Some of the technological tools that will be used in the coming years to increase agricultural productivity include the use of devices connected to the Internet that can create self-regulating microclimates in greenhouses and crop monitoring through aerial images.
Construction is planned for next year, on a plot of land measuring between 7 and 10 hectares in the province of Los Santos, Panama, of the first of the three centers of agricultural excellence.
After the signing of a memorandum between the agricultural authorities of Israel and Panama, it was agreed to build three agricultural centers valued at $6 million.The first center will be located specifically in El Ejido, province of Los Santos, in the facilities of the National Institute of Agriculture.
Two irrigation systemconstruction projects are being prepared in different municipalities in the departments of Yoro, La Paz, Intibucá, Lempira, Atlántida, Cortés and Santa Bárbara.
The projects that will be executed are the Programa de Desarrollo Agrícola Bajo Riego (PDABR), and the Project of Competitiveness and Sustainable Development of the South Western Border Corridor (PRO-LENCA), whose investments will be $25.3 million and $27.8 million respectively..
A proposal has been made in Nicaragua to make the rules on the use of drones more flexible in order to reduce costs in activities such as spraying of agricultural plantations.
According estimates by UPANIC, up to $40 per acre could be saved in the fumigation of plantations using drones.
From September the country's laboratories are authorized to import reference soil samples in order for them to be analyzed by the agricultural sector.
From a statement issued by Agexport:
On September 12 Government Agreement 177-2016 MAGA was published in the Official Journal, which authorizes national laboratories to import collaborative trial samples for quality control of the analysis of results of agricultural soils.The idea of this, according to entrepreneurs from the Laboratories Sector at AGEXPORT is to allow national soil laboratories to be able to participate in international programs on quality control of the results of soil analysis.
A strategy focused on improving productive infrastructure, irrigation, roads, logistics and greater mechanization aims to increase exports by 40% by 2024.
From a statement issued by the Association of Exporters of Guatemala:
31 years ago, Guatemala exported coffee, bananas, cardamom and cotton for a total of US $507, then in 2015 it was recorded that the exportable supply has diversified into cardamom, sesame seeds, vegetables, flowers, crustaceans and shellfish, among other things, and is worth about US $3 billion, 104 million.Involved in this nationwide impact are, according to the National Survey of Living Conditions 2015 (ENCOVI, about 31% of workers, given that they engage in related agricultural activities, while in rural areas the percentage is 55%.
Urban growth has increased demand for agricultural products, and the limited local supply is insufficient to meet the needs of the market.
Guatemala has experienced higher than world average urbanization and the sector can no longer meet its cities growing demand for agricultural products.
The government aims to restructure the institute by investing in new equipment and improving facilities, beginning with the construction of a water treatment plant.
The first phase includes the construction of the treatment plant, adaptation of laboratories and building a new one dedicated to biotechnology.
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The participation of agriculture and livestock in the Panamanian GDP was 21.1% in 1960, 21.0% in 1970, 9% in 1981, 8% in 1991, 7% in 2006 and 5% in 2010.
An article in by Olmedo Beluche in Kaosenlared.net , analyzes statistics on Panama's agricultural production over the last 30 years, up to the present, where after the decline produced in those 30 years, there are no clear prospects of recovery.
There are seven deadly sins being committed in agricultural production in Latin America, preventing possible productivity and perpetuating poverty and underdevelopment.
In his article in Laprensa.com.ni, Juan Vega Gonzales summarizes the concepts developed by Polan Lacki, a
Brazilian specialist with 50 years experience in rural development, regarding the reasons for Latin America’s agricultural underdevelopment.
Spain hopes to lead creation of a US$1.7 billion fund to provide aid for programs that boost farm productivity in developing countries such as those of Central America, said Mario Salaverría, El Salvador's agriculture minister.
The proposal emerged at the meeting in Rome of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Association. Central America is presenting the meeting with a joint program to tackle the growing food crisis in the region.
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