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Saturday 04 May 2013


Bolivia

Bolivia - 100,000 cattle get FMD vaccines

National vaccination Foot and Mouth targets have been smashed with figures in some provinces reported as being 123 per cent.

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Saturday 13 April 2013


Bolivia

Bolivia - Dealing with FMD

The National Service of Agricultural Health and Food Safety (SENASAG) has celebrated its success in fighting Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) with the World Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) receiving plaudits for their work in cooperation with Bolivian authorities.

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Sunday 07 April 2013


Bolivia

Bolivia - Dealing with FMD

The National Service of Agricultural Health and Food Safety (SENASAG) has celebrated its success in fighting Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) with the World Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) receiving plaudits for their work in cooperation with Bolivian authorities.

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Sunday 31 March 2013


Bolivia

Bolivia - Importing quality breeding pigs

Topigs exported top genetics to Bolivia. A total of 49 grandparent sow line animals and 10 Talent boars were delivered to Geporbol (Genetica Porcina Boliviana) in January.

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Saturday 16 March 2013


Bolivia

Bolivia - Looking at pork

A national workshop on swine health was organised by the National Agricultural Health Service (SENASAG) in the department of Tarija, located in south-eastern Bolivia, to educate producers on various diseases.

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Sunday 05 September 2010


Bolivia

Bolivia - Land for peasant farmers

Bolivia confiscates 115.000 hectares of land to distribute among peasants Bolivia confiscated 115.000 hectares of allegedly fallow or ill-gotten land as part of President Evo Morales' drive to redistribute land to the poor, reported the National Agrarian Reform Institute (INRA).

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Saturday 04 September 2010


Bolivia

Bolivia - Climate getting cooler no global warming

Unusually low temperatures empties Bolivian rivers of fish With high Andean peaks and a humid tropical forest, Bolivia is a country of ecological extremes. But during the Southern Hemisphere's recent winter, unusually low temperatures in part of the country's tropical region hit freshwater species hard, killing an estimated 6 million fish and thousands of alligators, turtles and river dolphins.

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Sunday 15 August 2010


Bolivia

Bolivia - Farm slavery scandal

A Bolivian court has upheld a government decision to seize a ranch from a U.S. cattleman and his family on the grounds they treated workers as virtual slaves, an official announced Monday

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Monday 19 April 2010


Bolivia

Bolivia - Cattle disease risk

Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador, high risk areas for foot and mouth disease Bolivia, Venezuela and Ecuador are considered endemic foot and mouth disease regions according to the Pan-American FAM office, Panaftosa, which keeps track of the disease in the continent and has its main offices in Brazil.“After a long decade of effort and hard work, 85% of the cattle herd in South America is free of foot and mouth disease, be it with or without vaccination”, said Dr. Ottorino Cosivi head of Panaftosa during a visit to Paraguay.

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Monday 12 April 2010


Bolivia

Bolivia - FMD in cattle threat to neighbours

Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador, high risk areas for foot and mouth disease

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Friday 29 January 2010


Bolivia

Bolivia - Women make up half of the new Bolivian ministerial cabinet

Former Farmer and Bolivia’s president Evo Morales began his second mandate with a cabinet reshuffle removing most ministers and complying with the gender parity

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Thursday 10 December 2009


Bolivia

Bolivia - Landslide victory for former farmer president

Former Farmer Bolivian President Evo Morales was re-elected and secured more than a two-thirds majority in the Senate during the first elections held under the mandate of the new Constitution. Also, the election was the first in which Bolivian citizens living outside of the country were able to vote. Morales secured between 61 and 63.2 percent of the vote, according to the results from the first exit polls, three of

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Thursday 06 August 2009


Bolivia

Bolivia - Concerns over CIA Dirty tricks dept

Morales nightmare: Chile’s “pinochetistas” and Argentine “fascists” Bolivian president Evo Morales said he was quite concerned with the possibility that the “Pinochetistas” in Chile and the “fascist right” in Argentina could win the general elections in those

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Friday 10 July 2009


Bolivia

Bolivia - Border closed to Argentina

Bolivia considering closing border with Argentina because of the flu Bolivia is considering temporarily closing part of its extended border with Argentina, (773 kilometres long), because of the outbreak and quick spread of the A/H“We are concerned with

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Wednesday 17 June 2009


Bolivia

Bolivia - Fruit for Australia

A little-known fruit from South America has got north Queensland growers very excited.

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Jan Zandbergen        Lanexco Ltd