Officials in Colombia have announced that 564 hectares of illegal crops, mostly coca leaves, have been eradicated. The crop fields were located in various areas around the country. They are thought to belong to FARC members and other criminal organizations in the area, who would use them for drug production and distribution, the Comando General […]
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The origin of the crisis that led to the ouster of former Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo and was the eviction of a farm. Earlier this month dozens of families pitched their tents on a farm near the town of Curuguaty, some 300 kilometers north of Asuncion. It was not ground either. Blas belongs to N. […]
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In the last four months, the population affected by the lack of water and food, rose from 35 thousand to 55 thousand in a total of 750 thousand Durango communities, places where malnutrition also increased by 400 percent and children enter adults. This was announced by the director of the State DIF in Durango, Marco […]
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The culling of bats, a common practice in Peru to control rabies, does not reduce rates of exposure to the virus causing the disease and may be counterproductive, according to a study by the University of Michigan. The research, conducted in colonies of vampire bats in Peru, aims to help public health officials and agriculture […]
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The plants were found in two hectares Wind sector. Juan Neira, Prosecutor of San Lorenzo, said there was not arrested but were conducting the investigations to be responsible.Ecuavisa as reported, detection was made possible by a routine patrol of the islets in an area. The plants were between 20 centimeters and 1 meter high. Read […]
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The Ecuadorian government gave 17,000 acres to farmers as part of a Plan of Land led the country, the Agriculture Minister Javier Ponce. The official further noted that promote the purchase of between 50 000 and 60 000 hectares with the credit support of the National Development Bank. Read Article
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The industrial food production is not at its best by the many constraints that delay the processing and transformation of finished products. Failures in the supply of inputs and packaging materials and packaging shortages are plunging the industry into crisis. Industry sources reported that some companies have had to stop production lines because they can […]
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Communique To the people of St. Gerard and Xambioá! The all farmers! The 3rd Detachment of the Araguaia guerrilla forces, on May 1 held with great success a punitive operation against the farmer Nemer Curi, also known by the nickname Paulista. This individual had committed several crimes against the guerrillas. Last year, when the troops […]
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Twenty stores from the supermarket chain “Rewe” in the Hamburg region, Germany, received spreading actions for Brazilian papaya between the 19 and the 21 of April. The marketing campaign by the Brazilian Association of Papaya producers and exporters (Brapex), in collaboration with the Brazilian Institute of Fruit (Ibraf) and the Brazilian Agency for Exports Promotion […]
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Europe is not the only concern for growers. The evolution of this market also worries avocado growers. For this campaign, the situation in the Old World (particularly in Spain) creates uncertainty in the activity and induces the traditional exporter to look with great interest other markets, like the domestic one. This was stated to LA […]
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The Peruvian red cheese, produced in southern city of Lluta, in Arequipa will be exported to Chile and the United States, Arequipa’s mayor Elio Begazo said Wednesday. Begazo explained that currently the product goes through a standardization process in order to be exported to said countries. He recalled that farming is the main activity of […]
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Venezuela’s urban agriculture program has seen urban communal and family based food gardens developing rapidly over the last two years, to a current total of 19,000. The program provides free training, information, seeds, and other materials, in order to encourage healthy and environmentally friendly food production and food sovereignty. Read Article
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Severe weather and crop failures in south Brazil and increased consumption demand are driving up corn and soybean meal costs in that country, putting pig and poultry farmers on alert. Ariovaldo Zani, executive VP of Brazil’s National Animal Feed Industry Association, Sindirações, said feed production this year will increase by 3.0 to 3.5 percent. Feed […]
