Mexico: Cartels move into lucrative poaching business for Asia market
latino.foxnews.com reported first it was moving marijuana and cocaine across the border. Then, it was human smuggling. Now, it appears Mexico’s drug cartels are getting involved in the lucrative – and...
View ArticleEcuador: 95% of food manufactures have changed food labeling to adapt to new...
andes.info.ec REPORTED…95% of large and medium-sized companies that manufacture food in Ecuador adjusted to the new rules of graphic labeling on nutritional content, which was demanded by the Ministry...
View ArticleCentral America: Food Crisis Looming for 2015 due to projected low harvests,...
fews.net reported as a result of projected poor harvests in 2014, the reduction in coffee-sector income for day laborers, and a more rapid than usual increase in the prices of some staple foods,...
View ArticleEcuador takes measures to attack obesity rates
elcomunista.net reported the Ecuadorian Government has imposed a system of labelling for processed products which alerts on the content of fat, salt and sugar. The Pan American Health Organization...
View ArticlePanama: Two Cases of Hantavirus Reported
critica.com.pa reported 2 new cases of [a] hantavirus [infection] were confirmed by the Ministry of Health in Los Santos [province], one in San Jose de Las Tablas and the other in Tonosi. Nahir Cedeno,...
View ArticleSevere Drought in Latin America Impacting Crops
NPR.ORG reported Parts of Latin America are severely parched. The drought is fueling clashes, forcing rationing, decimating crops and affecting travel through the Panama Canal. LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO,...
View ArticleMexico: Prices for basic basket of food up from 100 to 157 percent, fruits,...
publimetro.com reported the price of the products of the basic basket reported increases of 100 and up to 157% between the main cities of the country, especially in fruit and vegetables. The Federal...
View ArticleArgentina beef may begin beef exports again to the U.S. market
quilmespresente.com reported the inspection and health of animals and plants (APHIS) issued two rulings favorable to Argentina, which recognizes the territory of Patagonia as “region free of FMD...
View ArticleBi-National Committe states Colombia can fumigate coca crops closer to...
colombiareports.com reported a bi-national committee has concluded that Colombia can fumigate coca crops closer to Ecuador’s border, Colombian newspaper El Tiempo reported on Friday. The technical...
View ArticleEcuadorian Flower Grower Looks to Africa for further expansion to Europe
allafrica.com reported an Ecuadorian investor said he has begun introducing state-of-the-art technology to the Ethiopian floriculture sector which is suitable to the European flower market. Owner and...
View ArticleColombia: Expert warns climate change may threaten coffee crops
lainformacion.com reported -pests and diseases as the bit, rust and the ojo de gallo could reappear with force as a result of the drastic changes in the climate, today warned a scientist in the 25th...
View ArticleColombia: Coffee harvest up substantially in 2014
portafolio.co reported 12.1 million sacks of coffee Arabica mild occurred between October 2013 and 2014 September (year coffee). In the same period of the previous year, the harvest was 9.9 million...
View ArticleLatin America may face seriuos risk situation due to climate change by 2030
(IPS) reported – “We could be the last Latin American and Caribbean generation living together with hunger.” The assertion, made by Raúl Benítez, a regional officer for the Food and Agriculture...
View ArticleColombia: Farmers sue oil giant BP in the UK
theguardian.com reported more than 100 Colombian small farmers are taking on oil giant BP in the UK high court on Wednesday in one of the largest cases in environmental legal history. The farmers say...
View ArticleHow Many Cuy (Guinea Pigs) are there in Peru?
You know how many there are guinea pigs in Peru? elcomercio.pe reported according to the National Agricultural Census conducted in 2012, more than 12 million of these species throughout the country....
View ArticleHow Many Cuy (Guinea Pigs) are there in Ecuador?
How Many Cuy (Guinea Pigs) are there in Ecuador? agronegociosecuador.ning.com reported The guinea pig production in Ecuador is generally a rural activity located in the Ecuadorian highlands, where the...
