The Colombian government is exploring ways to reduce the cost of agricultural inputs, which currently represent 30% of expenditures in the agricultural sector, and 50% of livestock, local media reported Thursday.
Colombia’s president and minister of agriculture have approved an agricultural pact in response to nationwide agrarian protests that began in August 2013.
Colombia’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development announced on Wednesday that the rural sector needs around $25 billion for infrastructure projects like irrigation systems, to help the countryside deal with…
Talks between the Colombian government and striking farm-workers recommenced Monday, as strike leaders announced a temporary suspension of protest activities, national media reported.
Farmers currently negotiating with the government have ended strikes in the southwest of Colombia on Monday after coming to an agreement with the government.
Colombia’s Agriculture Minister on late Wednesday evening signed an agreement with the country’s millers to ensure an immediate government purchase all rice production within the country, in a bid to…
The government will respect the agriculture sector’s right to protest, said Colombia’s Vice-President Angelino Garzon, so long as the demonstrations planned to kick off Monday are peaceful. At a press…
Colombia’s new program designed to deliver subsidies directly to coffee farmers went into effect Monday, but that might not be enough to ward off the second national industry strike this…
The Colombian government on Thursday convened a meeting with coffee farmers to avoid a proposed strike scheduled for August 19.