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July 16, 2017 12:54 PM
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How Food in Venezuela Went From Subsidized to Scarce

How Food in Venezuela Went From Subsidized to Scarce | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it
Venezuela was once the richest country in South America, but now the cost of basic groceries is about five times the minimum wage.
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June 28, 2017 3:03 AM
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Brazil Meat Inspection Flaws Flagged in New Blow to Sector

Brazil Meat Inspection Flaws Flagged in New Blow to Sector | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it
Brazil’s meat industry lacks enough inspectors to ensure the product is safe, a health inspectors union said on Monday, blaming government cutbacks for what the U.S. has called system-wide sanitary issues.
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June 22, 2017 4:30 AM
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Venezuela’s food parcels prove imperfect solution to crisis

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June 18, 2017 2:13 AM
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Banging on empty pots, Venezuelans protest food shortages

Banging on empty pots, Venezuelans protest food shortages | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it
Banging empty pots and brandishing signs saying "only the government is growing fatter," Venezuelan activists in Caracas on Saturday protested food shortages in the crisis-stricken country.
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June 12, 2017 1:22 AM
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U.S. ethanol sweet deal for Brazil

MCHENRY, Ill. — Brazil’s continued growth in soybean and corn production have made the headlines the past several years, but there are other agriculture-related issues in that country impacting global
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May 21, 2017 2:47 PM
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Global commodities traders fuel South America deforestation

Global commodities traders fuel South America deforestation | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it
By Chris ArsenaultRIO DE JANEIRO, May 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Someof the world's biggest commodities traders are still fuellingdeforestat
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May 14, 2017 9:14 AM
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Venezuelans are losing weight amid food shortages, skyrocketing prices

Venezuelans are losing weight amid food shortages, skyrocketing prices | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it
New data shows that skyrocketing food prices are outpacing increases in the country's minimum wage as the nation spirals into political chaos.
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May 5, 2017 10:16 AM
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AB InBev and Carlsberg give investors reason to cheer

AB InBev and Carlsberg give investors reason to cheer | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it
The brewers join Heineken in surprising the market with accelerating growth, after struggling against headwinds in Brazil and Russia
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May 4, 2017 8:51 AM
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Argentine : le long et sinueux chemin de la réforme

Argentine : le long et sinueux chemin de la réforme | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it
BUENOS AIRES, Argentine – L’Argentine a vu pire : une inflation de 20 000 %, la dévaluation de sa devise, les putschs et les défaillances d’un emprunteur s
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May 2, 2017 11:30 AM
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Mexico Expands Trade Talks With U.S. Replacement Countries

Mexico Expands Trade Talks With U.S. Replacement Countries | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it

As the Trump administration seeks an exit from the North American Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Mexico aggressively tries to seek other partners to have alternative customers for its industrial products and different food suppliers.

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April 15, 2017 9:23 AM
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Brazil farmers 'hope for a miracle,' hoard soybeans

Brazil farmers 'hope for a miracle,' hoard soybeans | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it
Faced with weak international prices and a record harvest, Brazil's soybean farmers have been hoarding their crop in hopes the market will rebound in the coming months, a strategy analysts warn could go badly wrong.
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April 3, 2017 3:55 AM
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Mexico Eyes Duty-Free Maize Deals with Brazil and Argentina

Mexico Eyes Duty-Free Maize Deals with Brazil and Argentina | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it

Mexico, the world's biggest buyer of US corn, is considering offering duty-free access to Brazilian or Argentine maize as an alternative to American imports in a move that could have big consequences for US farmers worried about President Donald Trump's trade and tax agenda. Mexico currently imports 98 per cent of its corn from the US and total US farm sales to Mexico were $17.7 billion last year - five times greater than when the North American Free Trade Agreement came into force in 1994. Mexican corn imports from the US were worth $2.3 billion in 2015, according to the US Department of Agriculture,

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March 22, 2017 6:08 AM
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Trois questions autour du scandale de viande avariée brésilienne

