Agriculture

Venezuela's socialism of the 21st Century and how its applied, on a large scale, in the Comunal Socialist City Simon Bolivar. Located near the city of Guasdualito, Apure state, the communal city includes over 8000 agricultural families, divided into eight communal complexes, over 115,000 hectares.

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In this video, Fray Silvera talks about how the cooperative started with 100% government support and now they are 80% self managed. Their aim is to be fully self funded and then to help others. They wish to be an example for others to follow by raising consciousness that as campesinos, they can do it themselves. This story, as told by Fray, is inspirational.

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Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez has ordered the immediate nationalisation of the British agricultural company Agroflora - a subsidiary of Britain’s Vestey Group which focuses on the commercial production of beef. 

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In local opposition and international mass media inflation is the buzzword, and because of it, Venezuela is clearly a mess, life is hopeless, and the government has got to go. Yet is inflation really the big evil it’s made out to be? How much does it impact on the lives of Venezuelans? How much worse is it, really, under Chavez, and what is the government trying to do about it and the food situation?

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The Socialist Production Unit Fabricio Ojeda combines agriculture with tourism, community development, and education.The trout farm includes facilities for forums and workshops, a childrens park, a small pond where visitors can fish for trout, a museum, and restaurants with trout on the menu.

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This week Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez underscored the importance of the Venezuelan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (ACAV), the first national education, research, and extension center dedicated to improving agricultural production in the Latin American nation.

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In this collection of photographs, California-born agroecologist Mason London provides us with a glimpse of life in the paramos of the Venezuelan state of Merida. The paramos, a unique ecosystem found in the Andes of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru (+/- 3,000 to 4,500 meters in altitude), are some of the most historically-utilized agricultural lands in all of Venezuela.

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Yesterday Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez used his standing legislative authority to sign into law a new price control mechanism aimed at putting an end to speculation and hoarding. 

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A commune-under-construction, Paula Correa, in Aragua, is based on 360 hectares of land recovered by the Venezuelan government and handed over to the people to run, in 2007.  Using environmentally friendly techniques, the land is used to grow vegetables, which then go to the communities and to the government run distribution chains.The land was previously owned by large land holders (the Salazar family), who paid workers little, if anything at all, and  who only grew sugar on it, a product that doesn't take advantage of the land available.

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