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Initiatives are interventions that can take the form of laws, guidelines, incentives, among others, which are often reflected in allocations of public and private resources.

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Brazil: Public Rice Purchases to Build Stocks and Mitigate El Niño Impacts

Public initiative authorizing Brazil's National Supply Company to purchase long fine paddy rice from the 2025/2026 crop through public auctions to build public stocks. The measure provides up to R$500...

Implementation- Ongoing

Brazil: Extraordinary credit for food supply and food security in response to El Niño 2026-2027

Public expenditure intervention financed through an extraordinary credit of BRL 924,985,960 to strengthen food supply and food security in response to risks associated with El Niño in 2026-2027. Resou...

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PAA: Food Acquisition Program in Brazil [EN]

The Food Acquisition Program, PAA, relaunched in 2023 by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, consists of the public purchase of family farming products, without bidding, to be distributed to people i...

Implementation- Ongoing

Legal mechanisms to promote the participation of peasant, family, and community agriculture in public food procurement m...

Law 2046 of August 6, 2020, in Colombia establishes mechanisms to promote the participation of small local agricultural producers and peasant, family, and community agriculture in public food procurem...

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Local Public Procurement in the School Feeding Program (PAE) – Colombia

The School Feeding Program (PAE) in Colombia is managed by the Special Administrative Unit for School Feeding – Alimentos para Aprender (UApA), which is attached to the Ministry of Education. The orig...

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FINAPOP - Popular Financing for Healthy Food [EN]

FINAPOP is an organization focused on raising funds and investments to promote sustainable production in family farming. The initiative articulates a set of financial mechanisms involving investors, c...

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Programa Nacional de Alimentación Escolar Honduras – Proyecto Ración Fresca (EN)

Legislative Decree No. 125-2016 approved the School Feeding Law, establishing the legal framework for the National School Feeding Program (PNAE). The program provides a daily ration of nutritionally b...

Implementation- Ongoing

Local public procurement of food as part of the support for commercialization of rural producer organizations – ADR Colo...

The Rural Development Agency (ADR) implements Colombia’s agricultural and rural development policy with a territorial focus, as formulated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. This is...

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PNAE purchases of organic products from family farming [EN]

The National School Feeding Program (PNAE) uses federal resources to fund food services for students enrolled in all stages and modalities of basic education nationwide. This case highlights the speci...

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Panela Agroindustry Sectoral Committee – National Training Service (SENA) – Colombia

The Sectoral Committees are dialogue and consensus-building spaces where the productive, academic, and governmental sectors participate with the aim of identifying the training needs of workers in pro...

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CONAB: National Supply Company [EN]

CONAB is a public company that generates agricultural information and intelligence for the formulation and implementation of public policies that contribute to the regular supply and income generation...

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