Josue Hinojosa, Los Tiempos: Production of 6 crops in Santa Cruz increases by 15% Despite the difficulties related to the coronavirus pandemic, the production of soy, corn, wheat, sunflower, sorghum and chia in year 2020 reached a volume of 5,024,000 tons, 15 percent above the volume registered in 2019, reported the vice president of the…
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Agricultura familiar – Family farming
From the producers Family farming the reactivation proposal Meeting. The unity of the entire sector that is in the production chain, from production, transformation and marketing, was raised. De parte de los productores Agricultura familiar la propuesta de reactivación Reunión. Se planteó la unidad de todo el sector que está en la cadena productiva, desde…
Informality and resilience in the pandemic – Informalidad y resiliencia en la pandemia
Carlos Toranzo writes in Pagina Siete: Informality and resilience in the pandemic In Bolivia the development pattern has always been primary exporter and it seems that it will continue to be; all bets on industrialization have failed. The mentality of Bolivians, of the political authorities, of businessmen and of the popular sectors is extractivist, together…
Cañahua, grano de esperanza
Madeleyne Aguilar informa para Página Siete: “La planta es sabia. Cuando hay factores climáticos adversos, como las heladas, tiene unas hojitas que envuelven al grano para que no se congele. Además, se extiende horizontalmente para protegerse del frío que pasa por encima” https://www.paginasiete.bo/sociedad/2019/12/30/canahua-grano-de-esperanza-que-inspira-una-feria-nacional-241919.html
Official optimism and social pessimism
Editorial from El Diario, pictures from the internet: In Bolivia’s current political landscape – on the eve of a questioned presidential election, with a candidate vetoed by the Constitution, by the referendum of February 21, 2016 and the population that opposes the candidacy that tries to eternalize in power- there are thorny aspects, worthy of…
Bolivia hopes to cut dependence on imports of Peruvian potatoes
Fresh Plaza reports, photo from Pagina Siete: The Ministry of Rural Development, through the National Institute for Agricultural and Forestry Innovation (INIAF), supports producers from the Jocopampa community, in Patacamaya, in the production of industrial potatoes of the jatun puka variety, which could help counter the competition from Peruvian imports. The departmental head of the…
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