Glyphosate, an agrochemical developed by Monsanto to control weeds in soybean, presents several risks to human health, toxicity, carcinogenic and reproductive effects, mutagenic action and food contamination.
The herbicides marketed in Argentina incorporated within the formula to glyphosate, the reason that some GM crops, such as soybeans are genetically engineered to develop a resistance to that chemical. Read Article
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Chihuahua, about 103 tonnes of catfish are grown annually in the state of Chihuahua, which accounts for 3 percent of national output that reaches 3 000 384 tonnes, according to the National Commission of Aquaculture and Fisheries (CONAPESCA).Read Article
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Indians oppose the construction of a route segment that the Bolivian government funded building projects in Brazil. Aparentemente, la carretera partirá en dos el Parque Nacional Isiboro Sécure (TIPNIS), que ocupa un millón de hectáreas ricas en flora y fauna y habitadas por varias etnias amazónicas. Apparently, the road split in two Isiboro Secure National […]
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Revistagobierno.com reported that Brazil’s Guarani Indians demanded that the energy giant Shell to stop using their ancestral lands for the production of ethanol. Vilhalva Ambrosio, a Guaraní man of one of the affected communities, said Survival International : “Shell should leave our land … the companies should stop using Indian land. We want justice, we […]
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The Brazilian Amazon lost in one month about 593 square miles of forest, according to official documents. Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil has increased sixfold since last year, as revealed by satellite images of the Brazilian government. These photographs show that between March and April 2011 destroyed 593 square miles of forest, compared […]
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Deforestation affects the stability of soils, water quality, fish kills by catastrophic events such as avalanches and greatly diminishes the ability of the surface to control its own climate and chemical composition.The issue is currently living the Paramillo Natural Park, where the 460 000 hectares of forest that has this natural reserve, about 80 000 […]
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The massive evictions of 800 families from 14 communities in Guatemala’s Polochic Valley, removing peasant agriculture in order to install the Chabil Utzaj sugar plantation, began on March 15, 2011. When we heard, we were surprised. Not because we have any illusions about the benevolence of the Guatemalan government or the oligarchy it serves, but […]
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Panamericana.pe reported that current oceanographic conditions indicates that the Peruvian coast cooler water present than normal during the months of September and October. The news was released by the National Committee for the Study of El Niño (ENFEN), but this is a crucial indicator of a probable presence of the phenomenon known as “La Niña”. […]
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In the presence of the species Giant African Snail (Achatina fulica) in various sectors of Carabobo state, the People’s Ministry for the Environment (Minamb), through the Directorate Environmental Carabobo State Authority, made a called the community to be alert to their appearance and take necessary preventive measures for collection and control in the region. Carabobo […]
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For years, Ecuador has experienced symptoms of climate change such as melting glaciers, but successive governments take adequate preventive measures to face on several fronts and actions in the medium and long terms. The aftermath that the country suffers from this global phenomenon are analyzed in the 151 251 Cable , the April 24, 2008 […]
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The “collapse of the bees,” is known as the phenomenon of disappearance of bees from hives with no apparent cause or explanation, is worrying producers worldwide. They are primarily responsible for the balance of plant through pollination. It was in order to prevent this phenomenon reaches Rondônia that environmentalists and farmers created the Meliponinae Beekeepers […]
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La Nina, a weather phenomenon typically linked to flooding in the Asia-Pacific, African drought and a more intense hurricane season over the Atlantic, could occur in a weak form this year, the World Meteorological Organization said on Thursday. Read Article
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The products traded through e-commerce channels tend to be mostly non-perishable goods, however, the country has interesting cases including technological tools in the business of agricultural products for Avocado Online, company that sells this product kilos and plant material for planting it, online. Read Article
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Following the recent deaths of leaders of peasant movements, last weekend in Tocoa, security agencies deployed a special team looking for weapons Lower Aguán.The housemates Salgado, Reina Mejia, managed to leave the courtyard of his house, where was his head in the first line of barbed wire. The commander of Joint Staff of the Armed […]