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Spanish ham is among the products suffer restrictions on imports in Argentina. Trade restrictions imposed by the Argentine government have come to food and have reached one of the favorite dishes for lovers of good food: Italian and Spanish hams. The coveted hams imported in Argentina are sold in gourmet shops and upscale restaurants, appear […]
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The supermarket shelves across the country again become the battleground for sectional interests: while slightly normalizing the provision of yerba mate, now the focus of attention was deposited in the oil, which reached its peak shortage in the metropolitan area and in several provinces. The information was confirmed last night by several sources BAE large […]
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From 59 seconds to 23:59 local time on Saturday shall comply with the clocks to make way for a four-month season. Chile began its new winter schedule with the delay of an hour clockwise, allowing energy savings in the country. According to the Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Navy, from 59 seconds to 23:59 […]
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Los Mochis, Sin. – The Upstate producers welcome the police authorities arrested a band of dangerous kidnappers operating in the region, and consider that although the crimes have been decreasing, the problem of insecurity remains severe. In this regard, the president of the Farmers Association of Rio Fuerte Sur, Miguel Luque Miranda stressed the importance […]
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80 municipalities in the department of Boyacá are on high alert due to heavy rains that occur in the last days and left in the country, about 29 March fatalities to date.As reported by the governor of Boyaca, Juan Carlos Granados , Moniquirá populations and San Miguel de Sema are most affected by floods and […]
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Unidentified individuals robbed Wednesday afternoon six sheep in the community of La Playa de los Angeles, belonging to the parish of Santa Ana, then went on to sell in the cattle market in Patamarca, where the owners were able to recover. Elvia Encalada reported that on Wednesday at approximately 13:00, the neighbors told him they […]
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Brazil may hinder the entry of products of Argentina in case the neighboring country to maintain its restrictions on Brazilian pork, said today the Minister of Agriculture, Jorge Mendes Ribeiro. In an interview he gave today to a state radio network, the minister threatened to retaliate in the event of failure of the current negotiations […]
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Truckers, shippers and brokers protest in Buenos Aires, Bell, Rosario and Bahia Blanca. They complain of the impact of trade barriers. Threaten to keep the measure indefinitely. The five port terminals are blocked from Buenos Aires this morning by different groups of truckers, truckers and employees of customs brokers in protest to the restrictions of […]
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30% of the palms and banana grown in Quintana Roo to Belize frontier is affected by the red mite. The problem is worrisome because the plants dry out quickly and limits its growth. President of the State Committee of Plant Protection, Sergio Morteo Crisanto said the view detracts from Chetumal Bay Boulevard over the months […]
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Several thousand farmworkers occupied 30,000 acres (12,000 hectares) of land across Honduras as part of a dispute with large landowners and the government, activists and officials said Wednesday. Police and soldiers read an eviction notice later in the day and roughly 1,500 farmworkers peacefully left a large sugar plantation near San Pedro Sula. But at […]
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You can decide to boycott the Copenhagen Accord — but that comes at a price. For Bolivia, that’s $3 million; for Ecuador, it’s $2.5 million. Bolivia emerged as one of the most vociferous critics of the U.S.- brokered climate deal last December, arguing that the political deal aimed at establishing a global trading system for […]
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Nearly 411,000 poppy plants, raw materials for producing drugs such as heroin, were destroyed in raids by soldiers and policemen in the province of Chimborazo, said Tuesday the Ecuadorian army. The poppy plants were located between licit crops, so “it was not ‘weed’ as said the residents of the community but were planted in a […]
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Chile – Minister of Public Works, Laurence Golborne, gave an assessment of the water situation in the country, which said that the north is the one that still has major problems in terms of low river flow, as the reservoirs have a deficit of 48.7% compared with the historical average. However, the government guaranteed drinking […]
