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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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People in a h. phase of food insecurity (ECU)
5,136,000 people were in a heightened phase of food insecurity in Ecuador between December 2025 and March 2026. (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, 2026).
People in food crisis (Ecuador)
2,447,000 people were in a food crisis situation in Ecuador between December 2025 and March 2026. (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, 2026).
People in food emergencies (Ecuador)
95,000 people found themselves in a food emergency situation in Ecuador between December 2025 and March 2026. (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, 2026).
Vulnerability of livestock in Colombia
Between 25% and 30% of the 1,345,000 head of cattle are exposed to disease, death and loss of pastures, with the greatest impact in Arauca, Arauquita and Tame, Colombia. (Fundación Corocoras, 2026).
Impact of climate on agricultural land (COL)
In Arauca, Colombia, there are approximately 482,631 hectares dedicated to agricultural activities at risk due to permanent exposure to flooding. (Fundación Cocoras, 2026).

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Law 8591 for the Development, Promotion and Promotion of Organic Agricultural Activity Organic Agriculture Costa Rica

Law No. 8591 of Costa Rica is designed to develop, promote and encourage organic agricultural activity. It declares this activity of public interest due to its benefits for human, animal and plant hea...

Law 1032 de 2006 - Colombia

Law by which articles 257, 271, 272 and 306 of the Penal Code are modified. Article 306 deals with usurpation of industrial property rights and breeders' rights of plant varieties that affects the use...

Resolution VI 2005 RO CAS: Declaration II - On Biotechnology and the Cartagena Protocol

The CAS resolution establishes the interest in the coordination of the parties prior to the meeting of the parties to the Cartagena Protocol. The declaration supports the interest in issues under nego...

Resolution VI 2005 RO CAS: Statement I - On Royalty Collection for Biotechnology Products

The CAS resolution establishes the interest in the coordination of governmental actions between the parties to develop regional technologies, tending to promote innovations in biotechnology. Therefore...

Law 2459 - Paraguay

Law creating the National Service for Plant Health and Seed Quality (SENAVE), whose mission is to support the State's agro-productive policy

Law 740 of 2002 ratifying Colombia's adherence to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.

Approving the "Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity", done in Montreal.

Legislative Decree No. 530 Seed Law El Salvador

This law's main objective is to guarantee the identity and genetic purity, physical, physiological and sanitary quality of seeds, as well as to regulate their research, production and marketing in the...

Law 280 seed production and trade Nicaragua

The Seed Production and Trade Law, established in Nicaragua, aims to regulate, promote and supervise all activities related to the research, production and marketing of seeds and nursery plants. The l...

Uruguay’s Seed Law N° 16811

Uruguay's Seed Law N° 16811 regulates the use, commercialization, and certification of seeds to ensure their quality and protect breeders' rights. It establishes standards for the registration of var...

Agreement 1570-98 - Biosafety regulations with emphasis on transgenic plants.

The purpose of this regulation is to establish the general principles to be taken into account for the regulation of the use of genetically modified organisms, in order to ensure human health, agricul...

Law No. 16,811 Declares of national interest the obtaining, production, circulation and internal and external marketing ...

The Law declares of national interest the obtaining, production, circulation and marketing, both internally and externally, of seeds and phytogenetic creations. As part of this initiative, the Nationa...

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...