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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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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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UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative

BioTrade is when a product or service sourced from biodiversity is commercialized and traded in a way that respects people and nature. The BioTrade Principles and Criteria (P&C), developed by UNCTAD, ...

Conservation of the Atlantic Forest through the sustainable management of cocoa agroforestry landscapes

This GCF project aims to reduce and reverse degradation trends and biodiversity loss in specific districts of Southern Bahia State by improving the management of natural resources at the landscape lev...

IDB Strategy for Uruguay 2010-2015

Strategic document that sought to articulate the IDB Groups work with Uruguay during the 2010-2015 period. In response to the development challenges identified, the following actions were identified: ...

CSUCA's Open Science Statement

It was unanimously approved at the 121st Ordinary Session of the Central American University Superior Council (CSUCA) on October 10. This declaration is an important collective position of the region'...

United States: California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS)

The main objective of this legislation is to decarbonize the transportation sector through the use of low-carbon alternative fuels such as ethanol, biojet and biodiesel, as well as cleaner-burning fos...

Law 401 on Climate Change for the State of Zacatecas and Municipalities

The Climate Change Law for the State of Zacatecas and Municipalities was enacted on December 29, 2015. The law establishes the framework for climate action in the state of Zacatecas, encompassing both...

Catastrophic Agricultural Insurance for Family Farming in Guatemala.

This financial instrument was created to strengthen the resilience of small producers to the occurrence of two types of climatic events: heavy rains and prolonged droughts. The parametric and catastro...

Special Agricultural Safeguard (SAE)

Special Agricultural Safeguard (SAE) is understood as a temporary trade defence measure for the producers of a country, which empowers the customs authorities of the importing country to apply, during...

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...

RESOL-2023-1280-APN-MEC, which establishes the 2023 Nutrient Contribution Program.

The objective of the program is to provide support to small and medium wheat and corn producers to increase the average doses of nitrogen fertilization to provide higher yields, more grain protein and...

Partnership between the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to promote innovation, attract private ...

The alliance between the World Bank and the IDB aims to boost support for efforts to achieve net-zero deforestation in the Amazon, strengthen the Caribbean's resilience to natural disasters, and reduc...

Resolution 1186/2023 creating the Strengthening Program for the Apicultural Chain

Resolution 1186/2023 establishes the Strengthening Program for the Apicultural Chain within the framework of Decree No. 576/22, which created the Export Increment Fund, aimed at financing, among other...