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…

Food crisis – Crisis alimentaria

Editorial from El Diario: Negative perspective of the food crisis The ousted government of Evo Morales-Álvaro García Linera & Co. left for the Bolivian people a very heavy legacy of debts, disorganization, corruption and others, but especially that heritage is that the national agriculture stopped producing food and, instead, it has to resort to massive…

Cold wave lashes rural area

El Diario reports: Government guarantees supply 2,200 families were affected, one deceased was reported in Chuquisaca and more than 30 thousand camelids are at risk of perishing 700 hectares of coffee, plantain, cassava, potatoes, corn and grasslands endure the climate impact The cold wave that reached the Bolivian territory from the beginning of last week…

Food security comes to an end [evo continues to fail!!]

Editorial from El Diario, picture from the internet and this related link: The offered food security by the current government has ended in a thunderous failure, with no possibility of recovery, which seriously affects the health of the Bolivian people. The production of essential foods for family consumption has fallen abruptly, while the production of…