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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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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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UNDER DISCUSSION: Bolivian government announces fertilizer subsidy

Under discussion, the Government of Bolivia announces the direct import and subsidy of ammonium phosphate, up to 70%, so that potato producers and others can reduce the final price in the marketing of...

Standards on Composition, Labeling and Marketing of Fertilizers and Biostimulants (Law 21349)/n

This law establishes norms applicable to the manufacture, formulation, production, commercialization, possession, import and export of fertilizers and biostimulants; specifically regarding quality par...

Chile: Law 21349

Establishes rules on composition, labelling and marketing of fertilizers and biostimulants.

Fertilizer Production Expansion Program

The Fertilizer Production Expansion Program (FPEP), administered by USDA Rural Development through the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, provides grants to help eligible applicants increase or expan...

Implementation- Ongoing

Comprehensive Crop Fertilization Strategy

The strategy contemplates meeting the requirements of the 2022-2023 agricultural campaign; with organic and inorganic inputs, promote the use of ecological fertilization alternatives, such as accelera...

Individual Monetary Support for Agricultural Producers (Emergency Decree No. 022-2022)

The purpose of this Emergency Decree is to issue extraordinary and urgent measures, in economic and financial matters, in support of agricultural producers who manage agricultural units with a total c...

SADER, SHCP and FIRA-Bank of Mexico present support measures to mitigate fertiliser price volatility

SADER (Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development), SHCP (Secretary of Finance and Public Credit) and FIRA (Trust Funds for Rural Development)-Bank of Mexico presented support measures to mitigate...

Plan Planting for Chile

The Chilean Ministry of Agriculture, as part of the national measures to mitigate the economic crisis, established this program, which includes support for issues related to water security, fertilizer...

Regulation that regulates the Registry of Importers of Agricultural Products (Decree 319-22)

The purpose of this Regulation is to create the Registry of Importers of Agricultural Products (RIMPA), which aims to establish a database of legally constituted natural and legal persons that carry o...

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 ...

Partial modification to the Customs Tariff for the importation of fertilizers and pesticides (Decree No. 1176 of 2022)

Colombia establishes a zero percent (0%) tariff for the importation of 22 fertilizer and pesticide products.

Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of Ecuador to allocate USD 14 million to subsidize agricultural packages/n

The delivery will begin on July 1, 2022, in which the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of Ecuador will deliver agricultural packages with certified seeds, phytosanitary inputs and fertilizers to ...