View ArticlePart-time Expat peddling Organic Dark Chocolate Bars from Ecuador – 260...
chicagobusiness.com reported….Will people pay $260 for a fair-trade, organic dark chocolate bar? Jerry Toth hopes so. Mr. Toth, 36, a former Wall Street analyst who was born in Winnetka, moved to...
View ArticleSevere Drought Affecting more than half a million people in Honduras
bbc.com reported more than half a million people in Honduras have been affected by a severe drought, the Red Cross has said. It said the most vulnerable families were in danger of hunger because of the...
View ArticlePeru: 11 regions declare state of emergency for coffee rust disease
Peru has declared a state of emergency in 11 regions against the disease coffee rust (_Hemileia vastatrix_). It follows the detection of new cases in various areas across the country. The Ministry of...
View ArticleBrazil’s purchase of Chiquita, impact on Ecuador
freshplaz.com reported China’s great interest in Ecuadorian bananas, the market growth in the United States and Guatemala’s imminent position as the second largest exporter were just some of the issues...
View ArticleEcuadorian firm wins G.A.P. award for exports of rare Physalis fruit
Ecuador’s Tankay scoops GLOBAL G.A.P award Tankay, the social enterprise company from Ecuador, scooped the GLOBALG.A.P. award this year for the innovative use of of Physalis. More popularly known as...
View ArticleFDA in U.S. issues warning letters to two Ecuadorian seafood processors
foodsafetynews.com reported that two seafood processors in Ecuador received warning letters. The Guayaquil-based Star Company S.A. was subjected to FDA inspection last June 2-3, 2014, and was...
View ArticleBrazil a huge market for banned pesticides
dailytimes.com.pk reported the farmers of Brazil have become the world’s top exporters of sugar, orange juice, coffee, beef, poultry and soybeans. They’ve also earned a more dubious distinction: In...
View ArticleEcuador: Blackberries, Raspberries may be headed to U.S. market
thepacker.com reported Fresh blackberries and raspberries from Ecuador will be given access to the U.S. market under a new proposal from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The USDA said it will...
View ArticleEcuador bans imports of poultry products from U.S., fear of bird flu
thepoultrysite.com reported Ecuador bans imports of all poultry products from the United States, reports the USDA. On 16 April 2015, Agrocalidad – Ecuador’s sanitary authority – suspended imports of...
View ArticleEcuador: Shrimp farming and the destruction of mangroves, social and...
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View ArticleNo reported disease (TR4) of bananas in Latin America
bloomberg.com reported TR4 (Panama disease Tropical Race 4) enters the plant’s roots and spreads, invading vascular tissue. The first symptom is irregular yellowing of older leaves, which later turn...
View ArticleU.N. declares ecuador free of illegal crop cultivation
QUITO, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) — An official with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Thursday declared that Ecuador is free of illegal cultivation, with no evidence that coca, poppy or...
View ArticleEcuador: Banana producers face increased competition from other L.A. countries
freshplaza.com reported there is currently a worldwide oversupply of bananas. Traders in Europe, Russia and the U.S. pointed out that prices are low due to a large supply. In China, prices fell because...
View ArticleEscaped Cobia from Ecuador showing up in Colombia, Panama waters
INVASIVE COBIA SPREADS TO PANAMA smithsonianscience.si.edu reported Cobia, a promising fish for aquaculture, lives throughout the world’s oceans except in the Central and Eastern Pacific. In August...
View ArticleEcuador: Earthquake impacts shrimp business, prices going up
Shrimp prices from Ecuador have gone up after the impact of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit the country on April 16. The earthquake caused several hundreds deaths and generated billions of...
View ArticleVenezuela at risk of famine according to chamber group
miamidiario.com reported at the end of the first quarter of this year most companies affiliated with the Venezuelan Chamber of Industry Food ensures that accounts with an average of only 15 days of...
View ArticleEcuador: Grassroots groups fighting against GMO seed companies
telesurtv.net reported – At stake is not just the future of small and sustainable agriculture in Ecuador, but also the food sovereignty of all humanity. Ecuador’s campesinos and civil society have...
View ArticlePeru: 50,000 alpacas succumb to freezing temperatures
dailymail.co.uk / AP reported SAN ANTONIO DE PUTINA— Life for the thousands of indigenous families raising alpacas and sheep in Peru’s southern Andes has become a nightmare amid a bitter cold wave that...