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Corn plantings in Argentina and Brazil will grow faster than the dominant soybeans crop in the 2011-12 marketing year, Hamburg-based researcher Oil World said. Corn planting in Argentina will rise 13 percent to a record 4.9 million hectares (12.1 million acres), and the soybean area will climb 2.2 percent, Oil World said in a report […]
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Many have wondered which yeast species is responsible for the creation of lager 600 years ago in Germany, and the answer is Saccharomyces eubayanus, or S. eubayanus. For years, scientists have wondered how lager came to be. It was understood that ale derives from a species of yeast called Saccharomyces cerevisiae, or S. cerevisiae, but […]
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Despite record crops globally and in Brazil, demand for high-quality coffee beans fuels a price rally. Conventional wisdom among coffee traders has been that Brazil is the driving force for coffee prices — and with good reason. Historically, Brazil has been the world’s largest coffee producer. However, the market could be changing. Read Article
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Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PETR4), Brazil’s state-controlled oil company, is building the biggest sugar cane-ethanol plant as the country seeks to stabilize prices for the renewable fuel and fight inflation, said Salim Morsy, an analyst at Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Read Article
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Bayer CropScience has received the final approval for its herbicide tolerant soybean technology from the National Ministry of Agriculture in Argentina, according to the company. The Liberty Link technology conveys tolerance to the glufosinate-ammonium herbicide Liberty for effective, broad spectrum weed control. Read Article
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Mexico is one of the two countries in Latin America increasing its exports of fresh pineapples to the US during April, May and June of this year, thanks to trade promotion activities, supported by SAGARPA.Through the General Coordination of Trade Promotion and Export Promotion, ASERCA, SAGARPA, closed an agreement with the Pineapple Product System Committee […]
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Bogotá Aqueduct new business wants to generate close to $ 30 million over the next five years and across borders.This was announced by the entity manager Luis Fernando Ulloa, who explained that this initiative is framed in the internationalization program, and bore its first fruits in Argentina and Ecuador. Read Article
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The virtual shutdown of timber harvesting in the forest Guarayo, in northern Santa Cruz, has so far caused an estimated loss of $ 1.2 million for the community Guarayo estimated by the timber industry. Guarayo receive about $ 15 per cubic meter of wood extracted, which involves approximately $ 5.2 million a year for the […]
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When illegal loggers with their guns pointed him to the head, Miguel de Lima Nilcilene tried to run but his legs betrayed him. “Never mind, said one of them will not die today.” His knees trembled as the gunman was “a month to remove the association and stop bothering us. And if you try to […]
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A private equity firm aims to invest roughly $50 million in new oil palm plantations in Peru, reports Bloomberg. Singapore-based Asian Agri Capital is portraying its potential investment as an anti-drugs measure. It says oil palm offers an alternative crop to coca — the plant used to produce cocaine — in Peru, which rivals Colombia […]
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Argentine farmers complain about wheat and corn export quotas, saying the system stifles competition and allows exporters and millers to pay below-market prices. But analysts say solid global demand and high prices are moving farmers to plant more corn despite the controversial export curbs imposed by the government as part of its effort to ensure […]
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Vanguardia reports: • Frosts, droughts, floods and other natural phenomena are seriously affecting Mexico’s production of essential crops • 23 of Mexico’s 32 states are affected by the worst drought in 70 years; largest grain-producing states are most affected and many consider the year a total loss • 20 million tons of crops are threatened […]
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A fourth death was confirmed this morning after a land eviction operation that went awry yesterday in Libertador General San Martin, Jujuy, reports infobae.com. Police in Jujuy were under court order to evict some 700 families from their land located on territory owned by Ledesma Sociedad Anónima Agrícola Industrial, Argentina’s largest sugar producer. When families […]
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Inspectors from the Federal Department of Environmental Protection (PROFEPA) in Jalisco and Chihuahua have secured 626.6 cubic meters of illegally harvested rolled pine – equivalent to 200 adult pine trees, Milendo reports. The seizure comes as part of the Zero Tolerance Program for Illegal Logging. In Jalisco, wood was seized from a sawmill when the […]
