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…
Tag: agriculture
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…
Bolivian quinoa is ALL over the world!
… and make no mistake, Bolivian ROYAL QUINOA is the best of the varieties out there, and it can ONLY be grown in our highlands, Potosi!! other varieties are grown in neighboring countries, the USA, even China… but to my pride, OUR ROYAL QUINOA is for REAL and EXPORT! The UN, NASA are among the…
Investment trends in Bolivia during 2014
Efrain Valera and Gary Rojas report for El Deber: EXPERTS IDENTIFIED AREAS FOR INVESTMENT Ten sectors that seduce investments for 2014 Market. Food, buying franchises, services to extractive industries, among others, open the opportunity to new capital. The chia, quinoa, wheat, sugar cane and fruits are some of the sectors seeking to attract more investments…
We need to protect Bolivian agriculture, ergo, food security for ALL!!
Pagina Siete reports: THEY INDICATE THAT GREATER INSECURITY CAUSES Anapo notes the new law against land takeovers The producers claim that the norm also affect owners of foreign origin. The Producers Association of Oleaginous and Wheat (Anapo) questioned some of the articles of the law against the subjugation and land traffic and considered that it…
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