On December 2 a conference will be held in Liberia, Costa Rica, on trends and characteristics of the wholesale marketing of agricultural products.
The Integral (PIMA) Agricultural Marketing Program of Costa Rica convened the event to be held on December 2 at the University of Costa Rica in Liberia, Guanacaste.
The main objective of this Congress is to analyze the system of wholesale marketing of food products in Costa Rica, to establish the implications for the national economy.
A bill proposes extending to the agribusiness sector the incentives outlined in Law 28, such as exemption from export tax and import of raw materials.
From a statement issued by from the National Assembly:
Extending the benefits of Law 28 of 1995 on the organization of production incentives, better known by its initals (in Spanish) ROI, was proposed through a bill put forward by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
The union Camagro claims that in the last six months adverse investment and employment conditions have become more pronounced.
From a statement issued by Camagro:
The members of the Chamber dedicated to agricultural, agro-industrial and agri-export activities in the 22 departments of the country, expressed through a press release, that they believe that the country's competitiveness is still not being unattended to, and that during these six months the Government has caused adverse investment and employment conditions to be more pronounced.The three most criticised ministries being: the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Communications and the Ministry of the Interior, for the main reasons which are summarized as follows:
The successful 'Agro Encuentros de Guatemala' events in will be held by Agexport in May, July and September 2015 in El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua, in order to increase intra-regional agricultural trade.
From a statement issued by Agexport:
Aiming to promote increased export supply, diversification and development of capacity in trade negotiations for small producers in Central America in the seventeenth edition of Expo & Conference AGRITRADE AGEXPORT, Agro Encuentros Central America will be launched, an event which will be run by the AGRITRADE AGEXPORT platform.
The country will promote foreign investment in these sectors, especially in areas with less development further away from the Greater Metropolitan Area.
The Costa Rican Coalition for Development Initiatives (Cinde) will focus on promoting investment in these sectors, diversifying its strategy of attracting investment and giving greater emphasis to the development of areas further away from the capital, where there is a stronger link with the productive sectors and agribusiness.