Latin America

Agriculture accounts for 7.1% of Peru's GDP and 25.7% of employment. Agriculture has traditionally played an important role in the Peruvian economy and is the second major source of export earnings for the country after the sale of minerals.

Two contradictory statements last week became the culmination of the ongoing struggle between the United States and a small country over the Panama Canal.

Agriculture accounts for about 3.5% of Chile's GDP, and the sector accounts for 6.3% of the employment structure of the population

Chile is one of the most economically developed countries in Latin America and is included in the group of high-income countries, according to the World Bank classification.

At the beginning of the XXI century, Peru managed to achieve notable successes in socio-economic development, especially in the mid-2000s – early 2010s, when the average annual growth rate of real GDP of the republic was about 5-6%.

Demetra Agroscience, a startup that manufactures biological agricultural inputs and develops products from bacterial metabolites, has received an investment of 2.000.000 BRL

The Paris Agreement requires Brazil to plant approximately 10 million ha of seedlings for reforestation by 2030

The Bolivian state-owned company Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos (YBL) and the mining company of Rosatom - Uranium One Group, have signed an agreement on the construction of a lithium processing plant in the department of Potosi.

El Niño has generated extreme heat waves in many regions of Brazil, which are expected to occur until mid-April 2024. In other locations, excess rainfall has also been damaging agricultural production.

The Cocriagro Hub, focused on open innovation in agribusiness, celebrates two years of its foundation, consolidating itself as an important hub for startups, cooperatives, universities, the productive sector and research institutes.