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The Argentine government announced yesterday that it is releasing 450 thousand tons of wheat from the export surplus for domestic use, reports lanueva.com. The ministers of economy and of agriculture, livestock and fisheries made the announcement yesterday, explaining that 150 thousand tons will go to Entre Ríos and the rest will be split between Santa […]
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Researchers from the University of Buenos Aires have found traces of toxic substances, some of which can be traced back to common pesticides, in fish in the Uruguay River, reports Agencia EFE per epa.com. Officials call the discovery of these toxins a wake up call for Argentina and Uruguay to enforce and deliver harsher punishments […]
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The director of the Agricultural Emergency and Disaster section of the Department of Agriculture, Livestock and Fishing in Argentina, Haroldo Lebed, announced yesterday that 5 million pesos of aid money was stolen from a van in Puerto Madryn, Chubut, according to infobae.com. The money was being sent to the southern province of Chubut to help […]
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The agave plant (from which tequila is made) has over 170 known varieties which have a number of natural benefits and uses. However, as El Universal reports, the tequila industry uses clones of just one type of agave in order to rush its maturation. The use of cloned plants opens it up to many risks, […]
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The Mexican Army discovered a 300-acre marijuana field hidden among tomato plants in Baja California, ABC España reports. The size of the farm is equivalent to approximately 225 football fields and is considered to be the largest on record in Mexico. Six people were arrested in conjunction with the find. According to military leaders, the […]
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The Argentine national government declared last week a state of agricultural emergency in Salta due to hail and drought that has affected the area since November 2010, according to infocampo.com.ar. Tax benefits and other forms of aid will be given to farmers in Salta until October of this year as long as they are able […]
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Rental prices for grain producing fields are inflating in Pehuajó, Buenos Aires as agricultural power players like Calyx Agro and Nidera have begun renting mediocre quality land for higher prices, according to infocampo.com.ar. In 2011 Calyx Agro has rented large amounts of land in the area for 1800 pesos per hectare, raising prices for other […]
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Civil society organisations* from Latin America, Europe and around the world have issued an open letter calling on the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation to reject a proposal to finance Calyx Agro, a company that acquires farmland in Latin America on behalf of wealthy foreign investors. Read Article
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Tourists in San Rafael, Mendoza this season will be missing out on one of the classic winter activities for the area: rafting down the Atuel River. According to losandes.com.ar, tourism providers did not get court approval to suspend the water restrictions placed on the river this year, and as a result, there is just not […]
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The National Paraguayan Police announced today that they are sending 4,000 officers to the Ñacunday area in response to conflicts and protests that have arisen in the area between farmers and peasants on their land, according to ultimahora.com. The farmers began a demonstration yesterday using armored farm equipment after discovering that the government had suspended […]
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According to ElComercio.com the lack of regulations in Ecuador’s Banana Law is causing conflicts between banana producers and exporters. Officials say that many banana exporters do not comply with the official price of a box of bananas, $5.50 per box. However, the law prevents authorities of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (MAGAP) from […]
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According to data from the National Meat Institute, Venezuela, Brazil and Israel have increased the amount of beef they import from Uruguay in the first half of 2011 since last year, per elpais.com.uy. In Israel, imports increased 12.8% and revenue was up 46%, Venezuela import was up 37.1% and revenue up 32.3% and in Brazil […]
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The Argentine government today singed an agreement with the Chamber of Imports that will increase traceability and control over imports, states ambito.com. The agreement will also help officials to know what is entering the country by requiring all items to be declared and entered into a computer system. Officials hope the new regulations will prevent […]
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ElComercio.com reports that at 3:50 p.m. sixty firefighters had managed to control the wildfire burning on a slope of the Pichincha volcano. Officials say that the flames consumed about 5 hectares of land and shrubs. Firefighters report using branches to quell the flames since the location of the fire was inaccessible to their vehicles. City […]
