El Deber reports: Expomype 2017 expects to generate $110,000 dollars in business intentions The event will take place between November 17 and 19 in the Bolivia pavilion of Fexpocruz. The ninth version of the National Production Fair (Expomype 2017) plans to generate an economic movement that exceeds $110,000 dollars, according to its organizers. In the…
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Utilization of GMO crops could double Bolivia’s corn yields
Genetic Literacy Project reports: Utilization of GMO crops could double Bolivia’s corn yields Bolivia has been harvesting genetically modified (GM) soybeans since 2008, and its production exceeds one million hectares per year since 2012. However, it has not authorized the use of transgenic varieties in other crops. …. A recent study commissioned by several agricultural institutions points…
NetBits, a Bolivian startup, wins competition and goes to Switzerland
El Deber reports: NetBits, Bolivian startup, wins competition and goes to Switzerland NetBits Business Software, an initiative created by six young Bolivians and offering a software service that provides companies a system of improvements in financial and human resources processes, was awarded the Seedstars Santa Cruz competition. The nomination allows them to participate in the…
Bolivian Medicinal Plant Compound Shows Anti-Cancer Stem Cell Activity
Enrico de Lazaro reports for Science News: South American Medicinal Plant Compound Shows Anti-Cancer Stem Cell Activity Damsin, a natural compound isolated from the South American medicinal plant Ambrosia arborescens, has been found to inhibit the growth of cancer stem cells, according to new research. “Cancer stem cells can be considered as the most dangerous…
This Government has not only showed corruption levels but ineptness as well: keeps maintaining export quotas!
Mauricio Vasquez reports for El Deber: The Government defines at the end of the month whether it allows exports of sugar 20 days after the end of the harvest, Cruceño sugar mills have produced 9.7 million quintals of the product. The figure is 1.2 million quintals greater than that demanded by the domestic market. “We…
Bolivia wants to recover strawberry exports
Fresh Plaza reports: Bolivia wants to recover strawberry exports Five years ago Bolivia stopped exporting the “red gold” – this is what some growers in Comarapa call the strawberry. This fruit is very rich in flavor and in production because it is one of the few that gives fruit throughout the year. According to data…
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