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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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Caribbean lags: 45% of SDG targets regressing
the Caribbean has the lowest share of targets on track for fulfillment (13%), compared to 19% in South America and 18% in Central America and Mexico. Some 45% of Caribbean targets show stagnation or regression — the highest share among the three su...
LAC on track to meet only 19% of SDG targets
the region is on track to meet only 19% of the 2030 Agenda targets at the current pace — down from 23% estimated the previous year. Some 42% of targets are advancing in the right direction but too slowly, while 39% are stagnant or regressing compar...
FAO: 40-day conflict may cut fertilizer applicatio
FAO's Maximo Torero warns that high fertilizer costs and prolonged conflict may force farmers to cut inputs and plantings. A 20% reduction in fertilizers could slash yields by 25%, as costs now consume half of smallholder budgets.
FAO: Vegetable oil up 5.1%, sugar up 7.2% in March
Vegetable oil prices increased 5.1% in March, marking a third consecutive monthly rise, while sugar prices jumped 7.2% to their highest level since October 2025. Both increases are linked to rising energy costs driven by the Iran war and disruptions ...
FAO: Food Price Index rises 2.4% in March
FAO's Food Price Index rose 2.4% in March 2026, reaching its highest level since September of the previous year. The increase reflects the impact of higher energy costs linked to the Iran war, which disrupted the Strait of Hormuz and pushed crude ben...

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Digital Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean

The Digital Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean (eLAC) is a strategy for 2022, which proposes the use of digital technologies as instruments for sustainable development. Its mission is to promo...

LAC Chain: Global alliance for the development of the Blockchain ecosystem in LAC driven by IDB Lab

LAC Chain is a global alliance integrated by different actors in the blockchain environment, led by the Inter-American Development Bank Group's Innovation Lab (IDB Lab) for the development of the bloc...

National Plan for the Internet of Things - IoT

The National Plan for the Internet of Things aims to implement and develop the Internet of Things in the country, based on free competition and free movement of data, observing the guidelines for info...

Action Plan for accelerating the digitization of the agricultural sector

The following report presents the state of play of the digitization of the Colombian agricultural sector. Based on this analysis, a series of initiatives have been compiled to be taken by the public a...

EFSA Strategy 2027: Science, Food Safety and Sustainability

This document comes at a historic moment for EFSA (European Food Safety Authority): an amendment to the General Food Law came into force in 2021 that increased its responsibilities to the EU citizenry...

Bayer and Microsoft partner to promote innovation and digitization in agriculture

The strategic partnership will create a new set of digital tools and cloud-based data science solutions for use in agriculture and adjacent industries, providing critical new infrastructure and capabi...

Antigua & Barbuda’s 2015-2020 National Action Plan: Combatting Desertification, Land Degradation & Drought

El Plan tiene como objetivo abordar la desertificación, la degradación del suelo y la sequía en respuesta a la Convención de las Naciones Unidas para Combatir la Desertificación (UNCCD). El plan ...

The President's climate action plan

The President's Climate Action Plan establishes an ambitious strategy to address climate change and promote energy sustainability nationally and internationally. The plan focuses on three key pillars:...

Final National Climate Change Policy, Strategy and Action Plan for Suriname 2014-2021

The Plan establishes comprehensive guidelines to address climate change through mitigation and adaptation in the national context. The main objective of the plan is to integrate climate change resilie...

Comprehensive Regional Climate Change Plan, Capital Region Bogotá Cundinamarca (PRICC)

The PRICC is an inter-institutional partnership platform aimed at generating applied research and technical knowledge geared towards decision-making to address climate change. It supports the implemen...

Honduras Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC-HN)

The Honduras Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC-HN) is a document that establishes the country's commitments and goals to address climate change, both in mitigation and adaptation, with a compreh...

Comprehensive Regional Climate Change Plan for the Department of Chocó

Document containing the proposal for the Comprehensive Climate Change Plan for the Department of Chocó, which has been designed based on an understanding of the idiosyncrasies of the region's inhabit...