the state of food security in Costa Rica and related public policy instruments.

Climate Resilient Development Pathways (CRDP): Food Systems for all beyond 2030

This CRDP Proto-Coalition provides a framework for food systems transitions that deliver resilience to climate, shocks and stresses, reduce poverty and enhance equity and justice to achieve long term...

LAW Nº 14.660, 23 OF AUGUST 2023 (Brazil) [EN]

Amends art. 14 of Law No. 11,947 of June 16, 2009, to include formal and informal groups of women involved in family farming among those with priority in the acquisition of foodstuffs under the Nation...

Uruguay - Law No. 20177 Regulations on food donations

The Law aims to encourage the donation of food fit for human consumption to vulnerable sectors, in order to help meet their food needs and protect the environment. The law defines donors as operators ...

Law nº 14,628 that reestablishes the Food Acquisition Program (PAA) in Brazil

Law No. 14,628, of July 20, 2023, reestablishes the Food Acquisition Program (PAA), with the objective of promoting access to food, food security and economic and social inclusion. The PAA seeks to pr...

Strategic Plan for Food and Nutritional Security (PESAN) 2023–2032 — Guatemala

Ten-year Guatemalan government plan that translates the National Food Security Policy into concrete actions, coordinating 17 public institutions across six axes: food availability, physical access, pu...

Implementation- Ongoing

Argentina: economic measures to counter rising prices

A set of measures ordered by the Ministry of Economy to stabilize exchange rates, favor placements in pesos, accelerate agreements with multilateral organizations and sustain the level of consumption ...

Love Converted into Food Law for the Promotion, Protection and Support of Breastfeeding

Formulario Cuestionario para Marcos de Política Nombre (Español): Ley Amor Convertido en Alimento para el Fomento, Protección y Apoyo a la Lactancia Materna Descripción (Español): La Ley Amor Con...

Regulation of the Love Converted into Food Law for the Promotion, Protection and Support of Breastfeeding

This Regulation aims to develop the provisions established in the Love Converted into Food Law for the Promotion, Protection and Support of Breastfeeding, guaranteeing the right to breastfeeding for a...

Peru: Modification of the Food Safety Regulations (Supreme Decree No. 0001-2023-MIDAGRI)

This Supreme Decree amends Article 14 of the Food Safety Regulation, approved by Supreme Decree No. 004-2011-AG, in order to update the provisions related to the sanitary management of primary agricul...

Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS)

The Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS) is an initiative launched in 2023 by the United States and coordinated by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to strengthen global ...

Executive Decree 43790-H-MEIC-S Regulation of the list of goods that make up the basic tax basket for the integral wellb...

The application of the one percent (1%) Value Added Tax (VAT) rate in the CBTBIF will be applied on those goods of higher consumption, in the population group corresponding to the thirty percent (30%)...