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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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Argentina - Healthy Eating Law

This law aims to guarantee the right to health and adequate food by promoting healthy eating, providing simple and understandable nutritional information on packaged foods and alcoholic beverages.

Paraguay - Special Regime for Food Donation

Create the Special Regime for the Donation of Food suitable for human consumption, which will aim to contribute to meeting the food needs of the most economically vulnerable population.

Peru: Law No. 31315 - Food and Nutrition Security Law

The Food and Nutrition Security Law of Peru establishes a legal framework to develop public policies that guarantee the fundamental right to food. Its objective is to ensure that all people have physi...

Colombia - Food Labelling Law

This law adopts measures that promote healthy food environments, guaranteeing access to clear, truthful, timely, visible, suitable and sufficient information on food products and beverages offered in ...

Chile - Healthy School Feeding

The project aims to make changes in the food programmes offered by Junaeb in educational establishments, in order to incorporate healthier food criteria, considering eating disorders, recognition of v...

Legislative Decree No. 22 Law for the Creation of the Trust for Food Sovereignty and the Rescue of the Agricultural Sect...

The purpose of this Law is the constitution, operation and regulation of the Trust for Food Sovereignty, which may be abbreviated "FIDESA", to guarantee and promote food sovereignty, facilitating fina...

Temporary application of export licensing requirements for certain products

Temporary export licensing requirements apply to export licenses for live specimens, import and export of narcotic and psychotropic drugs, organic pollutants, among others.

Decree No. 248 of 2021

The Decree No. 248 of 2021 establishes that public, mixed or any other entity that manages public resources must purchase 30% of food products from small producers in the countrys agricultural sector.

Ministerial Resolution No. 013-2021-MIDIS

Creates the Temporary Intervention “Zero Hunger” with the purpose of contributing to the reduction of food insecurity gaps in a focused, differentiated and gradual manner, for the benefit of the u...

National roadmap for the transformation of the Mexican agri-food system

The National Roadmap for the Transformation of the Mexican Agri-Food System details the efforts made and the initiatives underway to reform the agri-food system in Mexico, focusing on sustainable and ...

Law No. 6603 - Support and assistance to community kitchens organized throughout the territory of the Republic of Parag...

Law No. 6603 aims to provide support and assistance from the Paraguayan State to the community kitchens organized by communities throughout the territory of the Republic of Paraguay, in order to addre...

Law No. 2046 - Law by which mechanisms are established to promote the participation of small local agricultural producer...

The purpose of this document is to establish conditions and instruments for food supply so that all public food supply and distribution programs promote the participation of small local producers and ...