Nicaragua's current and potential agricultural sector offers opportunities that the industry has not exploited to the fullest.
This was explained Roberto Brenes, General Manager the Export and Investment Center (CEI) in an interview he conducted with Massiell Largaespada from Elnuevodiario.com.ni.
The official explained that for this to be able to happen, producers must take on a challenge and that is in the production process and introduction of technology in order to move from producing raw materials to producing products with added value.
An analysis of the bike seat is a good starting point for changing the usual concepts in problem solving.
In his discussion of the theme in an article in Lanacion.com, Alvaro Cedeño uses a credible story about the origin of the thing we have to sit on when using a bicycle.
"... The bicycle seat was a carbon copy of another seat, used in a widespread manner at the time of the invention of the bike, the saddle."
In a world threatened by food crisis, aquaculture may be the solution and also an excellent business opportunity.
In the history of humanity, collection was the first way of obtaining food, followed by farming. However, the potential of agriculture appears to be nearing its capacity and we must seek other ways to produce food.
In this regard the article by Luis Pichot in American Economy, says that "aquaculture appears as an indisputable opportunity of potential food production in the world. The demand scenario for the year 2050 - a population of more than 9.000 million - the only productive sector with enough expansion space to be interesting enough to occupy a significant role in food production is aquaculture."
On April 23 and 24, El Salvador will host the Second Latin American and Caribbean Meeting of Trade and Investment.
Among the topics to be discussed at the meeting organized by the Salvadoran Commission for the Promotion of Exports and Investments (PROESA and EXPORTA) are: the impacts of the global crisis on developing countries and the measures that have been taken to mitigate it; an analysis of the Latin American and Caribbean competitive situation in infrastructure and trade services and the situation of the tourism sector, including its current challenges and opportunities.
Fogel Group is selling its industrial refrigerators in South Africa, where it has already sent 20 containers.
The fall in demand in the traditional markets of the Guatemalan industrial refrigerators factory, Fogel Group, led the company to venture into new markets such as Tanzania, Ghana, South Africa, Argentina and Chile.
An article in Elperiodico.com.gt reported: "’If our traditional markets are contracted, we must look for other markets, and it is feasible to find them even in the circumstances where we find ourselves. It does not have to be only one geographic market, but new segments where we were not participating,' said James Tefel Farrer, manager of Fogel Group, at the conference titled ‘Strategies to Address Changes in the Global Economy and Develop Business Opportunities'."
El Financiero published a special on Business Opportunities in the United States with valuable information about the market in northern country.
Facing the crisis with the premise of not losing a single customer and reaching more customers is the recommendation of the report which insists that despite the recession there are commercial opportunities to be exploited.
In seeking to mitigate the effects of the crisis, the trade of goods is redirected, which means opportunities for logistics operators.
Many Latin American companies are reacting to the global economic crisis by looking for markets that are geographically closer than the normal markets in Asia and Europe where demand has fallen drastically.
This requires changes in logistics, which specialized operators are willing to undertake in order to capture the increasing demand for regional freight services and transport.
Here's what happens in bad times — disruption. Disruption means things change. When things change, there are opportunities. And entrepreneurs seize opportunities — that's what makes them entrepreneurs.
When times are bad for the economy, it can be a great time to start a business. In fact, 16 of the 30 companies that make up the Dow industrial average were started during a recession or depression.