Achieving peace, eradicating poverty and improving education are some of the items that Colombia needs to address in order to attain the Objectives of Sustainable Development (ODS). There are 3.5 million people who still suffer from extreme poverty in the country.

Peru’s Instituto Nacional de Inovación Agraria (INIA) identified 130 native varieties of potatoes in Chugay; Panamanians are experimenting with grape production.

The Spanish construction firm Abengoa, which is going through a delicate financial situation, may sell a wind farm in operation in Uruguay as part of its overall divestment.

A powerful economic group sees ‘enthusiasm’ in Nicaragua’s economy.  Data from the Central Bank of Nicaragua indicated that over the past three years Nicaragua’s economy grew at a higher rate than the average for Central America.

The government of Puerto Rico is so short of funds that it could run out of fuel and electricity, officials said.

After the prolonged increase in cocoa futures in London since at least 1989, cocoa farmers from the Ivory Coast to Peru prepare for a surplus in the 2016-2017 season, the largest in six years.

Economists backtracked on previous predictions for a turnaround in Brazil’s economy. 

Coffee production continues on an upward trend, positively impacting the economy and creating jobs for the Central American nation.  La Prensa of Honduras reported that coffee accounts for 10% of Honduras’ GDP, and 38% of its agricultural GDP.  It generated 1 billion dollars during the 2014-15 harvest, 25% of the nation’s total export earnings.  64%

With the demand for blueberries not decreasing and the harvest not increasing, it seems the supply will have to come from somewhere other than Chile. 

A combination of environmental factors and the mismanagement of bovine mating practices could spell trouble for around half of Paraguay’s cattle herds this year.