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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 price increase
The price of basic foodstuffs increased by 6.1% after two months of blockade in Hormuz (INFOBAE, 2026).
Barriers for agrifood companies.
83% of firms finance their investments primarily with their own resources.
Peru: 2015 El Niño raised pesticide exposure risk
The study maps 1,793 of 1,874 Peruvian districts (95.7%), with moderate-to-high risk zones covering over one-third of the national territory, indicating ENSO events amplify pesticide dispersal. (Honles,J. et al, 2026)
Peru: 436 cancer hotspots linked to pesticide
The excessive or inappropriate use of pesticides is strongly linked to an alarming increase in cancer cases, with 436 risk zones identified in Peru, concentrated in the Western Andes and the southern coast.(Honles,J. et al, 2026)
Dry Corridor and Caribbean face drought risks
The LAC agricultural sector absorbs 26% of climate disaster damages on average—rising to 82% during droughts—while equatorial Pacific warming further cripples Caribbean coastal fisheries.(Castellanos, 2026)

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Biofuel Producer Relief Payments Program

This program authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make payments to U.S.-based producers of advanced, cellulosic, or conventional biofuel, biomassbased diesel, or renewable fuel to offset unexpec...

National Biofuels Policy (RenovaBio)

The goals of RenovaBio include helping to meet Brazil's commitments under the COP21 Paris Agreement, as well as contributing to the reduction of GHG emissions in the production, commercialization, and...

Argentina: Biofuels Regulatory Framework - Law 27640 / Bioethanol Blending Mandate

Its purpose is to cover all biofuel production, storage, commercialization and blending activities in the country and their corresponding regulations. This Law also establishes that the liquid fuel cl...

Argentina: Provincial Programme for Sustainable Biofuel Use of the Province of Santa Fe - Law 14.010

Promotes the use of biofuels in the form of biodiesel, pure bioethanol and blended biofuels.

Argentina: Law for the Promotion and Development for the Promotion and Consumption of Biofuels of Cordoba - Law 10.721

Law 10.721 aims to promote the use of bioethanol and biodiesel produced in small agricultural plants. It also supports the massive use of biofuels in industry, transport and official vehicles.

Paraguay: Promotion Regime for the Sustainable Production and Mandatory Use of Biofuel Suitable for Use in Diesel Engine...

the National Program for the Production of biofuel suitable for use in diesel engines, to be planned, designed and executed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG), through which said Insti...

Paraguay: Law for the Promotion of Biofuels - Law 2748

Within its purpose, the Law highlighted as its main objectives the diversification of the supply of renewable energies, reducing dependence on imported fossil fuels, replacing fossil fuels with renewa...

Peru: Biofuel Market Promotion Law - Law 28,054

Law 28,054 would be responsible for promoting investment in the production of biofuels and their marketing. To do this, it would establish the PROBIOCOM program within Peru's investment agency (PROINV...

UNDER DISCUSSION: U.S. expected to announce 3-year biofuels blending mandates in November

The Biden administration is expected to announce a rule this year that would detail annual biofuels blending mandates for the refining industry over a three-year period instead of just one.

Natural Fibers and Biofuels General Directorate Organization Manual

SAGARPA, through the Office of the Chief of Staff, authorized the Undersecretary of Agriculture to create the Deputy General Directorate of Bioeconomy in order to contribute to the implementation of t...

Ecuador: Biodiesel Blending Mandate: Executive Decree No. 1303 declares the development of biofuels to be of national in...

Presidential Decree 1303 introduced the first mandatory 5% biodiesel blending mandate, to be met by March 17, 2013. In addition, the decree declares the development of biofuels in Ecuador to be of nat...

Law No. 355 of January 31, 2023 on Biofuels and Electric Energy. Bioethanol Blending Mandate

This law amends Law 42 of 2011, which establishes guidelines for the national policy on biofuels and electric energy from biomass in the national territory. This legislation makes blending with gasoli...