Chile’s middle class being strangled by fuel tax
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Alpaca fibers improve but prices remain low for farmers
Although the quality of alpaca fiber is improving as buyers, the cost is still low and farmers only get 170 new soles per month for the sale of that product, according to the Alpaca Project Binational responsible, Arnaut Finet. “Companies that buy alpaca fiber ensures that the quality has improved, however the income for farmers is less than 20 percent of the living wage in Peru,” he said. Read Article
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Bolivia claims Chile is using water from Bolivian wetlands
The governor of Potosi, Felix Gonzalez, said yesterday it was discovered that more water wetlands of the northern region of his department is brought to Chile. “Several are already identifying and on that basis we will make known to the international press how they carry our water. Read Article
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Brasil Foods acquires Argentina food firm “Paty”
Brazil’s Meat Foods, the market leader in Brazil, Argentina acquired Quickfood, Paty owns the brand, in an exchange of assets with Marfrig, its main competitor, the companies said today in a statement. The asset swap was due to restrictions imposed by the agency competition to the merger of Brazilian companies Sadia and Perdigao, which originated […]
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Colombia, resevoirs overflow, alert in eight regions
The continuous rains that have fallen in the Andean Region and the East of the country overflowed the water storage capacity of at least 8 dams.The worst situation is recorded in Antioquia where reservoirs such as the Beaches and Peñol, filling levels recorded 107% and 105% respectively.In the center of the country also filled reservoirs, […]
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Expert: Caracas in serious risk if rains continue
The Head of Hidrometerologia of the Central University of Venezuela, Adrán Salcedo, called on the authorities to be alert to situations that may arise in the valley that generate rainfall for at least 48 hours. Read Article
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Mega dams threaten Patagonia
The daily Argentines, Chileans and Spanish, who are obedient to corporations, celebrate the approval by the Chilean Government HidroAysen project, a new disaster led by Endesa Spain, a company controlled by ENEL Italy and its Chilean branch, and the corporation trasandina Colbún. The initial investment, not counting bribes to public officials and the press is […]
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Huila, the new king of Colombian coffee
For the leaders of Colombia coffee, leadership now has the Huila in the national coffee scene is the result of work between leaders, producers and growers. The specialty coffee produced in the region are applauded in Colombia. Fernando Castro, president FEDECAFE Steering Committee, said the outlook is flattering grain Opita ground. The exaltation that made […]
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El cerdo pelón (The hairless pig), culinary tradition of Yucatan Mexico
The hairless pig, an organic spice that grows in the fields of Yucatan and feeds on herbs, is becoming an option in the gourmet food industry in this region, because the richness of the meat will enhance any dish. Wilmer Monforte d’Ivoire, hairless pig breeder in the town of Sucilá said to breed this species […]
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Frost damages crops in Sonora Mexico
The low temperatures have been recorded in Sonora by the passage of cold front number 17 times total and partial damage of at least 120 hectares of vegetables, authorities reported.The state delegation of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA), informed by a report that reviews the situation prevailing in the […]
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Loophole in Ecuador’s anti shark fishing law
Globalpost.com report – Ecuador and Honduras are the only Latin American countries that have officially outlawed the practice, winning them plaudits for their efforts to protect endangered sharks. But Ecuador also allows fishermen who accidentally catch sharks in their nets to sell them, without any methods to determine whether the sharks were netted on purpose.The […]
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Law of the Amazon
Brazil last a rule that regulates the deforested until 2008 – Environmentalists see it as an unprecedented attack, farmers are celebrating – Is it just realism or suicide?Brazil was until recently no example in the fight against illegal logging. The area deforested in the Brazilian Amazon fell from 29,059 square kilometers per year in 1995 […]
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Severe malnutrition in remote areas of Chihuahua, Mexico
Hunger is widespread in indigenous communities that make up the municipality of Guachochi. Indians suffer severe malnutrition every week two children have to be referred to a hospital with serious health problems and several complications, while in remote communities do not get the support and people are desperate. Read Article ————————————————– DOES YOUR ORGANIZATION HAVE […]
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Mexico: nearly 2 million farm animals killed in worst drought, 70 years
The northern states of Mexico are suffering its worst drought since the government began keeping records of rainfall for 70 years. Crops have withered and some 1.7 million farm animals have died. The five states most affected are the north, a region that is burned under the same drought that severely affects Texas north of […]
