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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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Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, adopted on May 22, 2001, has as its main objective to protect human health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants. These cont...

Law 2135 - Paraguay

Law approving the Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Pesticides and Chemicals in International Trade

Agreement No. 146-03 Organic Agriculture Regulations of Honduras

The regulation aims to regulate the production, processing and marketing of organic agricultural products and define the regulations for the different stages of the processes and their certification. ...

The Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board Guyana, Act 13 of 2000

The Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board Act of Guyana establishes the legal framework to regulate the importation, manufacture, sale, transportation, storage, and use of pesticides and toxic ...

Plant and Animal Health Law - Decree 524

El Salvador's Plant and Animal Health Law establishes the fundamental provisions for the health protection of plants and animals, granting the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock competencies for di...

Colombia: Decree 1840 of 1994 - Regulatory Decree Implementing Article 65 of Law 101 of 1993

Implements Article 65 of Law 101 of 1993 and establishes Colombia's national regulatory framework for agricultural health protection, defining the ICA's authority over animal health, plant health, and...

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Federal Law on Plant Health of Mexico

The Federal Law on Plant Health regulates the phytosanitary measures necessary for the protection of plants in Mexico. Its main objective is to prevent, control and eradicate pests that affect plants,...

Law 123 - Paraguay

Law adopting new phytosanitary protection measures, assigning the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock as the authority responsible for establishing the law's enforcement agencies

Law on Control of Pesticides, Fertilizers and Products for Agricultural Use

This law establishes the regulatory framework for the control, registration, importation, manufacturing, commercialization and application of pesticides, fertilizers, herbicides and chemical products ...

Law 166 - Paraguay

Law establishing the tax regime for the importation of insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, fertilizers, bulbs, and seeds for planting, as well as raw materials used for the industrialization of all ...

Regulatory framework for the registration of biopesticides Colombia

An alternative to reduce the use of chemically synthesized pesticides are biopesticides based on biological control agents (acb), which have demonstrated high effectiveness, specificity and environmen...