Is Bolivia going to become like Venezuela? Looking after food and toilet paper? An Editorial from El Diario: Food sovereignty in coma Notable food shortages in markets across the country and the consequent consumption climbing inflation have come to demonstrate that food sovereignty that existed until a few years ago in the country, is in…
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Higher inflation in those South American countries under “socialism”… surprised?
Hilton Heredia reports for El Deber: ECONOMY Venezuela, Bolivia and Uruguay, with higher regional inflation Venezuela reached a food inflation of 4.9%, Bolivia Uruguay 2.2% and 3.9%. The chicken has incidence Venezuela, Bolivia and Uruguay are the countries with higher levels of food inflation in the region during September [2013]. The first country reached 4.9%,…
What is wrong with Bolivian wheat production?!
An Editorial from El Diario: It is necessary to restore the production of wheat Until the year 1952, year of the “national revolution”, the production of wheat in the country decreased dramatically. There were two main reasons for this: those people normally devoted to the work of agriculture, farmers decided to “reorganize” according to principles…
Wheat: lesser production and more imports’ taking place, why!!??
Bolivia is dangerously threatening its food security, here an Editorial from El Diario: Lesser production and more imports of wheat From about six years ago, government agencies were insisting on the issues of food security and sovereignty and offering, at the same time, large increases in agricultural production, price cuts, suspension of imports, modernization of…
Bolivian Economics 101:The economic agenda, in its ‘infancy’
This is an interesting and enlightening article made by Juan Carlos Salinas Cortez for El Deber: Already five months passed since at the Social and Economic Summit in Cochabamba and promoted by the Government to ‘set the ground rules’ for the elaboration of economic and productive agenda with the private sector. However, so far the…
Great international news for our natural resources and sustainable development!
Countries adopt global guidelines on tenure of land, forests, fisheries Historic international agreement on how tenure and access rights to natural resources key to food production should be handled A female farmer in Uganda. Women face particular hurdles in securing land rights. 11 May 2012, Rome – In a landmark decision the Committee on World Food…
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