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Colombia: coffee crops expected to exceed 5 billion pesos, 2011
President Juan Manuel Santos said he was confident that the price of the coffee harvest will achieve a more than five billion dollars despite the impact of winter. “Despite the decline in coffee production, the value of the coffee harvest in the last twelve months exceeded the 5 billion pesos. If the coffee harvest will […]
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Ecuador, Tungurahua update November 29, 2011
Update the activity of the volcano Tungurahua – November 29, 2011 10:00 (tl) In the morning, at around 06h11 (local time), there was an explosive event that produced a small pyroclastic flow that developed north western flank of the volcano and covered a distance of approximately 500 m. Associated with this event, and from that […]
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Cold front, storms and rain Tucuman Argentina
The maximum shall be 35 ° today and tonight will degrade, the Weather Service predicted. Today will have to withstand a maximum of 35 degrees before enjoying the drop in temperature that would occur in the early hours of morning. According to the local station of the National Weather Service (NWS), the weather will degrade […]
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Orange Alert for Tungurahua volcano, Ecuador
The Tungurahua volcano in new orange alert At 13:15, amid the roars, falling ash, debris and explosions of the volcano Tungurahua, members of the Emergency Operations Committee (COE) of Chimborazo inform residents of the parish Puel Penipe Canton, on the validity of a new orange alert reactivation of the colossus, from 17:00 on Sunday. Read […]
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Bolivia, authorities anticipate river flooding and landslides cause by La Niña
A coordination meeting between national, departmental and municipal allowed to anticipate the actions of prevention and immediate response to any emergency or potential disaster caused by the phenomenon of La Niña in the department of Cochabamba in the remainder of this year and 2012. The most vulnerable areas are located on the Tropic of Cochabamba […]
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Argentina, grain movements stopped by truckers
After three years of relative peace, Hugo Moyano again confront the field. Representatives of the leading truck blocked, for days, the entry of various cooperatives in the villages entrerrianas Crespo, Diamond and Tabossi and prevent the entry and exit of wheat and other cereals for export. Read Article
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Threatened border blockaids of Central American countries
The borders of Central American countries could be blocked in December by freight carriers operating in the region, who yesterday expressed his displeasure with the possible adoption of a series of reforms of the Regulation on International Land Transit System. According to officials of the American Federation of Freight Carriers, Fecatrans, the governments of the […]
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Guatemalan coffee producers face substantial losses
The rain threw the fruit before the time, said Gerardo de Leon, Marketing Manager of the Federation of Coffee Cooperatives of Guatemala (Fedecocagua).In some areas, losses are up 50%, and affected especially organic coffee, he said. San Marcos producer groups, Retalhuleu, Quetzaltenango and Huehuetenango were planning to produce 30 million pounds, but only get about […]
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Mexico, corn prices to increase as much as 30 percent
The worst drought in 70 years to hit most of the country, and in Queretaro has caused the loss of more than 36 000 hectares of temporary and 60 000 tonnes of maize, will cause an increase in grain prices up to 30 percent, said the secretary of Agricultural Development of the entity, Manuel Valdés […]
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Mexico suffers severe agricultural losses due to drought
The severe drought this year in Mexico has affected 989.000 hectares of agricultural land 750.000 and 1 million head of cattle, said the undersecretary of Agriculture, SAGARPA, Mariano Ruiz-Funes Macedo. He said that “the November 18 nationwide, are total losses in terms of agricultural area.” The official from the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, […]
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Colombian troops killed in while protecting coca erradicators
Another of the soldiers was injured after falling into a minefield. The incident occurred in the village of La Onda, rural zone of Tumaco (Nariño). The fact was attributed to Daniel Aldana mobile column of the FARC, which operates in the Pacific region of Nariño, although there are also regional paramilitary groups and drug traffickers. […]
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12,000 poppy plants destroyed by government forces in Ecuador
On Saturday morning, there was the elimination of about 12 000 poppy plants. The illicit cultivation of 5 acres, was located in the community Gustavo Iturralde, Canton Salcedo, Cotopaxi. The Fatherland Special Forces Brigade, along with the National Police Office and proceeded to eradication. Read Article
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Paraguay, goverment suspendes contracts with seven companies involved in hoof an mouth outbreak
