Alison Taylor reports for Sustainable Brands: Creating Business Alliances Around Bolivian Quinoa When multiple layers of the supply chain work together, transformation is most effective. At Archer Daniels Midland Company, we have seen this firsthand, through providing financial and other support to improve the lives of quinoa farmers in Bolivia. Together with our partner, Andean Naturals; and…
Category: Economics
Beware of private property
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Deber: Beware of private property Seventy years lasted the commitment of the Soviets to eliminate private property and impose communism. In the end, private property was the force that defeated the ‘socialist motherland’. Mafias conformed by former hierarchs control the spoils of what had been a superpower, which now has…
ILO urges Bolivian government to consult for salary increases! Enough of cheap demagogue!
El Diario reports: ILO urges tripartite dialogue Government must consult for salary increases • The Committee on the Application of Standards requires government authorities to carry out “in-depth consultations” with employers and workers to define increments • The CEPB requires the Government to redirect the policy of salary increases affecting private entrepreneurs, which is why…
The CAO warns that payment of the second Christmas bonus “will be fatal” for agriculture
Erbol reports for Pagina Siete: The CAO warns that payment of the double bonus “will be fatal” for agriculture There are items such as corn, whose yield per hectare is less than three tons, warned the president of the Farming Chamber of the East. The Agricultural Chamber of the East (CAO) warned that the payment…
Lack of incentive causes migration of Bolivian professionals
El Diario reports: According to a former leader of CEUB Lack of incentive causes migration of professionals • Universities require high budgets to interact with their peers from other regions of the world and exchange knowledge and experiences. In Bolivia, few have this type of international agreements. The former executive of the Bolivian University Executive…
Bolivia: Made 313 Million Dollars for Sale of Organic Food
Prensa Latina reports: Bolivia: Made 313 Million Dollars for Sale of Organic Food La Paz, Jul 2 (Prensa Latina) The export of 188,000 tons of five organic foods: chestnut, quinoa, banana, chia and beans in 2017, generated 313 million dollars to Bolivian economy, according to official data. The main markets receiving these products were from…
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