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According to ElComercio.com a fire on the slopes of the Pichincha volcano was reported at 9:45 a.m. today, June 28th. The fire department responded to the call in which large columns of smoke overtook the sky in the southwest of Quito. Firefighters say that they are unable to access the area with their vehicles. Therefore, […]
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Over 25,000 acres of citrus in the state of Veracruz are considered a total loss due to the devastating drought affecting Mexico, Más Producción Agricultural News reports. Consumers are beginning to feel the effects of the crop loss through product scarcity and price increases. There are a total of 200,000 acres of citrus crops in […]
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According to ElUniverso.com the major market of Ambato is worried about the shortages of products causing prices to rise and buyers to disappear. Traders comment that buyers, who came from a variety of cities in Ecuador, are beginning to prefer the markets of Riobamba and Latacunga. For instance, no peas are available in Ambato, says […]
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Engineer Claudio Lowy reached his ninth day of a hunger strike yesterday against agrochemicals, according to unoentrerios.com. After a lack of response from the Department of Agriculture in Argentina to Lowy’s pleas to change the classification of chemicals used on crops and a petition containing 9.3 thousand names of people affected by chemicals, the strike […]
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After the second accident involving stray horses in the road in two days, the owner of the animals has stepped up, according to unoentrerios.com.ar. A man was killed in an accident early yesterday morning after his car hit a stray horse on Route 14 near Pedernal, Entre Ríos. Three other people in the car were […]
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According to ElUnvierso.com eight cattle have died in El Triunfo from bovine rabies. Authorities believe that they were contaminated through bat bites. The outbreak of rabies was reported three weeks ago and is being managed by the Ministry of Agriculture’s office in Agrocalidad says providence official, Isabel Barrera. Vaccinations were not available from the start […]
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The price of bread and pasta in Argentina is at risk to increase in the next couple of days, according to tn.com.ar. In the wake of the disbandment of the corrupt National Bureau of Farm Trade Control (Oncca) earlier this year, flour millers are arguing with the government over a 2000 million peso compensation for […]
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Argentina’s second- biggest soybean producer Los Grobo, plans to transfer some assets to a new company and sell shares of the business in an initial public offering in Brazil. The company will be called LG Agronegocios & Participacoes SA, according to a regulatory filing Wednesday. Los Grobo, which produces soybeans, corn, wheat and sugar in […]
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Serious concerns about industrial livestock production in Mexico have been raised once again by recent controversies over the use of the non-steroidal anabolic clenbuterol and a feed medicine for poultry containing aresenic. Clenbuterol is a decongestant and bronchodilator prescribed for breathing disorders, but it also stimulates muscle growth, which is why it is used by […]
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This Quiché Maya indigenous woman belongs to one of 10,250 families benefiting from the Maya Food Security Programme, a multisectorial initiative combating chronic malnutrition in the municipalities of Sacapulas, Cunén, Nebaj, Cotzal, Chajul and Uspantán in the department (province) of Quiché. Read Article
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“Now I get supplies to feed my children, and I have a family garden where I grow carrots, onions and beets,” Marta Quinilla, a native of Uspantán, an area northwest of the Guatemalan capital that was devastated by the 36-year civil war, says cheerfully. This Quiché Maya indigenous woman belongs to one of 10,250 families […]
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On Wednesday, the National Federation of Agriculturists and Stock-raisers of Honduras (FENAGH) criticized the government’s recent decision to import kidney beans from Ethiopia, a decision taken without consulting the FENAGH. Leopoldo Durán, the president of FENAGH, said that FENAGH will investigate the decision in collaboration with other agricultural organizations. Durán predicts that negative economic consequences […]
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U.S. customs officials seized over 175 pounds of iguana meat from a U.S. citizen crossing the border from Tijuana, Mexico into California. The smuggler, whose identity has not been revealed, claimed to be transporting fish. At a secondary inspection point, over 175 pounds of iguana meat was discovered beneath fresh fish in three large coolers. […]
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Of the 575 samples of beef tested last year by the Mexican Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA), 111 (7%) tested positive for clenbuteral. Clenbuteral is used in some medications for humans as a bronchodilator. It is considered a dangerous substance, and as such the Federal Commission for the Protection Against […]