The Ministry of Justice and Labor, decided to temporarily suspend work contracts in seven companies raised meat and refrigerators that far after the outbreak of FMD. he measure will affect workers in seven meat companies that have raised the temporary suspension of contracts. The Undersecretary of Labor reminds employers that violate labor standards will be […]
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FARC uses landmines to halt eradication of coca crop
Florence. Troops from Mobile Brigade No. 13, assigned to the Sixth Division, located 36 land mines planted around coca crops in an area of 280 meters, which avoided the eradication or destruction of illicit crops. The installation of explosive ordnance irrational threatened the life of peasants who travel around the village of the municipality Bold […]
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Central America, agricultural losses pose food security risk
The heavy rains this year have left Central America for a loss $ 172 million and more than 1.6 million people affected, putting in “grave risk” food security, said today the humanitarian organization Oxfam. The international NGO said in a statement that Guatemala, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua and Honduras are the countries most affected. The […]
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Ecuador: Nearly 500 cattle properties at high risk for hoof and mouth disease
At least 479 farms were classified as “high risk” by the Ecuadorian Agency for Quality Assurance Agro (Agrocalidad), responsible for defining and implementing policy and regulation and control of the productive activities of agriculture in Ecuador. Most farms, mainly located on the border with Peru, outbreaks of FMD. The information was used to focus the […]
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Free Trade Agreement with U.S. may lower inflation for Colombia
Consumers may have relief, for food imports could reduce inflation.Upon entering into force the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States, ratified by the Congress of that country on Wednesday, opening the door for families to have alternatives ‘gringo’ to milk, chicken, chicken and the egg to the extent that will gradually lowering import […]
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Colombia, seven departments under red alert for landslides, flooding
The affected regions are Antioquia and Choco in the north, Caldas, Tolima and Quindio located in the central west of Valle and Nariño, Southwest, whose municipalities are facing serious risks of landslides and floods in the rivers flows The intense winter living in Colombia has forced authorities to declare a red alert in seven of […]
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Leader of Peasant Confederation leader claims famine exists in Zacatecas exists
Cornejo, state leader of the National Peasant Confederation (CNC), said that in several communities in Zacatecas and there are families who suffer from hunger, so called State Cabinet officials to make “its own model” to seek financial resources to the Federation. Elaborated on the governor Miguel Alonso Reyes made frequent visits to the Chamber of […]
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Fear of outbreak of violence in land invasions, Mixteca Mexico
Municipal authorities and commons of San Pedro Teozacoalco, located in the Mixteca region, warned a new outbreak of violence in the area due to the invasion of their land by settlers of Santa Maria Tataltepec. In this regard, Mario Caballero Montes, Teozacoalco mayor, said that since the first days of November, Tataltepec commoners began a […]
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Venezuela nationalizes agriculture land held by British company
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday ordered the “forced acquisition” of the company Agropecuaria Flora, belonging to the British Vestey Group and consists of 290 000 hectares of farming in the country, after a struggle in the form of payment. Chavez read and then signed a decree “on the National Executive authorizes the compulsory acquisition […]
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Man from the United States arrested for hydroponic marijuana lab, Costa Ricao
Costa Rica U.S. stops hydroponic marijuana laboratory A Costa Rican court issued four months of preventive detention for an American arrested on suspicion of maintaining an advanced laboratory hydroponic marijuana production, reported local media on Thursday. The American, identified by the surname Sage-Rodger by the authorities, operated the laboratory in a house located in a […]
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Argentina promotes Yerba Mate tea tourist route
The Institute of Tourist Promotion of Argentina (INPROTUR) today introduced a new and unique tourist product: the Route of the Yerba Mate, original itinerary that proposes an approach to the entire production chain linked to the popular drink, while the travel provinces of Corrientes and Misiones, on the coast of that country. “Through this proposal, […]
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Ecuador produces four types of cactus fruit
The tuna, juicy and sweet fruit of a variety of cactus blooms in semi-desert soils of the valley of Chota (Imbabura).The plant has leaves similar to a tennis racket, covered with tiny spines. “There have always been prickly pear bushes, which grew in the wild. But eight years ago we began to cultivate it, “says […]
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Ecuador, prices trend lower for coffee, cacao on European crisis fears
