Correo del Sur: This is Shakira Chura, who creatively presented the production and gastronomy of the Yungas With the aim of revaluing rurality through youth leadership, the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) awarded, at its headquarters in Rome, a young Bolivian winner of the “Rural YouTubers and TikTokers” contest. “These talented content…
Tag: food security
Alimentos suben de precio y persiste escasez del dólar | Food prices rise and dollar shortage persists
El Diario: La carne de pollo, al igual que otros productos alimenticios, elevaron su costo en centros de abastecimiento en el país. | Chicken meat, like other food products, raised its cost in supply centers in the country. Duro golpe a la economía de familias bolivianas La población acude a los mercados en busca de…
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…
Emergency in the face of irresponsibility – Emergencia ante la irresponsabilidad
El Deber: Emergency in the face of irresponsibility The government has declared a state of sanitary emergency due to the failure of a part of the population that did not comply with the quarantine, which, if they had received a responsible response from the people, would have been sufficient. But no, many Bolivians demonstrated once…
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…
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