Trois questions autour du scandale de viande avariée brésilienne | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it
Au Brésil, un vaste réseau de viande avariée a été démantelé vendredi 17 mars. Les pays qui en achètent ont réagi soit par des restrictions d'importation, soit par l'annonce de contrôles renforcés.
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June 29, 2017 1:53 AM
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Brazil on track for record corn output

Grain, flour and feed industry news and commentary offering insight on business, new products, market and product trends, supplier innovations and more.
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June 28, 2017 3:02 AM
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Argentina's taste for veal complicates beef exporting ambition

Argentina's taste for veal complicates beef exporting ambition | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it
Argentina's taste for beef from young calves - viewed as the most tender - is discouraging producers from raising the heavier cattle needed to restore the country's position as a top gl
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June 18, 2017 2:35 AM
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Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay gain from Brazilian export loss

Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay gain from Brazilian export loss | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it
Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay all increased shipments. The total amounts to 186,000t - up almost 11% on the first quarter of 2016.
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June 12, 2017 7:42 AM
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Les déboires de JBS, l'ogre brésilien de la viande

Les déboires de JBS, l'ogre brésilien de la viande | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it
VIDÉO -Touché par le scandale de corruption politique qui mine le pays, le groupe vend ses divisions viande de bœuf en Argentine, Paraguay et Uruguay.
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May 27, 2017 1:23 PM
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Venezuela’s paradox: People are hungry, but farmers can’t feed them

Government policies, compounded by extortion, have led to what economists call a man-made disaster.
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May 17, 2017 4:08 AM
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Ils veulent développer une agriculture équitable au Paraguay

Ils veulent développer une agriculture équitable au Paraguay | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it
Dominique Ego et Pascal Ponty mettent en relation les éleveurs et agriculteurs français et paraguayens, afin, notamment, que « toutes les bourses puissent se
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May 10, 2017 5:18 AM
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Mexique: inflation au plus haut depuis 2009

Mexique: inflation au plus haut depuis 2009 | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it
L'inflation au Mexique a augmenté en avril de 0,12% sur un mois et de 5,82% sur un an, son plus haut niveau depuis 2009, a annoncé mardi l'Institut natio…
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May 4, 2017 8:55 AM
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Les fourmis ont inventé l'agriculture il y a "plus de 30 millions d'années", bien avant l'Homme

Les fourmis ont inventé l'agriculture il y a "plus de 30 millions d'années", bien avant l'Homme | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it
Une étude publiée mercredi révèle que des fourmis champignonnistes sud-américaines ont inventé le principe de l'agriculture bien avant l'homme, il y a 30 millions d'années.
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May 4, 2017 8:51 AM
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L’ère Trump accélère les négociations commerciales entre l’UE et le Mexique

L’ère Trump accélère les négociations commerciales entre l’UE et le Mexique | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it
L'Union européenne a conclu le 7 avril son dernier cycle de négociations avec le Mexique, en mettant l'accent sur le développement durable, la transparence, les services et l'investissement. Un article d'Euractiv Espagne.
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April 22, 2017 7:36 AM
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Peru's wheat production losing out to quinoa

Peru's wheat production losing out to quinoa | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it
Grain, flour and feed industry news and commentary offering insight on business, new products, market and product trends, supplier innovations and more.

Via CIMMYT, Int.
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April 8, 2017 2:48 AM
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Brazil's JBS accused of violating Amazon rainforest protection laws

Brazil's JBS accused of violating Amazon rainforest protection laws | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it
The world's largest meatpacker, Brazil's JBS SA, has for years knowingly bought cattle that were raised on illegally deforested land, turning a blind eye to regulations meant to protect the Amazon rainforest, Brazil's environmental regulator has alleged.
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March 23, 2017 6:23 AM
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Frozen Beef Stranded at Sea as China Shuts Out Brazil's Meat

Frozen Beef Stranded at Sea as China Shuts Out Brazil's Meat | AMÉRIQUES | Scoop.it
Zhang Lian has 270 tons of frozen Brazilian beef on a ship steaming toward Shanghai that he may not be able to get through customs when the vessel arrives next month.
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