October is the worst month for Ecuadorian producers of cocoa and coffee. Worry and nervousness about the European debt crisis limits purchases in foreign markets and generated a fall in prices. The average price per quintal of cocoa between 17 and 21 October was $ 107.5. That is the lowest weekly price of the year, […]
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Best coffee in Ecuador grown in Loja
Manta hosted the fifth competition for the Gold Cup and the first National Congress of Coffee Growers of Ecuador. The best coffee tasters were foreigners all week evaluating samples from growers and yesterday afternoon the winners were announced. Fatigue was not an obstacle for those who traveled 16 hours from their coffee farms, with the goal of […]
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El Salvador coffee growing areas high risk for weather damage
Environment Minister Herman Rosa Chavez said that due to the new climate reality facing the country, which reconfirms the storm increased in recent years, “coffee-growing areas are today, high risk areas”. The minister explained that in the sixties and seventies there was only a phenomenon of this nature per decade, while in the eighties the […]
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Atlixco, Mexico expects to sell over 2 million poinsettias for holiday season
More than 80 registered nurseries in the town of Atlixco, are ready to start selling poinsettias and near the holiday season, as reported by the head of economic development in that district, Miguel Amaro. He stressed that for this marketing season is estimated over 2 million plants are produced mainly through protected agriculture. From November […]
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Jalisco, Mexico: More than 100,000 liters of adulterated tequila, other liquors
Derived from operations conducted by the Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks (Cofepris), in conjunction with the Attorney General’s Office (PGR), the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property ( IMPI), Federal Police (PF) and Tax Administration Service (SAT), the Attorney General of the State of Jalisco (PGJEJ) and the Federal Consumer Protection Agency (Profeco), is […]
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Colombia’s exports up substantially in September compared to 2011
According to figures from the National Bureau of Statistics, Dane, revealed yesterday, exports in September amounted to U.S. $ 4,481.8 million, while in the same month last year the amount was U.S. $ 3,291.2 million. The 56.3% increase in traditional exports from U.S. $ 1,968.3 million in September 2010 to U.S. $ 3,075.6 million in […]
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Colombia fails to reach goal of 9 million bags of coffee for 2011
The country does not reach its goal of producing 9 million bags of 60 kilos in 2011 due to rain and rust.This was admitted on Thursday Agriculture Minister Juan Camilo Restrepo. ‘The effect of rust and the effect of winter results in lower coffee production to 8 million bags will arrive, but then what is […]
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Ecuador: Machala, El Oro highest risk for Dengue
A 1539 totals the number of dengue cases reported in El Oro since the beginning of this year until 42 weeks, of which eight are classified as severe (hemorrhagic). Según se puede constatar en el cuadro adjunto, Machala es la más golpeada por la enfermedad. As can be seen in the table below, Machala is […]
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28 percent of children in Honduras lack sufficient nutrition
Lepaterique Honduran Francisco Morazan .- Deputies toured South America and the municipality of Lepaterique, Francisco Morazán, in order to know the pilot gardens promoted from the previous year, the liberal lawmaker, Yadira Bendaña. The deputies were able to see the production of kitchen gardens. The project is funded by the National Congress, with a total […]
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Governor of Chihuahua warns 250,000 in his state are at risk of famine
According to information from the Governor Cesar Duarte, Chihuahua 250 000 people are at risk of famine Mayor announced Hector Murguia. Drought considered as contributory factor. Read Article
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More than 26 million Mexicans lack adequate nutrition, some facing famine
In the more than 26 million Mexicans facing food poverty, and economic assets, “are women and men living in rural areas and have no effective access to adequate food, health, education, social security, housing, no job, “as well, there is famine Durango, Zacatecas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Mexico State, Oaxaca and Guerrero, the poverty of the area, […]
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Cattle relocated, farmland damaged due to flooding in Tabasco, 660 communities impacted
The Ministry of Agriculture reports that as a result of the floods, more than 240 000 cattle have been mobilized to safe areas and more than 344 000 hectares have been damaged. The deputy of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food, Hector Palacios Limonchi reported that 344 000 626.5 hectares are […]
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Costa Rica, CNE holds a green alert for the remainder of the rainy season
The National Emergency Commission (CNE) decided today to keep the green alert (ask all institutions to be on the lookout for any need) to all the cantons of the Pacific coast and Central Valley, for the remainder the rainy season. The decision was taken because the activity will continue with heavy rain showers in the […]
