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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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Chicken exports rise 16.5%
3.815 million tonnes of chicken meat were exported by Brazil between January and August 2026, 16.5% more than in the same period of 2025; revenue reached USD 7.543 billion.
Retail potato price rises 69.1%
69.1% was the increase in the retail price of smooth-skinned potatoes in Paraná between August and September 2026, rising from BRL 4.15 to BRL 7.01 per kilogram.
Wheat crop quality deteriorates
182 thousand hectares of wheat remained to be harvested in Paraná: 12% of the area was in poor condition, 42% in average condition, and 46% in good condition.
Production reaches 78.7 million pounds
78.7 million pounds of shrimp were produced by Honduras from January through August 2026, compared with 76 million pounds during the same period of 2025.
Loss of 13 million pounds
13 million pounds of shrimp are estimated to have been lost because of drought and high salinity, reducing the annual production target from 159 million to 146 million pounds.

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INALE strategic sector plan

The strategic plan has 4 objectives, to be achieved in a period of 15 years: to produce 50% more milk, to enter international markets, to advance in the fulfillment of environmental demands, and to pr...

Departmental Law No. 429 – Departmental Law on the Cheese and Milk Route

Departmental Law of Tarija creating the Cheese and Milk Route to strengthen community-based tourism and gastronomic activities in areas producing artisanal cheese and other dairy products, and to prom...

Implementation- Ongoing

NDC: Nationally Determined Contribution of the United States (after returning as a signatory to the Paris Agreement).

After a careful process involving analysis and consultation across the United States federal government and with leaders in state, local, and tribal governments, the United States is setting an econom...

RTCA 67.04.77:20 Dairy products. Butter. Specifications

Central American technical regulation dealing with butter specifications. This Technical Regulation is an adaptation of the Codex Alimentarius Standard for Butter CXS 279-1971.

Law 135 of 2020

(EN) Reforms Law 50 of 1995. It establishes that every public or private institution, where there are more than 20 working women, must have a breastfeeding room that allows the working mother to have ...

Agreement No. 39. Fixing maximum prices of essential food products.

This agreement modifies Agreement No. 37 dated April 17, 2020, which in turn modified Agreement No. 33 dated March 30, 2020 and Agreement No. 27 dated March 19, 2020. 27 dated March 19, 2020, modifyin...

Agreement No. 37. Fixing maximum prices of essential food products.

Agreement No. 33, dated March 30, 2020, which in turn modified Agreement No. 27 dated March 19, 2020, is amended, modifying and fixing maximum prices of specific and general brand listings of the foll...

Temporary modification to the system of pricing and payment of raw milk to the supplier (Decree 417 - Resolution 072 - 0...

Establish as a temporary system the price to be paid per liter of milk to the supplier.

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Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) for Sustainable and Low Emission Livestock under Grazing Conditions in M...

The NAMA GS+MEXICO is a proposal developed by IICA in coordination with 44 Mexican institutions to transform traditional extensive livestock farming towards sustainable and low-emission systems. The i...

Cooperation Agreement between IICA and INDAP to support the Dairy Goat Program in Coquimbo, Chile.

The Chilean Institute for Agricultural Development and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) have signed a collaboration agreement within the framework of the Dairy Goat S...

RTCA 67.04.76:18 Dairy products. Milk Powders and Cream Powders. Specifications.

Central American technical regulation addressing specifications for milk powder and cream powder. This technical regulation is an adaptation of the Codex Standard for Milk Powders and Cream Powders. C...

Law 115 of 2019, law that creates the Study Without Hunger Program and amends Law 35 of 1995, on the distribution progra...

The law establishes the creation of the "Study without Hunger" program to promote healthy eating in the different student centers of the territory, in order to have a healthy population, and to this e...