El Diario reports: 120 raids of illegal groups 50 farms still enslaved Properties affected, producers expressed their expectation for the return of legal certainty in agribusiness of Santa Cruz. The “grabbers” gave way to the commission of crimes as cattle theft, attempted murder and rape, besides economic damage as a result of criminal actions [estelionato…
Tag: agriculture
Andean bean [haba] is seeking markets!
Ernesto Estremadoiro reports for El Dia: Business conference attracts entrepreneurs from the West Seeking markets for derivatives of the Andean bean [haba] Business conference. Producers of Totora Pampa (Potosí) exported to Argentina and hope to reach agreements with Europa. Teodocia Benavidez is one of the producers of beans [haba] and maize from the community of…
25% price fall of Santa Cruz soybeans, ton is priced at $340
El Diario reports: International prices on six basic food are down: 25% price fall of Santa Cruz soybeans, ton is priced at $340 The price of soybeans presented a downward trend during the last month as a result of a global oversupply and reduced Chinese demand for the oilseed. According to a cruceño producer, the…
Bolivia purchases certified seed and exports sunflower and oilseed
El Diario reports: Bolivia purchases certified seed and exports sunflower and oilseed Bolivia continues to import certified seed. According to data from the director of the National Institute of Agricultural Forestry Innovation (INIAF), Hans Franklin Mercado Rios, half of the seeds we need to grow foods like vegetables and oilseed. He said that in a…
Bolivia: from food producer to importer!
Wilfredo Ramirez writes in El Diario: From producer to importer of food As it continues, without honest and responsible forecasting the multinational Government wasteful policy, without observing behavior of austerity in the management of the moneys of the Bolivian people (expenses and investments), national majorities will continue suffering from the scourge of hunger, misery and…
Food security versus food safety? nah! just plain governmental incompetence!
Ismael Luna reports for El Dia: Uncertainty in producers More rice enters formally and illegally This figure. According to the IBCE, 2013, until November the country imported 15 times more than in 2012. Rice producers are worried about the entry of rice from abroad by way of smuggling. Between January and November, rice import grew…
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