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Through alleged fraudulent and counterfeit titles by registrars, notaries, agricultural and municipal officials, some 40,000 hectares of peasants displaced from the region of Montes de Maria went on to become property of private companies and wealthy individuals. The complaints of the scam which facilitated a massive sales phenomenon of abandoned land after displacing thousands of […]
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Argentina, the largest producer and exporter of yerba mate, looks abroad to stop shipments of this product if complaints persist alleged shortage in the local markets, the global consumer first infusion. “We are analyzing the sale of grass curb outside, as continuing allegations that there are shortages,” said Agriculture Minister Argentine Norberto Yauhar, in remarks […]
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After eight hours of meetings between the Fire Department, Fund for Prevention and Emergency Response (FOPAE), Water and Sewerage Company of Bogotá (EAAB) and the Secretariat of Government, District Administration declared the orange alert in the city as a result of rains in recent days. Read Article
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This was confirmed to Lt11 Alfredo Bel, leader of the Agrarian Federation of Entre Rios. The protest was held in Paraná, on Monday. “It affects a lot of small producers,” Radio Report
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Consumer prices in Ecuador rose 0.90% in March driven by an increase in the value of food and clothing, the government said Thursday. The index in the third month of the year is higher than 0.78% to 0.34% in February and March 2011. The rate is the third highest reported for the month in the […]
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The National Weather Service (NWS) issued an alert last night “storms likely” to Buenos Aires, central and northeastern Cordoba, Entre Rios, Santa Fe, south of Corrientes, and to Santiago del Estero. According to part of 2330 (No. 4), “on the center of Cordoba, southern Santa Fe and Entre Rios are developing areas of thunderstorms, some […]
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Established in 2004 by local social entrepreneur Hans Dieter Temp, an organisation called Cidades sem Fome (Cities Without Hunger) is working to reduce hunger and joblessness among some of the most economically deprived areas of Sao Paulo, through urban agriculture. Read Article
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The president, Rafael Correa, announced this morning signed the decree which declares state of emergency in the province of Azuay. Correa visited this afternoon several sections of the city of Cuenca, which have been badly affected by the rains. He indicated that citizens affected by the winter in Metro Manila will be part of a […]
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A prosecutor closed the investigation of Medellin exejecutivos against several of the banana, which admitted to the Department of Justice of the United States for several years paid ‘vaccines’ for paramilitaries in Urabá and Magdalena. Read Article
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Some 27 dead and thousands of evacuees left the winter to hit with force to country, where six provinces have been hardest hit, sources said today of the National Secretariat for Risk Management, SNGR. The source told Efe that there have been 58 people injured and have evacuated more than 6,000, while 261 houses have […]
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On Tuesday opened the 85th session of the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) in Guayaquil. At the meeting, attended by representatives of the world’s cocoa, stressed the importance of ‘gold nugget’ to the Ecuadorian economy. The Vice President Lenin Moreno, gave welcoming remarks to the speakers and attendees who participate in the meeting which will run […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that 2,500 of coca plants were located by narotics police on two small islands in the Putumayo River in Sucumbios along the border with Colombia. The plants were destroyed by the armed forces of Ecuador.fternoon by members of the Narcotics Police, in collaboration with the Armed Forces of Ecuador. Read Article
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Historical ties between two countries as far away as Russia and Colombia have been closer than they may seem at first glance. An example of this is the Bolshevik Revolution of Lebanon, a small town in the mountains of the Central Andes in the department of Tolima, Colombia. This town was one of the first […]
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Peru, Colombia and Bolivia seek to establish a system to measure the same criteria as the production of coca leaf, informed the president of the Peruvian anti-drug office, Carmen Masias. The decision, which includes the formation of teams in the three countries, was taken after the last two years to discrepancies about the amount of […]
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A factory has been shuttered due to manufacturing items with illegally harvested pine wood. The factory was using the illegal wood to build crates for fruit.
