AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoClimate Pressure: El Niño is already hurting Colombian agriculture, while heavy rains are increasing disease pressure on Brazil’s onion crop and drought is wilting Central American fields. Export Growth: Chinese demand is opening a new market for Brazilian sorghum; the country could ship up to 2 million tonnes this year. Peru’s fruit and vegetable exports rose 14.9% to US$3.9 billion. Regional Food Security: Guyana is expanding farm extension and fruit-fly surveillance, as regional leaders highlight its contribution to Caribbean food production. Research & Conservation: Brazil’s Embrapa Florestas has become the FAO’s first reference center for planted forests. A new WWF report also warns that wildlife populations in Latin America and the Caribbean have plunged 95% since 1970, calling for changes to food production to slow nature loss.
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