AMÉRIQUES

Le poumon vert de la planète" est plus que jamais menacé par les ambitions du nouveau président brésilien, Jair Bolsonaro. Europe 1 s'y est rendu afin de constater à quel point l'équilibre de la forêt amazonienne est fragile.

Keeping Colombia's coffee output at around 14 million 60-kg bags of washed arabica and ensuring the crop remains profitable will be the top challenges for the sector in 2019, farmers and the growers' federation said on Friday.Low international prices hit farmers this year, prompting the government to earmark more than $30 million in aid as growers faced earning less than their production costs. Prices then recovered.

Before, 100 percent of the irrigation here was done through furrows in the ground. The water we have today would not even cover 10 percent of the needs, because that method of irrigation wastes a lot of water and now it rains less: the rate dropped from 1,600 millimeters a year to 1,100." -- Geraldo Magela Gontijo

China has provided support to Argentina in overhauling its Belgrano Cargas Freight Railway, a transportation artery stretching across the South American country.

Brazilian sugar companies are increasing their capacity to produce ethanol in the face of depressed global sugar prices and government policies expected to boost demand for the biofuel.

Argentine soybean exports to China could jump to a record 14 million tonnes this season if the trade war between China and the United States continues, the Rosario grains exchange said on Thursday, as output rebounds from last year's drought.China has all but stopped buying soybeans from the United States. This has driven down the price of U.S. beans. As a result, U.S. soy crushers are shipping to soymeal markets previously supplied by Argentina, which in turn is exporting more raw beans, mainly to China.

China and Cuba on Wednesday signed two agreements to promote economic cooperation during the 14th session of the bilateral business committee, where companies from both nations explored new trade and business opportunities.

Russia's leading phosphate-based fertiliser producer, today signed an agreement with FAO to donate $1.2 million to improve farmers' skills in sustainable soil management and enhance the capacities of national soil laboratories in Africa, Latin America and the Near East.

Latin America's medical cannabis market represents the next early-stage growth opportunity for both companies and investors alike.

Two nations sign a US$9-billion currency swap deal to boost Argentina's foreign currency reserves, Central Bank announces, as more than 30 other deals are inked by two leaders.

Alors que le pays avait réussi à contenir le rythme de la déforestation ces dernières années, le défrichement est reparti à la hausse pour atteindre 8.000 km2 d'arbres coupés en un an.

 French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday he would refuse to sign a long-mooted EU-Mercosur trade deal if Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro followed through on his threat to withdraw from the Paris climate pact

Que faut-il faire pour sauver ce pays du chaos ?

Latin America sustinability summit identifies opportunities and challenges in responsible food production. And China is key.

Mercosur and the European Union will be holding a round of technical talks this week in Montevideo, starting on Monday, with the purpose of building a strong consensus that could anticipate an agreement sometime next year.

Brazil's right-wing President-elect Jair Bolsonaro is considering placing indigenous affairs under the ministry of agriculture, his future chief of staff said on Monday, a move that could give ranchers an upper hand in land conflicts.

China will ramp up imports of Argentine soyoil after Argentina begins harvesting its next soy crop in March, a government official told Reuters, but talks toward reaching a deal to sell soymeal livestock feed to China have fizzled.

The People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho held a working session with Argentine Ambassador to Vietnam Juan Carlos Valle Raleigh on December 6 to discuss cooperation prospects between the city and Argentine partners.

For the first time in a decade, the number of people falling into poverty in rural Latin America and the Caribbean has increased by two million, according to a United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report, which called the worrying trend an “historical reversal.”

Issues of trade and economic cooperation traditionally top the Russian-Venezuelan agenda.

he European Commission has proposed reinstating anti-dumping duties on imports of Argentine biodiesel after massive shipments of cheap biodiesel from Latin America into the European Union threatened its industry, an EU document seen by Reuters shows.The plan follows an investigation requested by EU producers which have been hit hard by imports since the EU scrapped duties last year.

Solinftec, a digital agriculture company that grew quickly in Latin America by making sugar cane and row crop operations more efficient, announced Thursday (Nov. 29) that it plans to establish operations at its U.S. headquarters near Purdue University to bring high-tech solutions to American farmers, creating 90 jobs in 2019 and up to 334 high-wage jobs by 2022.

Les points de vue d’Éric Andrieu, député européen, groupe de l’Alliance des socialistes et des démocrates, et d’Odilson Luiz Ribeiro e Silva, secrétaire des relations internationales pour l’agrobusiness au ministère brésilien de l’agriculture.

A ship named the Torrent is nearing the end of a 5,000-mile trip carrying soybeans from the U.S. Great Lakes to Argentina - a journey that only makes economic sense because of the U.S.-China trade war.