View ArticleEcuador: Small Banana Exporters Facing Challenges
Ecuador: “Transnational companies complicating business for banana producers” Less fruit, more demand Freshplaza.com reported Banana production in Ecuador has declined significantly because of climate...
View ArticleEcuador: Puerto Bolivar destined to become largest container terminal in...
joc.com reported a Turkish port operator is determined to transform an Ecuadorian port, most well-known as one of the world’s largest shipment points for bananas, into the largest container terminal in...
View ArticleEcuador: Banana Growers lower production, not able to meet contracts to...
Ecuador: “A 30% drop in banana production takes a big toll on the growers” Freshplaza.com reported although Ecuador was not affected by the El Niño phenomenon, the current weather conditions have...
View ArticleEcuador: Mango exports up significantly
Ecuador Mango exports up 40 million dollars metroecuador.com.ec/freshplaza.com reported mango exports generate between 35 and 40 million dollars per season (between October and January). This product...
View ArticlePeru: Biopiracy threat to ancestral products
intercontinentalcry.org reported The production and consumption of natural Andean and Amazonian ancestral products in Peru is threatened by the “biopiracy” of foreign companies who have filed over...
View ArticleWarning Pacific South America: Vampire Bat Rabies Outbreak Expected 2020
Scientists warn of threat to livestock, human health and wildlife conservation in near future. ibtimes.co.uk reported an outbreak of vampire bat rabies is expected to hit parts of South America within...
View ArticleIran, Ecuador exploring expanding agricultural ties
In a meeting between Ecuador’s Ambassador to Tehran Germán Alejandro Ortega Almeida and the country’s Commercial Attaché in Iran Guido Zambrano with officials from Iranian Agriculture Ministry...
View ArticleAlpacas Being Used To Help Secure Water Supply for Quito Ecuador
(Thomson Reuters Foundation)DAILYMAIL.CO.UK – High on Ecuador’s Andean plains, the Comuna Espejo co-operative is counting on a recent delivery of 20 woolly alpacas to keep its moist grasslands in...
View ArticleAmazon Forest under threat from soya crops
theguardian.com reported….Celso Carlos has made a modest living for 10 years growing manioc and coconuts and rearing poultry on a few hectares of lowland in Brazil’s northern Amazon. But three years...
View ArticleBrazil: Concerns over Beef Exports
gulfnews.co …. Brasilia: President Michel Temer, confronting a corruption scandal tarnishing Brazil’s lucrative meat industry, met on Sunday with executives and foreign diplomats to assuage health...
View ArticleEcuador: Effects found in children from exposure to flower pesticides used in...
Dread of roses: Neurobehavioral effects found in children exposed to flower pesticides PRESS RELEASE University of California – San Diego Ecuador exports a lot of Mother’s Day bouquets, leaving behind...
View ArticleEcuador: Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus outbreak
portafolio.co / The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) reported an outbreak of the disease known as ‘Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus’ in the town of Santo Domingo de los...
View ArticleBrazil expects record grain harvest in 2017
efe.com reported Brazil, one of the world’s largest agricultural producers, will have a record grain harvest of 240.3 million tons in 2017, up 30.1 percent from last year, the government said Tuesday....
View ArticleMexico: Avocado Mafia (Opinion)
Your article (Taco alarm bells ring as avocados go out of reach for Mexicans, 7 August) misses the point about what is the nature of the problem and who is responsible. A farm in the west of Mexico...
View ArticleEcuador: Amendment in Law Gives Free Pass to Genetically Modified crops
GROUP PLANS NATIONWIDE STRIKE OPPOSING SEED LAW Scienceline.org – Changes in Ecuador’s ‘seed law’ angers and frustrates scientists An amendment that gives a free pass to genetically modified crops...
View ArticleEcuador: Small Village Fights Large Palm Oil Firm
mongabay.com In 2000, palm oil company Energy & Palma bought some land in the district of Esmeraldas in northern Ecuador. This land is home to the Afro-Ecuadorian community of Wimbi, a town of some...
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