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Paraguay, outbreak of hoof and mouth disease in September due to human error
Paraguayan health officials said Tuesday that an outbreak of FMD in cattle in the department of San Pedro (center), found in September, was a human error. “After recent laboratory analysis we can affirm that the outbreak of FMD found in the department of San Pedro was produced by a fault in the system of vaccination, […]
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Ecuador plans to end child malnutrition according to PresidentCorrea
President Rafael Correa announced the intention of his government to declare the country free from child malnutrition in the next four years. At least one of every five children under five is below the appropriate height for his/her age, or suffers chronic malnutrition in Ecuador, a country of young people, where 13 percent of the […]
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Alert: Drought impacting 55 percent of Mexico
The Secretary of Environment, Natural Resources and Fisheries, Rafael Elvira Quesada, warned that the problem of drought and affect 55% of the country, where thousands of Mexicans have no jobs, food and water. Asked why the Chamber of Deputies from 500 to allocate 700 million pesos to double the amount of the Temporary Employment Program […]
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Argentina to reduce amount of salt in processed foods
In order to reduce the sodium content in processed food groups, the Ministries of Health and Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Nation tomorrow will sign a framework agreement with the Coordinator of Food Industries (COPAL) in order Argentina’s population that decrease the amount of salt and, thus, influence is achieved on one of the […]
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Argentina to export 400,000 tons of wheat
he Government next week will release about 400 thousand tons of wheat for export, he announced today the Secretary of Agriculture, Oscar Solis, and said that, simultaneously, be asked to elevators, cooperatives, and producers to declare the amount of available physical goods this cereal. “Anything over 1.2 million tons, which is what is needed to […]
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Ecuador named best cacao in the world
The Ecuadorian cacao was named best in the world, at the Salon du Chocolat in Paris, France, an event that was held from 19 to 21 October in the third edition of the International Cocoa Awards, chocolate is considered the most important trade fair. Two samples of Ecuador, of the 50 pre-selected worldwide, were honored. […]
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Rice farmers concerned with drought in Colimes, Ecuador
Colimes Canton Farmers are concerned that the drought begins to dry riverbeds Reed, Sequel and Paján, used to stock up for their farming and ranching. But they complain, especially because they have not met the government offers that were made in the dry season last year. The vice president of the Farmers Association The Cabins, […]
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Large loss of crops and cattle due to rains in El Salvador
The Ministry of Agriculture reports seven million bushels affected by tropical depression, of which 1.6 million will no longer be recovered. The constant rains of the tropical depression that E-12 caused 35% of domestic production of basic grains and lost 277.940 affect producers. Read Article
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Government in El Salvador calls for price freeze on grains and sugar
Party government proposes to establish, by legislative decree, ceilings on grain prices of beans, rice, sugar and millet. The FMLN presented yesterday a piece of correspondence to the Legislature to enact “Transitional provisions for the stabilization of prices of basic grains and white sugar.”The Left Party wants than by legislative decree put “limits” to the […]
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Bats in Argentina carriers of leishmaniasis and leptospirosis
More than 60 percent of bats are placed in trees, mostly a few meters from the houses, especially in palm and mango plants. Studying the possible degree of transmissibility of these diseases to individuals. An investigation of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste (UNNE) performs an identification of the bat population of […]
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Central America, risk of disease increases after devastating rains
On October 19, health authorities warned of outbreaks of viral diseases and lack of food in Central America, while the death toll due to heavy rains, floods and landslides consequential continues to rise. The death toll has reached 97. 10 days ago, it rains non-stop, which affects hundreds of thousands of people. Authorities have reported […]
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Russian auditors perform inspection of area of foot and mouth disease in Paraguayuguay
SAN PEDRO DE YCUAMANDYYÚ (Omar Acosta, correspondent). Auditors Russians, Dr. Ludmila Abramava, Dr. Vladimir Ferisov, Dr. Victor Kikiforov and translator Oleg Marchenko, visited the provincial capital district where the outbreak of disease detected. Russian auditors visited the area yesterday, the focus of disease and even Santa Helena entered the establishment and toured parts of the […]
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Ecuador, Agrocalidad denies outbreak of bovine rabies in Manabi province