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In one month there have been 62 casualties due to fire, having hit 495 hectares of grass and shrubs in the municipalities of Guachochi, Guadalupe y Calvo and Urique, mostly, said Oscar Estrada, Director of Forest Development, the Ministry of Rural Development. Read Article
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The regional councilor of the Andean province of Otuzco, Rafael Mayer Haro, reported to have presented thirteen cases of Anthrax in the region, they who are being treated at the post in the town of Sinsicap. As mentioned, the cases were from the weekend. However, just yesterday was confirmed the presence of skin infection, those […]
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Establishing coordination among various ministries to alleviate the effects of heavy rains. It is also expected that the Ministry of Finance to allocate the resources needed to mobilize people at risk and their subsequent relocation to shelters, Ecuavisa reported. The provinces in which they declared a state of emergency are: Manabi, Guayas, Los Ríos, El […]
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The Bolivian Foreign Ministry announced today that defined the mechanism for returning to Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru and Paraguay than 1,400 stolen vehicles were entered Bolivia illegally. According to Deputy Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Alurralde, to return it, the countries concerned must require, through its own prosecution, seizure of the stolen vehicles in its territory […]
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Bolivian President Evo Morales, today signed contracts for the implementation of a sugar mill in the town of San Buenaventura, from the department of La Paz. The Chinese company Camce will be responsible for constructing the work in 33 months, whose infrastructure and operation cost $ 168 million, which will be covered by the Central […]
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The Minister of Labour and the Mayor of La Plata are in charge of inspections carried out on Monday in the rural area of the provincial capital. They perform a flyover by helicopter to detect the situation in places of difficult access by land. The flights run through all rural areas of La Plata and […]
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The Police High Command says it will be working more closely with the Ministry of Agriculture in an effort to stem the incidence of farm theft across the island. Against that background the high command says the police will be playing a vital role in the ministry’s praedial larceny strategy. The strategy will be overseen […]
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The electricity supply in the country is regularized only this Monday, when completion of the maintenance of the Mantaro hydroelectric plant, said Cesar Butron, Chairman of the Economic Operation of Interconnected System (COES). Thus, the energy reserve return to a level of between 8% and 10%. The plant handles 800 megawatts of power, and increased […]
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About thirty men yesterday morning trying in vain to stem the fury of The Red River, overflowed in the Los Sauces, between the exhibition The Canton Red Daule (Guayas), and the main regional town of Nitro. They tried to put bags of sand to form a wall, but the strength of the current task impossible. […]
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They grew just enough of the leaf, which is sacred to the indigenous peoples of South America’s Andes region, to make tea and chew to combat high-altitude exhaustion. That changed in the 20th century, when the U.S. and European appetite for cocaine created an equally insatiable demand for the drug’s key ingredient. Coca harvests exploded, […]
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It is not a condition but the water quality of four rivers that cross through Cuenca is in good condition. This is the report that has the Surveillance Program Water Quality of tributaries Cuenca. The Environmental Management Unit, City Stage Company, has a water monitoring system of Tomebamba Yanuncay Machángara and Tarqui. In 1984 started […]
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CONNECTIONS MADE BETWEEN ECUADOR – MEXICAN CARTELS – SHIPMENTS SENT FROM GUAYAQUIL IN LOADS OF AGRICULTURE PRODUCTS – DESTINATION BELGIUM. The undercover officers followed the steps you nine months. At that time, an agro-export company, based in Manabi, had reached a ‘record’ of exports. Last May, the commercial firm started exporting various agricultural products such […]
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The weakening of La Niña phenomenon in the next two weeks and his subsequent disappearance, will find the start of the first rainy season in Colombia, which will be very strong and will last until early June, according to Ideam. Meanwhile, half of the departments, are at high risk and threat of more emergencies. Cesar […]
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Due to lack of budget Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca. – Leticia Cortés Martínez, regional link address Mixteca Food Assistance in Oaxaca said that so far, over 80% of communities in the district of Huajuapan have the services provided by the Dining Community Nutrition to improve nutritional status of infants and women of childbearing age, with […]
