Eduardo Franco reports through Mongabay: EXCLUSIVE: RAINFOREST RAPIDLY CLEARED FOR SUGARCANE IN BOLIVIA Around 1,300 hectares were deforested for sugarcane between 2011 and 2014 in northern Bolivia, with 600 more hectares cleared between July and September 2016. Mongabay Latam reporters flew over the area to investigate the extent of the issue. This story originally appeared…
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Sugar cane producers need $60 million dollars
Christian Moya reports for El Dia: Crop renovation Sugar cane producers need $60 million dollars Shortcoming. During this campaign, producers did not restore 30,000 hectares. Cane growers requested the Government a line of credit for $60 million dollars for the renovation of 20% of the cultivated surface of this product, since they face liquidity problem…
Bolivia needs to modernize its sugar cane production system!
El Deber reports: One expert suggests modernizing cane production system In the production area, the sugarcane sector warns that excess moisture will delay the harvest and affect production. As part of a workshop organized by the commercial agricultural inputs and products Mainter, a Cuban expert in agronomic management of sugarcane, Juan Carlos Amor, suggested to…
Bolivian sugar export under distress!
Fernando Rojas reports for El Deber: PRODUCTION BEGINS TO SATURATE DEPOSITS Lack of trucks complicates the export of sugar Industrial attributed the lack of trucks has an impact in freight clearance to external markets. Carriers indicate that the prohibition of download goods in free-zones is the reason. The limited availability of heavy international cargo transport…
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