News Bolivia Agriculture: Genetically modified crops spark controversy in Bolivia
La Paz, Jan 12 (EFE). — Agriculture, which accounts for about 15 percent of Bolivia’s gross domestic product, is at the center of a controversy over genetically modified crops, with the government limiting the use of transgenic seeds to soybeans and farmers demanding expanded use to increase productivity. Bolivia restricts the use of transgenic seeds, or […]
News Bolivia Agriculture: Bolivia takes step to boost agriculture and curb surging deforestation
Bolivia has passed a land use law that aims to boost food security and slow deforestation in a region that is wracked by illegal forest clearing. Approved earlier this month, Ley 337 seeks to regulate ...
News Bolivia Agriculture: Bolivia’s aggressive agricultural development plans threaten forests
Bolivia’s government, supported by some small and most large producers, pushes to expand agricultural lands at the expense of the nation’s environment. In April 2015, small-scale Bolivian farmers who ...