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In addition to the precarious living in the Oaxacan indigenous families, cultural issues that impact women suffer higher rates of malnutrition than men. According to the Ministry of Health of Oaxaca (SSO) for each malnourished child, two girls. Dr. Reynaldo Miguel Zavaleta, head of the Public Health Unit Health Services Oaxaca (SSO), explained that this […]
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Ancient activity in the Mexican countryside, cultivation of medicinal plants can mean big business not only to meet food stores raw materials and markets, but to supply the growing industry of herbal medicine, which will tend to gradually replace the allopathic medicine . Its adaptability to any type of climate, soil and all the variations […]
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Peru has, according to information provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a total of 18 border crossings with Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia and Chile (see graphics). Of these, ten are fully qualified and the rest waiting for the budget and, in some cases, agreements with neighboring countries for its full operation. “It’s not an […]
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Ecuador is among the top 10 cocoa-producing nations, growing 6 percent of the world’s supply—and over 70 percent of one of the world’s finest varieties, Cacao Arriba, Nacional or Fino de Aroma. Yet Ecuador’s status on the world cocoa market hasn’t translated to better jobs and incomes for many of its producers. In the coastal […]
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The announcement was made by Agriculture Minister Luis Mayol, after meeting with his counterpart of the Interior, Rodrigo Hinzpeter, in the Palacio de la Moneda. This emergency decree was agreed agricultural communes were affected by the winter plateau. Read Article
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Exporters who do not respect the official price of the box of bananas will be sanctioned warned President of the Republic, Rafael Correa.The president noted that the strict controls exist to enforce the price of $ 5.50, exporters pay, “but then tell the producers to give the cash back,” said Correa. Read Article
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The Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) reported today that Peru authorized the entry to its market for Canadian cattle born after August first, 2007, and it is expected that the bulk of sales are in Canadian field of dairy genetics. “Farmers and Canadian dairy farmers will benefit from immediate access to the growing […]
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Jose Pelaez has a banana farm in the La Iberia Region Guabo (Gold). The 600 cases last Thursday embarked on a transnational brand which exports to Europe. “They are now paying between 8 and $ 9, he was 11 earlier this year, but only lasted a week.” He, like dozens of small producers in the […]
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Farmers of the Coast and Galapagos yesterday received permits to carry firearms as a defense. The measure allows your arms move without being seized by the police or armed forces. The commander Jaime Ortiz, Commander and Chief of Staff of the Center for Arms Control, said that “those who carry guns were trained by specialized […]
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The Government’s position on economic agendas with private entrepreneurs to work in the productive, motivated companies such as Latin America Invest to consolidate meetings with the private business sector and facilitate the entry of foreign investment to the country, said the director of this Company, Damián Valenzuela. According to the executive, the conditions in Bolivia […]
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NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE AgroClimate JANUARY 26 FEBRUARY 2, 2012: HEAT LOCALIZED RAINFALL THERMAL followed by a decrease The prospect will begin with northerly winds, which cause a gradual rise in temperature, reactivating the heat wave. Only the Northwest and Southeast of Buenos Aires observe significant rainfall, while the rest of national agricultural area, low rainfall observed: […]
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In its Agricultural Outlook Weekly, with data collected until Thursday, January 26, the Exchange reported that during the last seven days of harvest little progress in northern Argentina because precipitation slowed the threshing in the NEA, Central and Northern and Santa Fe isolated regions of Córdoba. Rainfall, on the other hand, “passing favored those paintings […]
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The border with Guatemala is still closed. This action came into force by an outbreak of foot-and pork. Its purpose is not even planned for this year. However, not all bad news. Given this panorama, its neighbor Honduras is anticipating a growth of 12 percent in its pork industry in 2012. Mario Verdial, producer of […]
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Grain carriers across the country are in alarm while the losses are accounted for so far caused the drought that hit agricultural and livestock regions in Argentina. While claim against the price of oil which impacts on their costs, truckers move agricultural goods anticipate another front in crisis by falling demand, if the drought persists. […]
