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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
maize producers negotiate with the Government access to a fund of 30 million credits to allow Bolivians to face the winter sowing and increase production, which this year will deficit of 150 thousand tons. 
explained that the fund will benefit about 3 000 small and medium producers who face serious difficulties in addressing all the logistics that represent two simultaneous processes: the summer harvest, which started these days, and winter planting. "This is a revolving fund that will address two major tasks: one, the production of seeds and other varieties, the purchase of all domestic production of resistant seed," Gutierrez said.
explained that last year, many producers guild members could not plant corn because the seed of the variety chiriguano and Cuba, which had a cost of $ 10 per hectare, disappeared from the market and those who were encouraged to plant had to do hybrid seeds (genetically improved) at a cost of $ 100 per hectare average.
producers pay the loan with the sale (at a price of 90 bolivianos per quintal) of the total production of maize in the winter crop, scheduled for late October. Support Farmers in Cochabamba support the approach of maize producers and sorghum to access the revolving fund. The chairman of the Department of Poultry Farmers Association (ADA), Willy Soria, said that small farmers need a credit program similar to that offered to the sugar sector to ensure national maize production.
"So far, the Government has imported about 37,500 tonnes of maize to be imported twice this month (70 tons) when all the resources it could have been invested in recovering the national maize production," he said.
are asked to discuss the use of transgenic
Despite legal restrictions in Bolivia for the importation of products GMOs intended for agriculture, they are consumed, said Promasor president, Vicente Gutierrez, adding that corn farmers are calling for a frank debate on the subject.
"We have opened the door to the use of transgenic and now need to analyze whether or not its production, economic impact, social impact and environmental impact. We must analyze all the variables, because although we are consuming (GM products) is a cyclical issue, hopefully for a short time, "he said in an interview to the weekly Santa Cruz Agronomy.
Gutierrez said the use of transgenic seeds, although more expensive, improved grain production in Bolivia. Without these, the producers take two tons of corn per acre and improved transgenic seeds, reaching more than four tons.
Link: http://www.lostiempos.com/diario/actualidad/economia/20110316/maiceros-negocian-credito-para-mejorar-produccion_117142_232691.html
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