FTA will negatively affect 1.8 million farmers in Colombia: Report
On the eve of the start of the Colombia – U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the charity Oxfam said Monday the deal will bankrupt small farmers and increase poverty in…
On the eve of the start of the Colombia – U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the charity Oxfam said Monday the deal will bankrupt small farmers and increase poverty in…
The new FTA with the U.S. will bring “gringo superpigs” to Colombia, threatening the country’s domestic pork trade, newspaper Diario Del Huila claimed Wednesday. The newspaper said production will be threatened…
Colombia’s Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Juan Caros Restrepo has appealed to authorities to increase controls on illegal mining, reported news website La Vanguardia Monday. Restrepo claimed more surveillance was…
The Colombian government has rejected protests that the recently finalized Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the U.S. will harm key agricultural sectors, reported local media Friday. “I do not personally…
The Colombian Agriculture Minister demanded Tuesday that U.S. authorities do not impose “unfair obstructions” on Colombia’s meat exports. Juan Camilo Restrepo Salazar asked on his Twitter feed that the U.S.…
Sixty-four per cent of agricultural and livestock workers expect their situation to be regular or good in 2012, according to a farming industry survey. Furthermore 80% of the 2,500…
Fearing invasive pests, the Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) has rejected large quantities of fruit from Chile and the United States. In a press release on their site, ICA said it…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez have agreed to push forward a new bilateral trade agreement, said a statement released on Colombia’s presidential website Thursday.…
The Netherlands government has pledged $2.4 million to the Colombian banana sector in the form of a public-private partnership, which could be replicated for the coffee and flower sectors, reported…