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EU ministers “quickly” call for more measures to calm farmers
The ministers of agriculture of the European Union They asked this Monday to the European Commission (EC) What present “quickly” measures “more ambitious” to respond to farmers’ protests, as Member States consider that “they are not enough” those raised so far. The Community Executive announced that it will propose that some of the environmentally friendly […]
Pesticides increasingly used in global agriculture
The use of pesticides Agriculture has doubled worldwide since 1990, with strong disparities from one continent to another. Pesticides protect cropsby destroying organisms considered harmful to floors, but they have harmful effects on the environment and health. A growing use on the planet Farmers consumed 3.54 million tons of active substances in 2021, an increase […]
Guyana records 7% increase in rice production and 28% increase in sugar production in 2023
The government of Guyana reported this Sunday a seven percent increase in the production of rice this year, obtaining revenues of US$ 210 million and 28% in the production of sugarcompared to 2022. “In 2023 we saw an increase in rice production by seven percent, which translates into the production of 653,706 metric tons”said Agriculture […]
Natural disasters cause losses of US$123 billion a year, according to FAO
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported that environmental disasters have caused losses in the world’s agricultural and livestock production worth US$3.8 trillion, which represents a loss of US$123,000 million per year. This is equivalent to 5% of all world production. The report highlights that the largest losses occurred in Asia, […]
Report reveals that ‘fracking’ in Mexico puts 38,000 agricultural producers at risk
Hydraulic fracturing or ‘fracking’used in the extraction of hydrocarbons, in Mexico puts at least 38,338 producers in the field support program at risk ‘Sowing Life’as well as citrus crops, vanilla and basic grains, as revealed this Wednesday by an investigation by CartoCrítica and the Mexican Alliance against Fracking. Likewise, the report calculates the damage of […]
Agriculture is key to food and a solution to the climate crisis, affirms IICA
The agriculture is a key factor for food safety global and an important part of the solution to the climate crisis, which is why it must be an actor with a strong presence in the climate negotiations, said this Wednesday the director general of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Manuel Otero. Prior […]
Agriculture and livestock lose US$ 123,000 million a year due to natural disasters
The environmental disasters cause losses of about US$ 123,000 million a year, which represents 5% of all world production, according to the latest yearbook published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The annual report, which analyzes data collected around the world until 2021, also indicates that the cost of following […]
In January 2024 it will be known which country will carry out stage III works of Chavimochic
In January 2024, it will be announced which country will carry out the works of the third stage of the Special Project Chavimochic (PECh), because one of the countries participating in the international tender -Canada and the Netherlands- has requested an extension of the deadline to present its offer, explained the general manager of the […]
Farmers in northern Panama are losing everything in the midst of the mining crisis
“I lost lettuce, cabbage and I am saving the potato because it lasts a little longer, but if there is no opening of the streets, we are also going to lose that production”Elfry Rigoberto Rodríguez, one of the thousands of small producers affected by the road blockades that are disrupting the economy, told EFE. Panama […]