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Russia is banning meat and other livestock product imports from 89 manufacturers in three Brazilian states for not meeting Russian standards on June 15, Alexei Alexeyenko, spokesman for Russian food safety watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor, told Interfax. Read Article
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The first calf in the world cloned with 2 human genes, Rosita ISA, is expected to give milk similar to that of a human mothers, according to scientists from the Universidad Nacional de San Martín and the Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria in Argentina who worked together to clone the cow. Rosita was born in […]
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In April, the Washington, DC-based National Security Archive posted a 5500-page document tranche detailing the extent of Cincinnati-based food giant Chiquita’s dealings with Colombian death squad United Self Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC). The documents shed further light on the relationship between multinationals and Colombia’s murderous right-wing paramilitaries. Read Article
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A leading champion of the battle against genetically modified food is switching sides. The government of Bolivian President Evo Morales confirms it has sent Congress a measure to ease the use of genetically modified foods. Read Article
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The top and bottom lines for Corn Products International (CPO), a maker of sweeteners and other corn-based ingredients for numerous industries, are getting sweeter. Revenue rose 5%, 47% and 56% in the past three quarters. Corn’s earnings growth has also accelerated, from 16% to 42% and 103%. Read Article
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● Drought season is worst in over 20 years; over 40% of country affected ● More than 3.5 million farmers are on the brink of bankruptcy, advises National Agricultural Workers Confederation (CNC) ● More than 8900 fires have ravaged over 1.32 million acres; majority of fires burning pastureland for 10 million head of livestock ● […]
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A decision made yesterday by the Department of Agriculture will allow 200 thousand tons of wheat to be exported at the Bahía Blanca port starting next Monday, according to cronista.com. Another port will be opened later in the month that will be able to export another 200 thousand tons. Officials expect the new allotted shipment […]
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Paraguay has received the necessary finances to begin planning the construction of a railway to transport soybeans from the mountains of Curupayty to the Missiones and Barranqueras ports in Argentina, near the Triple Border of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. The South Korean government has agreed to help the Paraguayan Railroad company with a study to […]
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Congress passed a law yesterday that bans smoking in public places in Argentina nationwide, limits tobacco advertising and expands health warnings on cigarette packs. Implemented by the Department of Health, the new smoking law hopes to decrease the 40 thousand annual tobacco related deaths in the country. Congress is now discussing a law that would […]
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Argentinean beef consumption will remain low at least until 2014, as a result of restricted supplies driven by the loss of 11 million cattle during the last four years (Infocampo). According to research by local analysts, although local consumers have accepted the higher beef prices (redirecting considerable volumes from export markets), beef supplies will not […]
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Reporters from conexionbrando.com share their experience after visiting a yerba and tea plantation in Corrientes called Las Marías. By following longtime grower and tea connoisseur, Néstor Galvalisi, they learn about the process of harvesting, drying, resting, testing and packaging tea and yerba. Galvalisi treats his crops with love during the harvesting process and sends the […]
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•Eltiempo.com relates the case of Pompeya agriculturist José Adonaí Sánchez who has used rice seeds not approved by the ICA, and although they come at initially lower costs, they require greater expenditures in pesticides. •Thus, it is suggested that farmers use seeds approved by the ICA in order to ensure the quality of the final […]
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Argentina and Brazil are making big sales as Egypt begins to buy large quantities of soybean oil from the South American countries in place of the more expensive sunflower oil. Oil analyzers Oil World says Egypt could import 290 thousand tons of soybean oil from January to May of 2011, compared to 157 thousand tons […]
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Food intake of the food basket grew by 25% over the past 12 years, from 396.39 kilos of food a person consumed a year in 1999 to 499.76 kilos per person in 2010, the product of food policy Venezuelan State to ensure optimal intake of foods in the diet of the Venezuelan. Read Article
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Brazil’s environment agency Ibama has cracked down on deforestation – but in some regions it is on the rise again Illegal loggers, and ranchers who clear the forest for cattle unlawfully, are being targeted by Ibama, Brazil’s environmental protection agency. Read Article
