Explained by the performance of private consumption and gross investment, during the first three months of the year the Gross Domestic Product registered an increase of 3.4%.
The Central Reserve Bank reported that "... During the first quarter of the year, the Salvadoran economy grew at a rate of 3.4% due to a significant boost in domestic demand favored by higher private consumption and gross investment, while external demand benefited from thegood performance of the global economy, mainly from the United States and the region's main trading partners."
In January Colombia produced 1 million sacks weighing 60 kilos, 15% more than the 877,000 sacks produced in the same month of 2013.
The National Federation of Coffee Growers confirmed that during January 1.01 million sacks of coffee weighing 60 kilos each were produced in Colombia, which is an increase of 15% compared to the 877,000 sacks produced in the same month of 2013.
In November 1.11 million bags of 60 kilos of grain were produced, 45% more than the in the same period in the previous harvest in November.
The information was confirmed by the National Federation of Coffee Growers of that country.
Colombian rise in coffee production was "driven by the renewal of the crops which raised productivity and the health of the coffee plantations, as well as the improved climate", reported Prensa.com.
In contrast to the forecasts of reduced fish resources, an increase in production of mollusk in the region has been projected.
In the region there are about 150 thousand artisanal fishermen of which about 2,500 are devoted to the cultivation of oysters, especially in Costa Rica and El Salvador. Although it is a small amount the Organization of Fisheries and Aquaculture in Central America (OSPESCA) argues that the idea is to create a new alternative.
Expectations for 2013 are for grain production of 10 million bags weighing 60 kilos each and a further increase is foreseen for 2014 and in the next few years.
This was explained by Juan Esteban Orduz, president of the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia during his participation in Brazil of the gathering celebrating 50 years of the International Coffee Organization (ICO).
The sugar sector exceeded its production goals for the 2012/13 season, closing with 16.8 million quintals of sugar, 12% more than in the previous harvest.
"The sector is counting on productivity, for which the mills with cane growers have invested in new technologies and farming methods in order to increase efficiency and productivity," said Mario Salaverria, president of the Sugar Association (AESA ).
Within the isthmus, Honduras has the lowest agricultural productivity, followed by, from the least to the most, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, and Costa Rica.
Although the current global economic environment is favorable to the nations of Latin America and the Caribbean, specializing in the production and export of agricultural products, "Latin American agriculture is being forced to increase productivity in an environmentally friendly way in order to overcome natural resource constraints , environmental pressures, the consequences of climate change and volatility in international prices of the agricultural products it exports. "
In 2013 there are plans to plant 100,000 trees of fine aromatic cocoa in order to increase export supply to European chocolate manufacturers.
Elmundo.com.sv reports that "The Cooperative Company of Cocoa Producers in El Salvador (Escacao) is planning in 2013 to increase the fine aromatic cocoa planting. According to Rafael Trigueros Hecht, president of the cooperative, this year some 100,000 cocoa trees, considered the best quality for international export, will be planted. "
The tuna company will invest between five and ten million dollars this year in order to increase its production infrastructure.
Grupo Calvo’s CEO in Central America and the Caribbean, Michelangelo Peñalva, without specifying the amount, said that the planned investments will contribute to the creation of 400 new jobs. "Every year investments have always hovered between five and ten million dollars, but what is happening is that we are redefining a bit what the determining factors will be."
The Salvadoran Foundation for Coffee Research (Procafé) has submitted a proposal which could be implemented in the U.S. program ‘Asocio para el Crecimiento’.
The entity is making the final adjustments to the document to be submitted to the government in July. The focus of the proposal is the revival and mass cultivation of coffee on 106,000 acres of land.
The level of global sugar prices will depend on the resilience of Brazil's 2012 crop, which in 2011 fell for the first time in 10 years.
In 2010/2011, the Brazilian sugar crop fell for the first time in 10 years, causing a drop in world sugar prices. Forecasts for the recovery of Brazil’s high production levels are mixed.
Ivan Melo Filho, director of Raizen, a joint venture between the Brazillian company Cosan and Royal Dutch Shell, said they expect cane production in south-central Brazil this year to be about 535 million tonnes, given the maintenance work and replanting in the area.
Salvadoran Sugar farmers will plant an additional 8,000 acres of the plant between 2012 and 2013.
Between the harvest which will finish in April this year, and the next sowing in October, producers expect an increase in areas planted with sugar cane, said an industry executive.
The executive director of the Association of Sugarcane Growers (Procaña), Luis Trigueros, explained that they predict an extra 8,000 hectares planted by the end of the 2012/2013 harvest. Sugar cane is usually located on flat areas, on the coast and in the north.
2200 farmers will increase milk production from 20,000 to 60,000 bottles a day with the help of financial support from Fomilenio.
In the coming months, milk producers in the northern zone will expand their production capacity, from 20,000 to 40,000 bottles in a few weeks and 60,000 by June 2012.
In order to achieve this, they will use the money provided by the Millennium Fund for purchasing tankers and cooling tanks, among other things.