A suspected outbreak of bovine rabies was detected in the province of Manabi, Jipijapa canton, in the enclosure El Mamey. According to authorities, the issue has been addressed in a timely and there is no danger.The Ecuadorian Agency for Quality Assurance Agro (Agrocalidad) has taken actions such as the ban of the site, communication with […]
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Valle del Cauca 530 people left homeless with winter wave
From this Friday until October 31 rains revive in the department, according to the CVC. The most affected municipalities are Palmira, Tuluá, Prairie, Ontario, Carthage, and Florida. The winter season is just beginning and left in the Cauca Valley 530 people homeless in the last two weeks. This was announced by the Regional Committee for […]
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Artichoke exports from Peru reach $150 million
During the last 10 years, sale levels for artichoke placed Peru among the 2 most important exporters in the world, with numbers reaching US$150 million of sales per year. At present, the main markets supplied by Peruvian artichoke are the United States and Spain, followed by France, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, among others. […]
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Peru lifts ban on cotton imports from India
he Service of Agrarian Health ( SENASA ) restored today the issuance of permits for import of plant fibers not carded or combed cotton in India, which had been banned for several months. Sanitary permits were suspended on August 23 this year for 120 calendar days, but according to a decision released today, stands the […]
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Beef consumption in Argentina at lowest level in history
Every Argentine currently consumes an average of about 53 kilos of beef a year, the lowest level on record in a country that has more head of cattle than people, according to official and private. In 2000, meat consumption per capita was 66 kilos and in 1958, the oldest official record of 98 kilos, according […]
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Cacao exibits, contests, Tocache Peru
Singular contest organized Tocache cocoa On the occasion of the twenty-first anniversary of the town of Nuevo Horizonte, Gunpowder district, Tocache, San Martin, the Central Cocoa Producers Tocache – CPCACAO organized around unique contests cocoa, among many residents and local producers. The expectations were ranks first contest cobs Break Ball cocoa and cocoa beans. At […]
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Twenty-Five departments impacted by rains in Colombia – flooding, landslides, road closures
The Government reported that the second wave of rain has affected 25 departments in the country. Overflowing rivers and streams, landslides and road closures are the main consequences of rainfall. Due to difficult weather conditions, the Directorate of Traffic and Transport Police reported that five roads have a total closure by the rains. In Quindio, […]
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Risaralda Colombia on Red Alert for rains, flooding
On Monday the river was more than five meters. The Volunteer Fire Department La Virginia (Risaralda) which monitors the level of the Cauca River as it passes through this county, on Monday and reported the level exceeds 5 meters, which means that the municipality is on orange alert.”From the 5.50 will be on red alert. […]
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USDA locates locates new cacao plants in Peru
New cacao types with unique flavors that are distinctly Peruvian have been identified by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists. These new flavors could one day be marketed like wine, by geographical provenance. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists at the agency’s Sustainable Perennial Crops Laboratory (SPCL) and Systematic Mycology and Microbiology Laboratory (SMML), both in […]
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AgroVenezuela Mission provides loans to cultivate more than 775,000 hectares of food
The Socialist Agricultural Development Fund (Fund) and the Agricultural Bank of Venezuela (BAV) have provided funding to more than 170 000 farmers for an amount of up to 4 000 800 million bolivars. Eight months into the mission AgroVenezuela, public banks have given loans to cultivate 105 000 over 775 hectares of strategic food. This […]
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Hato Mayor, Dominican Repubic, thefts of cattle putting some cattelmen out of business
MAYOR .- HERD grouped Cattlemen Cattlemen’s Association and Cooperative Livestock and deputies Christopher Castillo Liriano (PRD) and Jose Alberto Vasquez (PLD), called the head of the National Police, the immediate transfer of the number of police in Hato Mayor, with the increase in robberies and murders of cattle in cattle farms and churches in this […]
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Cocoa bought more expensive for producers in Ghana
The Ghanaian government announced Friday a 2.5% increase in prices paid to cocoa farmers. Per tonne of cocoa is now bought their 3,280 cedis (1,443 euros). This boost to producers comes as world prices are declining, both in London and New York, they lost 30% since early March, 1694 respectively and £ 2648 per tonne. […]
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Peru, approved local agenda of competitiveness of cocoa
At the initiative of Rural Municipalities Network of Peru, REMURPE and Alternative Development Program, PDA, Aguaytía was conducted in a workshop to approve the agenda of local cocoa competitiveness of the province of Padre Abad. Leaders participated cocoa organizations, producers, collectors and representatives of various public and private entities related to culture, including the provincial […]