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The governments of the United States, Brazil and Bolivia signed in La Paz yesterday finally to verify agreement with the UN as an observer, the destruction of illegal plantations of coca leaves to manufacture cocaine base, after several failed attempts to sign it for almost a year. Read Article
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The National Directorate of Meteorology, DNM, Uruguay declared a yellow alert yesterday due to a heat wave affecting the West, with temperatures around 40 degrees Celsius. DNM while making recommendations to the population of the departments of Artigas, Salto, Paysandu and Black River, bordering the River Uruguay, to avoid dehydration and skin lesions due to […]
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The incident occurred around 1.15 am in the company’s packing Nobles, in the O’Higgins Region, while working at the site 150 employees. The only victim was inside a cold room. One worker died and another in critical condition, in addition to 163 people evacuated, was the result of a leak of ammonia recorded this morning […]
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In the remainder of January, is expected to dry weather prevails in the Caribbean region where high temperatures will cause fires could plant cover, especially at the end of the month. In just two weeks in the country there have been 14 fires and this could continue to increase. Today’s alert is on mainly in […]
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According to elcomercio.com, on January 16, 2012 at least one indigenous inhabitant of Colombia is dead while 10 others are hospitalized after drinking a fermented beer mix made from bananas. Apparently a banana plantation located in the southern department of Guaviare was accidentally sprayed with glyphosate, an element used to exterminate illegal harvests. According to […]
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The cold wave and heavy snowfall brought about the death of 2 500 baby alpaca, along with obstruction of roads and the collapse of housing in the district Condoroma, Espinar province ( Cusco ). This was announced by Jose Suyco Quispe, Civil Defense Technical Secretary of this province, who arrived at the headquarters of the […]
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High temperatures in recent days led to a record demand for electricity, generating power outages in various parts of the city, the suburbs of Buenos Aires and the interior of the country.In Federal Capital during the week there were power outages in several districts of the Federal Capital as Floresta, Villa Lugano, Caballito, Belgrano and […]
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The President of the National Coffee Board , Cesar Rivas , revealed that Peru placed in the main coffee-exporting countries, a volume of 6 million 300 thousand quintals in the period January to December 2011. The official explained that this represents a value of 1.550 billion, bringing the country constituted a record in coffee history. […]
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The IDEAM said a red alert is maintained by fires in various parts of the country, especially in the Caribbean, Andean and Orinoco, where high temperatures have prevailed in recent days. The departments of Bolivar, Boyaca and Casanare have larger municipalities threatened by this type of emergency. Read Article
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This day the Interior Ministry issued a natural disaster declaration for 29 municipalities of Coahuila, which were affected by severe drought since last May Day. In a statement it was reported that with this declaration will have access to resources Natural Disasters Fund (Fonden) the municipalities of Abasolo, Arteaga, Candela, Brown, Cuatro Cienegas, Escobedo, Francisco […]
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The electrical problem that restricted water service during the Christmas holiday to residents of large sectors of the province of Santa Elena prompted the declaration of emergency today. The governor of Santa Elena, Paul Soto Garcia and Aguapen manager, Oswaldo Gonzalez Roca announced still not overcome the damage of a stretch of power line that […]
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A cow owned by Alejandro Villagomez, died in the community Illuchi, Baños de Agua Santa, affected by the bite of a bat rabies transmitted by cattle, as determined in the analysis made by Agrocalidad. “Before he died the vacon could not walk, he bent legs,” said Elena Tapia, daughter of Villagomez. In this situation, Alfonso […]
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The Buenos Aires government ordered a complete ban on shellfish harvesting to avoid poisoning. On 13 December, a Brazilian tourist died in Chubut by eating spoiled food, which led to that now they were about special prevention measures. Read Article
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This year closed with record production of coffee It will exceed 6.2 million quintals, representing an increase of 18% compared to last year. The president of the National Coffee Board, Cesar Rivas, said that as a result also register an unprecedented export. Currently 390 000 hectares sown grain aromatic and exported to 46 countries. Read […]
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The position of each of the firms that make the list is a reflection of the economy of Peru, said Diego Ocampo, associate director of the rating agency. Thus, the protagonists of the report focus on the mining, energy, telecommunications and retail consumer or retail. INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED SPANISH VOCABULARY – READ THIS BOOK The Top […]
