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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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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 ...

Implementation of the National Strategy for Sovereignty and Food Security (ENSSA)

National strategic framework of Chile aimed at strengthening food security and food sovereignty through interinstitutional coordination, strengthening agri-food systems, food access, food resilience, ...

Implementation- Ongoing

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%)...

Chile’s new government starts to slash salmon farming red tape

Article describing measures promoted by the Chilean government to streamline regulatory processes and reduce administrative burdens in the salmon farming industry, aiming to improve sector competitive...

Implementation- Ongoing

Ministerial Agreement No. 136-2022 on Pricing of Products Subject to Maximum Sales Price Determination

The Secretariat of Economic Development, based on articles 321 and 331 of the Constitution of the Republic, through the publication of decree PCM 24-2022 in the official gazette La Gaceta, determined ...

Peru: Law No. 31071 State Purchases of Food of Origin in Family Agriculture

Approved by Supreme Decree No. 0012-2021-MIDAGRI, this law establishes that at least 30% of the food purchased by public assistance programs must come from family agriculture, in order to strengthen t...

Peru: Action Plan in the Agricultural and Irrigation Sector for the implementation of state purchases of food of origin ...

The Action Plan in the Agricultural and Irrigation Sector for the implementation of state purchases of food of family farming origin, approved by Ministerial Resolution No. 0377-2022-MIDAGRI , focuses...

Executive Decree 43670-MTSS-H-MDHlS creating the temporary inflation benefit or inflation subsidy. (Not in Force)

The Instituto Mixto de Ayuda Social (IMAS) established the Temporary Inflation Allowance for households in extreme poverty and poverty, which will represent a total estimated at ₡20,000 million, tar...