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Kraft Foods and organic cacao growers strike deal with Dominican Republic
Kraft Foods is launching its successful Cocoa Partnership to the Dominican Republic in a five-year commitment with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Working together, the Cocoa Partnership and USAID hope to increase the yield and quality of Dominican cocoa, while improving farmer livelihoods and communities. The program will reach 10,000 small-scale cocoa […]
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Study points to 140 reasons for deforestation in Honduras
Deforestation and forest degradation suffered in Honduras, 140 are caused by causes, which historically and systematically generate millions in economic losses, environmental and socio-ecological whole society and threaten the future and sustainable development for present and future generations of Hondurans. Appointed President Samuel Reyes, Rigoberto SERNA Minister Cuellar, ICF Minister José Trinidad Suazo Bulnes and […]
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Cacao exports from Honduras to Swiss factoris, $1.5 million
The president of the Cocoa Producers’ Association of Honduras (APROCACAHO), Anibal Ayala, reported today that the country exported 40 tons of cocoa in Swiss factories, which generate an income of $ 1.5 million.The Honduran chocolate, highly prized for its high quality grain to be processed organically, have a gain of $ 1.16 per kilo due […]
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Brazil to offer Pakistan agricultural tecnical assistance
The Brazilian government is ready to offer technical co-operation to Pakistan through sharing of knowledge, technology and expertise in agriculture and ethanol on the request of Government of Pakistan, said Bruno de Amorim Maciel, Project Analyst, Ministry of External Relations, Brazil during a press conference. Read Article
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Ecuador trade balance with China in the negative, Banana sales down significantly
The tendency of business to China is still the same, according to figures from the past three years. In Ecuador is still increasing number of imported products it sold. Between January and July this year, China sold $ 116.3 million, according to the Ecuadorian Federation of Exporters (FEDEXPOR). This facing 1212.5 million, which were imported […]
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Guatemala, little improvement in malnutrition
“If we can manage it, we buy something at the butcher’s every 15 days, even if it’s only a bone, although we normally just eat maize and beans,” says Marvin Fajardo, a small-scale farmer and father of three from the southern Guatemalan province of Escuintla. Like Fajardo and his family, thousands of Guatemalan families subsist […]
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Honduras, heavy rainfall expected over next three days
The National Weather Service of Honduras, SIM, reported yesterday that due to a low pressure system located north of Honduras increased rainfall across the country, as the Pacific moisture transport into the country is high. This moisture interacting with the country’s mountains form clouds that develop vertically due to the favorable conditions in the upper […]
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Starbucks concerned world coffee supply is threatened by climate change
Forget about super-sizing into the trenta a few years from now: Starbucks is warning of a threat to world coffee supply because of climate change. In a telephone interview with the Guardian, Jim Hanna, the company’s sustainability director, said its farmers were already seeing the effects of a changing climate, with severe hurricanes and more […]
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Container company moves first pork shipments from Chile to China
The Chinese-Chilean container carrier China Shipping (Chile) Agency S.A. took part in the first cooperation agreement with Agrosuper in the latter’s first export shipment of pork meat to the Chinese market, one of the main consumers of this food worldwide. The 150 ton shipment deployed headed for the port of Tianjin from the TPS terminal […]
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MAERSK Container begins operations in Puerto Bolivar, Ecuador
The large multinational shipping company Maersk Container Walvis Bay, begins operations today in the port terminal of Puerto Bolivar. Maersk, which has a capacity of 350 TEUs; 17 000 280 tons of crude and 160.9 meters Slor arrived yesterday afternoon from 06:00 today docks at Port Authority docks. Read Article
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20 containers of rice daily being smuggled from Honduras into El Salvador
At least 20 containers loaded with rice, apparently from the brotherly country of El Salvador, daily entering illegally in Honduras, so the authorities of the Ministry Agriculture and Livestock (SAG) and the Executive Directorate of Revenue ( DEI), demonstrated “on alert” in order to curb smuggling of the grain. It is estimated that in Honduras, […]
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Colombia, environmental alarm in Barrancabermeja, fish killed, river contaminated
The environmental authorities seized the Barrancabermeja area after alarms in areas surrounding the creek and the river’s Cabezonera Sogamoso, given the high mortality of fish that is recorded in unknown place after several sacks of cement thrown into the waters of tributary. Read Article
