The National Autonomous University of Honduras requires the acquisition of balanced feed for animal production and mineral supplement provisions for the Centro Universitario Regional del Litoral Atlantico.
Honduras Government Purchase LPN No.10-2021-SEAF-UNAH:
"Tegucigalpa will purchase balanced animal feed and mineral supplement supplies.
The concentrate for cattle and sheep requires the following specifications:
In 2020, Nicaragua was positioned as the largest exporter of Central America with $440.1 million, in addition, the main buyer of coffee was the United States with 35.53% equivalent to $832.7 million, followed by Germany with $330.1 million.
Figures from the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with the graphic"]
Geolocation systems and Big Data turn data into information that farmers and land managers can use to make more informed and timely decisions to increase productivity.
Sensors located in fields, tractors and on satellites high above farms are constantly collecting data.
Geolocation systems and Big Data are able to convert this data into information that agricultural companies can use to make more informed and timely decisions, increasing productivity, allowing to collect information on soil and plant needs to apply treatments that increase agricultural production, managing costly resources such as fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides.
JH Biotech, a subsidiary of Jianghuai Horticulture seed Co., dedicated to the genetic improvement in seeds of horticultural products started operations in Nandayure, Guanacaste.
From Costa Rica, the company will work on generating hybrid seeds of different varieties of watermelon, melon, pumpkin and chilies. In its laboratories, molecular analysis processes are carried out to verify quality results.
Between the first semester of 2018 and the same period of 2019, the volume sold of fertilizers and agrochemicals fell by 13%, a decrease explained by the political crisis reported since April last year.
Figures estimated by the Association of Formulators and Distributors of Agrochemicals (Anifoda), specify that this is the second year that decreases in sales are reported, because between the first half of 2017 and the same period of 2018, the volume of fertilizer sold fell by 5%, falling from 110 thousand tons to 104 thousand tons.
From 5 to 10 October, Guatemalan businessmen from the agricultural sector will travel to Madrid to make several business appointments with potential Spanish buyers, and also know the trends in the supermarket sector.
Spain is a market with an interest in export products such as mango, avocado, roasted and green coffee, fresh vegetables and exotic fruits, some of the products most demanded by Spanish buyers, reported Agexport.
The decline in exports of the agricultural sector reported in the first quarter, coupled with the lack of rainfall, has caused that the beginning of the year has not been the best for businessmen in Costa Rica.
Figures from the Costa Rica Foreign Trade Promoter report that between the first quarter of 2018 and the same period in 2019, exports from the agricultural sector were down by $107 million.
In Panama, the incentive of $7.50 applied to each hundredweight of paddy rice has been extended for the period from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019.
The Ministry of Agricultural Development (Mida) reported that in addition to the incentive of $7.50, it has been established that the price of a hundredweight of rice will be $17, (depending on the variations that occur in terms of promotions or discounts), which will be paid by the mills and intermediaries to local producers.
As of June 2018, Guatemalan coffee producers must comply with a new environmental standard whose requirements will depend on the type of farm on which the activity takes place.
In accordance with theprovisions of Governmental Agreement 137-2016, coffee producers must submit a study of the potential environmental impact of the activity to the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources.
For the Nicaraguan coffee sector, the difficulty in obtaining workers has worsened, especially in areas such as Nueva Segovia and Matagalpa.
The coffee trade union affirms that in the 2016-2017 cycle approximately 200 thousand hundredweight were lost, and in what has occurred so far of the 2017-2018 harvest, part of the production has also been lost.Entrepreneurs in the sector argue that, in both cases, it is due to a lack of grain cutters.
The import of 130,000 hundredweight and an estimated production of 80,000 between November and December will guarantee supply of the product and the balance of consumption, according to the Central Bank of Nicaragua.
From a statement issued by the Central Bank of Nicaragua:
National System of Production, Consumption and Commerce and Vegetable Sector guarantees supply of perishables
In the last five years, the average price of coffee exported by countries in the region fell by 33%, going from $226 to $151.
Figures from the information system on thethe Coffee market in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit atCentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with the graph"]
Grupo Duwest has announced the acquisition of Cafesa, a company that traded agricultural products and machinery, which until now belonged to Yara International.
Both Duwest and Cafesa are engaged in the marketing of agricultural products and machinery in Central America.Raimundo Rojas, CEO of Duwest, confirmed to Nacion.com that"...
Nine companies are responsible for about 50% of the annual exports of the livestock and agricultural sectors, which in 2016 were worth around $1.5 billion.
Figures from the information system 'Business Identifier in Costa Rica', complied by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData:
Between 2015 and 2016, the total value of imported insecticides, herbicides and fungicides in Central American countries increased by 6%, going from $632 million to $668 million.
Figures from the information system on thethe Market for Insecticides, Herbicides and Fungicides in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit atCentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Clic para interactuar con la gráfica"]