De http://www.hoybolivia.com: They launched this year 5 varieties of wheat The National Institute of Agricultural and Forestry Innovation (INIAF) will launch five new varieties of wheat this year, days CEO, Hans Mercado. “This year 2015, will be the release of these varieties,” he said at the launch of the Public Presentation of INIAF’s 2014 Final…
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Santa Cruz concentrates 83% of legalizing land clearing
Fernando Rojas reports for El Deber: Santa Cruz concentrates 83% of legalizing land clearing Under the state plan, 512,291 hectares and the production of grain and livestock, priority shall be recorded. At least 2,022 (83%) of agricultural land, livestock, dairy, pig farmers and poultry farmers, of 2,426 that legalized clearing, were executed between 1996 and…
Bolivia: Due to excessive rain, orange alert in seven rivers
El Dia reports: 12 deaths to date Orange alert in seven rivers in the country Showers. The Ichilo, Mamore, Rio Grande, Madre de Dios, Acre and Tijamuchi are growing. The director of Emergency and Relief of Civil Defense, Reynaldo Pinola, reported yesterday [01/14/2015] that orange alert was declared at least in seven rivers in the…
Nancy Kasai Janko: Confessions of the “pollera” doctor awarded by El Deber
Nelfi Fernandez reports for El Deber: Confessions of the “pollera” doctor awarded by El Deber Nancy Kasai Janko will become the first woman in pollera [skirt that some mestizo and indigenous women wear, its origin is Spaniard] graduated as medical doctor. She is a young woman who did not found an obstacle to get her…
Have you ever wondered why our start liquor is called Singani?
El Diario reports on our star product: SINGANI “Singani” was a town RESEARCH JOURNALISM DUG THE HISTORY AND THE ORIGIN OF ONE OF OUR COUNTRY’s TRADITIONAL BEVERAGE. PHOTOGRAPHY COMMEMORATES THE MOMENT WHEN A GROUP OF RESEARCHERS ENTERED SUD CINTI. Singani, during colonial and surely during the process of the War of Independence and in the…
Forestry 101: The context of deforestation and forest degradation in Bolivia
The following Executive Summary is from an excellent document produced by the Center for International Forestry Research, CIFOR, for the whole document, please use the link below: The context of deforestation and forest degradation in Bolivia Drivers, agents and institutions Robert Müller – Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Pablo Pacheco – Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Juan Carlos Montero – Universidad de…
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