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Campesinos continue to try to slow development of oil expansion in Colombia
In the past year, the complaints of farmers living in the areas of oil exploration and production in Colombia has been increasing. They do not want their territory is invaded by oil infrastructure. The protests come at a worse time for the Colombian government. State coffers need a rapid injection of income, so they expected […]
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Brazil, foot and mouth disease alert for Brazil
The government reported on new measures after banning imports of live animals and beef from Paraguay, following the outbreak of disease that country announced last week. Additionally, “activities were defined as a health alert” in the states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, Mato Grosso do Sul and Parana, the latter two border […]
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Colombia suspends imports of beef from Paraguay due to hoof mouth disease
The Colombian government ordered suspended for six months on imports of livestock, meat and other products with risk of transmission of FMD from Paraguay.After the outbreak that occurred in the department of San Pedro in that country, the measure seeks to protect animal health and maintain its status today credited Colombia as FMD free, said […]
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Yellow Dragon outbreak detected in Nuevo Leon, Mexico
The bacteria Candidatus Liberibacter, known as “yellow dragon” which destroys citrus alerted health departments throughout the country to detect early outbreaks in Nuevo Leon and jeopardize the more than 520 000 hectares of Mexico citrus trees of which 42 000 are in Tamaulipas.Read Article
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Argentina, canine visceral leishmaniasis outbreak in Corrientes
The Ministry of Public Health confirmed yesterday that the provinces in canine visceral leishmaniasis outbreak affecting Corrientes has already passed the hundred cases. The last infected dogs were detected in the San Martín, where yesterday we developed a vector lock operation. According to the registration of the health portfolio, are 101 Capital infected dogs so […]
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Ecuador, outbreak of bovine rabies in Morona Santiago Province near Peru
The Ecuadorian Agency for Quality Assurance Agro (Agrocalidad) today reported an outbreak of bovine rabies, caused by the bite of bats in the Amazonian province of Morona Santiago (southeast), border Peru. Agrocalidad said in a statement that the outbreak “has been treated promptly in order to control the effects of this disease.”The health agency Ecuador […]
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Monsanto increases activities in Puerto Rico
The US-based Monsanto company, the world’s biggest seed company and undisputed world leader in agricultural biotechnology, announced in June 2011 that it would increase its activities in Puerto Rico. Specifically, the corporation is investing $4.3 million in the construction of a 20,000-square foot laboratory for corn and cotton seed development in the southern municipality of […]
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Brazil, world’s 21st Century breadbasket
Brazil has for centuries been a leading producer and exporter of the world’s breakfast, or soft, commodities — orange juice, coffee, sugar and cocoa. But over the past two and a half decades since opening to foreign investment, Latin America’s largest economy has also become a leading producer of important grains and meats, through investments […]
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Paraguay, destruction of animals begun to help stop hoof and mouth disease
RIFLE HEALTH: 130 CATTLE were eliminated in the EVE Yesterday began the slaughter of animals affected by the disease Neighbouring utmost care to prevent disease outbreak affecting exports of meat from other members of Mercosur. Yesterday we proceeded to stamping out for the slaughter of the 819 heads affected by FMD, as determined by the […]
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Foot Mouth Disease confirmed in Paraguay, alert for all of Argentina
That the file quoted in the book having added the immediate notification report communicated to the Organization for Animal Health (OIE) which reports on the occurrence of an outbreak of FMD in a cattle of the Department of San Pedro the REPUBLIC OF PARAGUAY. That the sanitary condition of the REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA requires the […]
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New construction material from cotton husks may fight spread of Chagas in Argentina
Faculty engineers that develop, experiment, panels and blocks using the husk that remains after the cotton gin. The materials could be used in construction. In a unique project that integrates the applied knowledge production with a proposed alternative, researchers at the Santa Fe UTN develop materials for construction waste by a most unusual sometimes becomes […]
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Worker eradicating coca plants found dead on border of Colombia and Ecuador
A peasant coca plants manually eradicated died in a rural area of the department of Nariño, which borders Ecuador, reported Social Action (Presidential Assistance Agency). The government agency did not specify the circumstances in which Benjamin Llanos Gasca, 28, died.However, he explains that the farmer was killed “during the third phase of operations that advance […]
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