Drought in Valle Alto | Sequía en el Valle Alto

Melissa Revollo, Opinion: Drought in Valle Alto: evidence of scarcity; Punata announces emergency Wells dry up in that municipality. In Cliza, they perceive that each year the resource is less. In Arbieto, the agricultural part is the one that feels the most affectation. In Punata wells are drying up and they will declare an emergency…

Drought, frost against potato – Sequía y heladas contra la papa

AFP, Phys.org: Drought and frost batter vital potato crops in Bolivia by Martín SILVA Dozens of furrows lie barren in a dusty field on the Bolivian highlands. It should be replete with potato plants ready for harvest, but a deadly combination of drought and frost proved too much for the crop. Cristobal Pongo, one of…

Not like that Mennonites, not like that! – ¡Así no menonitas, así no!

Mongabay Latam – Ivan Alejandro Paredes, El Deber: Bolivia: indigenous territories cornered by the agricultural expansion of a Mennonite community The incursion of Mennonites is reaching an intangible indigenous territory, which is San Antonio de Lomerío, the first indigenous municipality in Bolivia. The Global Forest Watch platform has detected more than 42 thousand deforestation alerts…

The eternal potato – La papa eterna

Nicole Pinto, El Deber: Chuño: The truth behind the eternal ‘potato’ Its production can take several days, between which the feet will be used as part of the process, resulting in a food that can last up to 10 years properly stored. Chuño is an ancestral food of Andean origin, widely consumed throughout the area…