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Research shows that Incas built citadels such as Machu Picchu after the earlier achievement of agriculture at high altitudes through the use of llama dung. Manure from llama herds provided fertiliser which enabled corn to be cultivated at very high altitudes, allowing the Inca civilisation to flourish in the Andes and conquer much of South […]
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Archer Daniels Midland Co. is building a new port terminal in Uruguay to export corn, soybeans, wheat and soybean meal from South America to markets in Europe and elsewhere. The new port is to be located at Nueva Palmira. Exports will be to Asia, Latin America, Africa, and Europe. Read Article
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The genetic manipulation of foods derived from GMOs are harmful to the health of people, said the engineer Hugo Huamaní Yupanqui, an expert on the subject. Therefore warned that the Government’s intention to open the market for such products would be very dangerous for the population. Read Article
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The rage was proportional to the size of the crowd cornered between the jungle and the wall that will dam up the Madeira River in northwest Brazil. Over the space of three days, workers set fire to some 50 buses and other vehicles, work installations and even their own lodgings, which were built to house […]
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•The National Federation of Coffee Growers is planning to fumigate 62,000 hectares of crops in order to save them from the disease that lost 1 million sacks of coffee last year, per elespectador.com. •$6.4 million pesos will be required for the program $5.7 billion of which coming from the National Fund for Calamities. •Luis Genaro […]
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•New flood zones in municipalities in la Mojana Sucreña, Cauca, el Magdalena, and the Savannah of Bogotá have registered, and the director of Ideam states that they must decide between maintaining the infrastructures or relocating per elpais.com.co. •Red alert is still on the Bogotá, Chicamocha, Sogamoso, Suárez, Arauca, and Meta rivers. May is expected to […]
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With 13 votes (on the right and one of the Concertación), 5 against and 6 abstentions, the Senate of Chile adopted on 11 May 91 UPOV Convention to prevent the peasants and indigenous peoples to save the seed and extend the lifetime of the rights and interests of transnational corporations selling hybrid and transgenic seeds […]
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The Chilean Federation of Fruit Producers (Fedefruta) will join with the Association of Exporters (Asoex) and nearly 50 other exportation and agricultural associations across Chile to present proposals to, and demand aid from, the government next Friday, May 20. They will convene in Requínoa, in Chile’s Bernardo O’Higgins Region. Read Article
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ACCIONA has won a contract from the CAP group to build and operate for 20 years a plant for the group’s mining operations in the Copiapo Valley (Atacama Region III). The plant will have an initial capacity of 200 liters per second (17 million liters a day) which could be stepped up to a maximum […]
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A bill being debated in Brazil’s Congress has sparked fierce clashes between environmentalists and supporters of farmers and ranchers over how to regulate the country’s vast but vulnerable wilderness. After 20 hours of debate, a vote on the controversial measure in the Chamber of Deputies was postponed Thursday until next week. The bill would then […]
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Winter Begins to Affect Colombian Coffee Harvests • Caracol.com.co reports that production has decreased 19% from April of last year due to the rainy season and “la roya*”. • Luis Genaro Muños, head of the National Federation of Coffee Growers (Fedcafé), called for better fertilization and protection against the disease. • The production in the […]
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The coffee and cocoa, two lines traditionally props mountain economy in Cuba, have an eye in 2015, the year he expected to recover historical productions. Strategic programs approved by the government and implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture (MINAG) since 2006, received particular impetus from 2010 and aim to achieve in four years the rescue, […]
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Soybean crop prospects in Brazil and Argentina, the second- and third-biggest exporters of the oilseed behind the U.S., have improved, researcher Oil World said in a report Tuesday. Growers in Brazil will produce 73 million metric tons of soybeans, up from a record 68.7 million tons a year ago, and farmers in Argentina will harvest […]
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Argentina has expelled agribusiness giant Bunge from a key government grains registry after a tax probe, a source at the AFIP tax agency spokesman said Tuesday. Bunge (BG.N), Louis Dreyfus, and Cargill [CARG.UL], among other grain exporters, were suspended from the registry by the tax agency for alleged tax evasion earlier this year. Read Article
