Less than 1% of Colombia’s farmland insured
Less than 1% of Colombian farmland is insured, less than any other Latin American country, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, El Espectador reported Friday. While so…
Less than 1% of Colombian farmland is insured, less than any other Latin American country, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, El Espectador reported Friday. While so…
President Juan Manuel Santos traveled to the central Meta department to oversee the return of over 42,000 acres of land to local people forced to abandon their homes by violence, Colombian…
Companies in the agriculture and agro-industrial sector are at a crossroads due to the poor condition of roads and the floods that have devastated crops, livestock, and land, reports La…
Colombia’s agriculture minister on Tuesday confirmed the government will import rice to prevent a possible increase in the price following the destruction of crops by this year’s extended rainy season.…
The global financial crisis hit Colombia’s economy hard. Although the numbers have improved in recent months, the country’s unemployment rate remains above ten percent and is the highest among Latin…
The AIS agricultural subsidy program, which was at the center of a corruption scandal last year, will restart in January 2011, Colombia’s Agriculture Minister Juan Camilo Restrepo said Tuesday. Restrepo claims that…
Colombia’s agriculture minister on Monday announced a $27.3 fund to help the country’s agricultural sector, two weeks after he suspended a subsidy with the same purpose and of the same…
A regional dialog on the Land Restitution Law under consideration by the Colombian Congress will be held in Valledupar, Cesar, on Friday with the purpose of creating a forum between…
Controversial former Agriculture Minister Andres Felipe Arias turned down the Colombian government’s offer to replace ambassador to Italy Sabas Pretelt de la Vega, who is facing bribery charges. According to…