El Deber reports: The presentation of new bio-fortified seed varieties for: bean, corn, rice and sweet potato developed by research centers; and the announcement of $ 53 million dollars to strengthen the seed sector are the highlights in Exposemillas, an event to be held today at the USA booth in Fexpocruz exhibition field. More than 50 producers from different…
Tag: agriculture
Bolivian potato or potatoe?
It doesn’t matter how you say it, it matters Bolivia has plenty of it!!! Kudos to the National Institute for Agriculture and Forestry Innovation (INIAF), and to those Cochabamba producers who for the first time, planted 1,555 potato varieties that exist in Bolivia. To preserve and protect the genetic patrimony of Bolivian tubercles. Around 60 people, among small producers, INIAF technicians and local authorities,…
What does Bolivia prefer?: Uncontrolled fires or heavy rain?
This cartoon is from La Razon, Oct 14, 2011. As of the last three days in beautiful Santa Cruz and most parts of Bolivia, there is a lot of rain (see below for the link of an earlier post here regarding La Niña). The cartoon shows heavy rain hitting on those who are supposed to control de fires…
Briefs: strikes, blockades; agriculture; blackouts; TIPNIS
Strikes and blockades: Roads in Tarija are blocked today; the major Workers Union (COB) is calling for a 48 hour strike, starting this Thursday (pending issues with the government); yesterday Cochabamba – La Paz road was blocked near kilometer 7 in Cochabamba as the population did not want a water treatment plant there. Agriculture: Prices for soy;…
Bolivia continues to import more food supplies
The Bolivian Institute for Foreign Trade (IBCE), has been kind enough to send us an important chart that shows Bolivia continues to import more and more food supplies. The green bars are the value in millions of dollars. The red line shows the volume in thousands of tons. The yellow box reads: “503 thousand tons of…
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