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Revolución Alimentaria | Venezuela Food Sovereignty Blog
7M ago
From the La Línea sector, San Juan parish, Vice President Delcy Rodríguez reported that the Protein Plan reaches 5 million homes
Morayvic Briceno
October 7, 2023
The Executive Vice President of the Republic, Delcy Rodríguez, reported this Saturday from the San Juan parish, La Línea sector in Caracas that 336 Campo Soberano fairs are being held in the country.
Rodríguez expressed that Saturdays are for food and distribution of the protein plan, “reaching five million homes this month with proteins: sausages, eggs, chicken, meat, soup combo, vegetables.”
Likewise, he explained that agricultur ..read more
Revolución Alimentaria | Venezuela Food Sovereignty Blog
11M ago
This vertex was born to defend production and as a need for healthy nutrition for the people
ÚLTIMAS NOTICIAS
Within the framework of the instructions issued by President Nicolás Maduro in the last productive day, this Monday the Great Mission AgroVenezuela (GMAV), created a tenth vertex; The Healthy Character of Food.
“This vertex seeks the safety of food, that is, devoid of any microorganism foreign to its nature, as a living structure, that does not have the capacity to damage the body of those who ingest it,” reported the coordinator of the great mission and minister for agr ..read more
Revolución Alimentaria | Venezuela Food Sovereignty Blog
1y ago
The People’s Power Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Juan Carlos Loyo, reported that, in the last 10 years, the fishing and aquaculture sector gained strength through the export aspect, which has added value to this activity and contributed to the economic improvement of Venezuela. , despite the unilateral coercive measures imposed by the United States and other countries.
These appreciations were made during his participation in the program “A pulse”, moderated by the journalist Julio Riobó and broadcast by Venezolana de Televisión (VTV). Loyo added that the fishing sector is a true en ..read more
Revolución Alimentaria | Venezuela Food Sovereignty Blog
1y ago
A 12 April 2023 photo of a buffalo being bathed during a livestock fair in Carcas, Venezuela. EFE/Rayner Pena R
By Genesis Carrero Soto
Caracas, Apr 13 (EFE).- Venezuela boasts the largest buffalo herd in Latin America and now is taking on the challenge of exporting the meat of that large mammal, which accounts for 20 percent of all bovine animals raised nationwide.
To achieve that aim, however, experts and breeders agree that key challenges remain, including obtaining health permits and overcoming the logistical hurdles that currently limit that sanction-hit country’s access to internationa ..read more
Revolución Alimentaria | Venezuela Food Sovereignty Blog
2y ago
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) representative in Venezuela, Alexis Bonte, has assured that food availability in Venezuela “has improved,” although there is still the problem of “financial accessibility.”
The biggest “challenge” today, he said, is enabling low-income people to take advantage of economic growth.
Bonte stressed the importance of increasing food production in Venezuela and achieving a balance between domestic and imported goods
Estimating that 60% of food in Venezuela is imported, while the country produces only between 20 and 30% of its necessities, B ..read more
Revolución Alimentaria | Venezuela Food Sovereignty Blog
3y ago
On Monday, August 2, Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza met the regional director of the World Food Program (WFP) for Latin America and the Caribbean, Lola Castro. The progress of the joint cooperation program between the Venezuelan government and the WFP was evaluated at the meeting.
The government of Venezuela and the WFP had signed an agreement at the beginning of 2021, through which the UN body agreed to provide food assistance to thousands of Venezuelan children, whose school meal programs were severely affected as a result of the blockade on Venezuela imposed by the US and ..read more
Revolución Alimentaria | Venezuela Food Sovereignty Blog
3y ago
What is happening in Venezuela? The media omits serious analysis of the damage caused by the North American sanctions and its European and Latin American allies, the presence of Colombian paramilitaries in Venezuela and the multi-form war that the Venezuelan people are currently facing. There is no doubt, however, as indicated in a recent report by CEPR, that the US-imposed sanctions are indeed causing collective hardship and even death.
Join us for a special delegation ( November 17-24, 2021 ) dedicated to studying the actual conditions on the ground and the struggle for foo ..read more
Revolución Alimentaria | Venezuela Food Sovereignty Blog
3y ago
Chemical pollution in soil can be caused by overuse of fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides. Construction and demolition sites are also sources of soil pollution, as are mines, landfills and foundries.
Monthly Review
Ecological and social conditions are mostly ignored in a system in which profit is the goal: Fred Magdoff discusses capitalist agriculture
Fred Magdoff, Professor Emeritus, University of Vermont, Plant and Soil Science, in an interview conducted by Farooque Chowdhury in June 2021, discusses aspects of capitalist agriculture, and politics with the agriculture system ..read more
Revolución Alimentaria | Venezuela Food Sovereignty Blog
3y ago
Carlos Eduardo Sanchez
The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, reported this Wednesday that 82% of the food consumed in the country is of national productio
“We can say that 82% of the food that you get on the street is produced with Venezuelan hands. An achievement in the middle of the war! ”, He expressed.
The national president announced the creation of a school so that the country’s fishermen are trained at all levels, “since we have the capacity to promote national production policies.”
In this sense, I urge Minister Juan Laya to form a school fo ..read more
Revolución Alimentaria | Venezuela Food Sovereignty Blog
3y ago
URGENT WEBINAR THIS WEDNESDAY 19th: – How the US Santions Starves Nations!
Alex Saab, Cape Verde, CLAP, diplomatic immunity, ECOWAS, Extradition, Femi Falana, Interpol, red code, US santions, webinar
Caracas, May 16 (OrinocoTribune.com)— Alex Saab has been illegally held by Cape Verdean authorities in jail and most recently in a strange house arrest due to his capacity to bypass US and European illegal sanctions against the Venezuelan people.
Saab, an especial diplomatic envoy of Venezuela at the time of his irregular detention and curren ..read more