Social responsability
Celosa compliant with all the environmental regulations in force in the country, DAP ensures sustainable agricultural production and reference for the region. DAP, in its environment of influence, contributes to the productive improvement of small and medium producers, through agreements transferring knowledge and financial resources that allow them to reach international standards. DAP's commitment to the community is extended to the eighteen best secondary students in the area, who are fully compensated for the continuation of their studies in agricultural schools.
Rice expands into Paraguay river basin
The rice sector expands towards new directions, seeking to obtain new channels of water use, to expand the area of cereal planting. Although rice producers today understood that, by using technology in water management, the impact on the Tebicuary River could be reduced, but having another channel for the opening of a new basin supports the increase of the area Which is currently used for rice in the country, which now covers some 125,000 hectares, according to rice research specialist Hector Ramirez (owner of the Arrozal consultancy). For this 2013/2014 harvest, production of 700,000 tonnes of raw material is expected.…
Moody's downgrades Brazil for weak growth
Moody's Investors Service on Wednesday lowered its outlook for Brazil's sovereign debt to "stable" from "positive", as Latin America's largest economy struggles with the impact of three years of low growth, weak investment And growing debt. Moody's ratified the country's sovereign credit rating on "Baa2", the penultimate level of investment grade. The company improved its outlook to "positive" in 2011 and, at the end of last year, took the unusual measure of postponing its decision on a possible increase of the note in a year. The decision points to growing market concerns that Brazil's economy, which at the end of…