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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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Mexico - Federal Law for the Promotion and Protection of Native Maize

The purpose of this Law is to declare the activities of production, commercialization and consumption of Native Maize and in Constant diversification, as a cultural manifestation in accordance with Ar...

Eurasian Economic Union: Temporary export ban on certain food products due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Temporary export ban on certain food products (e.g. bulb onions; garlic; turnips; rye; rice; buckwheat; millet; cereal groats; meal and pellets; buckwheat grains pearled; soya beans, whether or not b...

Bolivia: Temporary elimination of import tariffs on wheat and meslin, due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Temporary elimination of import tariffs on wheat and meslin (HS 1001), due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Agreement No. 33 - Establishment of maximum prices for essential food products

This modifies Agreement No. 27 dated March 19, 2020, through which maximum prices were set for products considered essential, including beans, rice, corn, powdered milk, and eggs. The current agreemen...

Federal Law for the Promotion and Protection of Native Corn

The federal law for the promotion and protection of native corn published in the Official Gazette of the Federation on April 13, 2020 is a set of rules of public order, social interest and observance ...

Agreements Nos. 501, 502, and 503 - Various contingency plans for the shortage of paddy rice, yellow corn, and white cor...

This agreement (Agreements Nos. 501, 502, and 503) establishes the availability of a contingency to address the shortage of paddy rice, classified under tariff subheading 1006.10.90.00 "--Others," wit...

Decree No. 616 - Special and Transitory Provisions for the Purchase Operations of Corn, Beans, and Rice for Human Consum...

Temporary elimination of import tariffs under "shortage quotas" for certain products, for example, for paddy rice (import quota of 20,000 metric tons); for corn (yellow corn) (import quota of 180,000 ...

Decree No. 604: Modification to the Central American Import Tariff

The modification to the Central American import tariff is aimed at taking urgent and temporary measures to ensure the supply of the population with essential foodstuffs, medicines for respiratory dise...

Executive Decree No. 41933-MAG-MEIC-COMEX for the authorization to import beans due to shortage in the domestic market.

On August 16, 2019, the import of 2,199 metric tons of beans was authorized due to shortage, according to Executive Decree No. 41933-MAGMEIC- COMEX.

Supreme Decree 4008 - Creates the National Program to Support the Production and Harvesting of Cocoa and the National Pr...

Supreme Decree No. 4008 establishes the creation of two national programs focused on sustainable rural development. The first is the National Program to Support Cocoa Production and Harvesting, aimed ...

National strategy for the promotion of family farming for FSN 2019-2021.

The strategy emphasizes the importance of agriculture in ensuring food security for families by expanding the sector: diversifying production with nutritious foods; promoting technologies according to...

Production for Wellbeing Program: Farmer Field Schools for the agroecological transition and improvement of maize yields...

Mexico’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development reports that technical assistance and agroecological practices implemented through Field Schools achieved maize yield increases of up to 25% in...

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