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Last year, foreigners seeking to buy large plots of land began running into legal roadblocks, after the attorney general’s office reinterpreted real estate law amid concern over property speculation by overseas investors. Read Article
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Chile’s kiwifruit industry is making inroads with Summerkiwi and Jintao varieties, while the South American country has also started ambitious planting of ENZARed kiwifruit to find new markets. In an industry historically focused on the Hayward variety, Chile is expected to plant around 200 hectares of ENZARed kiwifruit this year while other varieties have also […]
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The banana, a plant which is threatened by the Black Sigatoka, will be extinguished within about ten years, if a genetically modified hybrid is not created to combat this fungus that endangers plantations worldwide, according to Emile Frison, researcher of the International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain (INIBAP). Read Article
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Visitors can ski in mountain ranges including the Cebollera and La Demanda, cycle through country lanes, hunt, fish or play golf. But it is wine production that is the biggest contributor to the region’s economy and tasting tours lure many holidaymakers to the area. Read Article
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our Latin American countries have formed an alliance to improve trade, services and productivity in the region, with goals to negotiate with Asian markets, América Economía reported. Peruvian President Alan García welcomed his counterparts Sebastián Piñera from Chile, Felipe Calderón from Mexico and Juan Manuel Santos from Colombia to sign the agreement in Lima, the […]
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“Soy destroys people’s lives,” she says. “It is a poison. It is no way to live. Soy is deadly to us”. Sitting outside her painted green shack in rural Paraguay, the mother of eight describes the day in January 2003 when her 11-year-old son Silvino Talavera came home from cycling to the shops. Read Article
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Sharp increases in food prices will hit poorer Latin American countries like Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala and Honduras the hardest, raising their inflation rates by more than 5 percentage points this year, according to a new report released on Monday. Read Article
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Colombia misses out the target to export flowers on Mother’s Day after brutal weather after heaviest rains in the country’s history, that claimed hundreds lives and rendered thousands homeless. Colombia’s National Association of Flower Exporters said some of the country’s prime flower-farming areas were among the hardest-hit by storms that have intensified over the past […]
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Amyris Inc. (AMRS), a U.S. biotechnology company, built its first industrial-scale facility to produce from sugar-cane syrup a compound that can be converted into a renewable fuel, tapping Brazil’s expansive cane industry for feedstock. Read Article
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CNH Global N.V. (CNH) plans to build a factory in Argentina to assemble farm tractors and harvesting combines, as the company moves to shore up its farm machinery business in South America. The plant in Cordoba, Argentina, will produce specialty tractors and large combines, machinery that CNH isn’t currently assembling in South America. Read Article
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A bacterium known as a powerful threat is rotting the rice crop in Costa Rica, said the State Phytosanitary Service today [18 Apr 2011]. Some 30 000 hectares may be lost due to the microscopic enemy, identified a few weeks ago in the Guanacaste area in the west of the country. Read Article
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Guatemala: 145 thousand families need food assistance this year The Government of Guatemala declared next week “nutritional risk” in the Central American country with the aim of creating policies to solve the malnutrition problem faced by millions of Guatemalans. Read Article
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30% of cultivated land areas in Mexico are a legal product crops mixed with marijuana or opium, on Tuesday reported a Mexican senator who proposed a legal reform to encourage farmers to convert these crops. “30% of the crops are mixed with drugs with a legal culture,” he told the full Senate chamber Felipe Gonzalez, […]
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The Caribbean Coast returns to save space on the map sugarcane growers of the country and this time a project to produce ethanol based on sugarcane, it takes 10 thousand hectares of agricultural frontier for this crop in the department of Magdalena. It Agrifuels project in the municipality of Pivijai, which have capacity to produce […]
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More than three hundred farmers have occupied Tierras Nuevas, a Dutch farm in Costa Rica. Owned by 54 Dutch investors, the land is used to grow beans and basic grains. Activists have put down plastic tents and are now camping on the 240 hectare site with their families. Read Article
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