Gary Antonio Rodriguez Alvarez writes for El Deber: More clear… water! I recently read three news in the press that made me smile and do expect a better future for my country, because faith is the last thing you lose! The headline of the first note read: Bermejo sugar mill will achieve $1,300,000 more by…
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Bolivian chuno and tunta [which are processed potato] have interesting properties against diabetes and overweight!
Tatiana Sanabria reports for Pagina Siete: Chuño and tunta may decrease the level of glucose in the blood Science: a group of Bolivian researchers analyzed resistant starch in 52 samples of potato, chuño [sometimes de ñ does not show, is the n with the – on top, Spanish alphabet] and tunta in two communities of…
Status of Bolivian cotton production, we need to improve fast!
We had great oportunities with Bolivian cotton until we blew it, back in the 70s… since then we go up and down… so unfortunate, so true… however, it is time to take appropriate action, for current gov to issue sound public policies that can give some certainty to private producers, and then step back as…
Bolivian fruit export potential!
Ismael Luna Acevedo reports for El Dia: IBL: first lyophilized plant of fruits A striking company, specialized in the industrialization of national fruits, is exporting to European countries. Entrepreneurship pushes forward that urban population eat fruits with nutritional value. The consumption of fruit in the country is low, says an empirical observation. The truth is…
Bolivia: An alliance between scientific and ancient knowledge for production
Pagina Siete reports on an extremely important issue which basically boils down to: lets not reinvent the wheel… without losing competitiveness and better protection of our environment and health. A scientific and ancient knowledge alliance for production Small farmers who practice farming have consolidated a strategic alliance with the National Institute of agricultural innovation and…
Bolivian Sociology 101: The conservative nature of the doctrines of decolonization
El Dia published this incredibly in-depth analysis of how the indigenous people in Bolivia continue to be played by people who claim to be protectors of mother earth, the socialists of the 21st century and protectors of the coca… The conservative nature of the doctrines of decolonization To understand the theories of decolonization, very popular…
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