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Ecuador’s Ministry of Agriculture has fined an exporter US$1.8 million for failing to pay the minimum US$5.50 for a box of bananas, website Andes.info.ec reported. The company will also have its export permit witheld for a month. The tough sanctions follow allegations by two producers that the exporter was not playing ball. A further 24 […]
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According to the USDA, production of liquid milk in Brazil will increase by two per cent in 2012, bringing total production to 31.3 billion litres, writes James O’Donnell for Bord Bia. The Brazilian dairy industry will experience strong domestic demand for liquid milk products resulting from the greater purchasing power of the country’s population. While […]
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SAUDI ARABIA – On Tuesday 20th December 2011, Almarai Company (‘Almarai’) acquired 100 per cent of the shareholding of Fondomonte Saudi Arabia, a company that owns and operates three farms in Argentina. The transaction is in line with the direction of the Saudi Government towards securing supplies and conserving local resources and forms part of […]
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Between 21 and 23 December, Nariño crepe sent food to the most affected communities in Roberto Payan. Delivery is expected in the coming days to the shelters. As safe water, municipal water systems would be covered. However, an estimated 1,000 families in the upper reaches of the rivers are still under served. The requested support […]
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The law was passed by the full Congress last November 4. The president of Peru, Ollanta Humala, enacted a law establishing the moratorium on the production of income and living modified organisms (GM or GMOs) for ten years. Congressman Jaime Delgado, driver of the rule, said it is a response to the need to avoid […]
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The Wall Street Journal today devotes a long article on the problems facing the coffee sector in Colombia. He says he “le cayó la roya.” Literally, according to the Journal, the fungus (roya) spread with particularly aggressive this year by the rains, forcing replant 10 percent of the country’s coffee bushes, about 120 thousand hectares. […]
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FALKLAND islanders yesterday vowed to defy a South American “blockade” aimed at strangling their economy. Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Paraguay have banned ships flying the Falklands flag from docking in their ports.The provocative move sparked calls yesterday for Britain to send a nuclear submarine to the south Atlantic in a show of force. Read Article
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Mango volumes could dip this winter due to delays and lighter volumes from Peru, which typically takes over the deal from Ecuador in January.Ecuadorian volumes should wind up being similar to last year for Pompano Beach, Fla.-based Central American Produce Inc., said Sabine Henry, tropicals manager. Henry reported excellent quality the week of Dec. 19, […]
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Record fines for wasting water in December: 16 daily The number has quadrupled over the past four months, when it became the first survey. Few inspectors. The number has quadrupled over the past four months, when it became the first survey. Few inspectors. Increasingly apply sanctions. Misuse of water worries enforcement agencies and service providers […]
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he turkey production in Ecuador has been an increase of 47% over the past five years. The director of the National Poultry Council (CONAVA), José Orellana, said that in 2006 turkey production was 5 081 metric tonnes (mt) and in 2010 reached 7 506 tonnes, ie a growth of 47% in this period. Statistics show […]
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Three capital spend the holidays without drinking water, as a result of landslides. At the height of holiday season, nearly two million Colombians suffer from lack of water in three capitals: Cucuta and Manizales Riohacha. The crisis is greater, especially in the lower strata. In the Guajira, a bottle of water costs 4,000 pesos, while […]
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The lack of water and pasture remains a concern for farmers. In rural areas the situation becomes more chaotic and many choose to seek food and fluid for animals to be stocked. Read Article
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The official, public agency quoted Andes, said the crop was located in the San Lorenzo, a village in the coastal province of Esmeraldas (northwestern), inhabited by the Awa indigenous community, also present in the Colombian side. Read Article
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Coca farmers say government’s lack of financial support forces them to work in the illegal drug trade.
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Having experienced a long Indian summer in the Puno region, rainfall is consistently present until the month of March 2012, said the director of SENAMHI Puno, Sixto Flores. Moderate rains were more intensive in the northern provinces of the region as Carabaya, Sandia, Lampa, Azángaro and Melgar said the official. Read Article
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