The director of vegetables for the Confederation of Agricultural Producers Associations (Fedeagro), Emilio Breindembach, noted that during the first seven months of 2025, the sector grew 30 %.

According to the official, the leading vegetable crops are potatoes, onions, and tomatoes. Breindembach highlighted Fedeagro’s efforts to meet the national demand for vegetables.

He referred to a historic change in vegetable production in just a decade, as Venezuela previously imported around 85 % of its food supply. Currently, domestic production meets 97 % of consumer demand.

Regarding the distribution of produce to the various states, he reiterated that there are delays due to road problems.

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Through the Ministry of Electricity, the Venezuelan government announced the reduction of the public sector working hour from 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., applying the 1×1 system, which consists of one working day for one non-working day.

The main reason for this decision is the global impact of the climate crisis and the need for energy savings. It applies to ministries, governorates, and other government agencies.

 

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The Ministry of Electricity urged the rest of the population to “support these actions with other effective measures, such as setting air conditioning temperatures to 23 degrees Celsius, taking advantage of natural light, and unplugging electronic devices when not in use.”

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The annual summit of the Caribbean Community, Caricom, will take place between July 28 and 30, in Grenada, to analyze the issue of the climate crisis and its effects on the environment.

The 47th Meeting of the Conference of #CARICOM Heads of Government, which was rescheduled due to #hurricaneberyl will now take place from 28 – 30 July in Grenada. #CARICOMHEADSMEET #47HGC pic.twitter.com/pGTRbNdBk7

— CARICOM Secretary General (@SG_CARICOM) July 15, 2024

The event was initially scheduled for the 3rd to the 5th of the current month, but had to be rescheduled due to the passage of Hurricane Beryl, which caused disasters as it passed through the region.

Grenada Prime Minister Dickson Mitchell said: “We postponed the meeting, but we intend to hold it because we believe it is an opportunity for all of us in Caricom to come together and show solidarity and support for Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Barbados and Saint Lucia that have suffered the impact of this terrible hurricane.”

The 47th edition of the summit will allow Caribbean leaders to meet in the Granada district of Saint George, with the purpose of discussing topics such as “environmental catastrophes, the climate crisis and crime that affect the Caribbean.”

It is important to remember that the Caribbean Summit is made up of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.

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The Apple company recently exhibited its “Environmental Progress Report 2022“, where it emphasized the operation of the Daisy robot in the recycling of 14 different minerals, including lithium, which has allowed it to expand the essential use in the creation of its products.

Daisy began its operations in the company in 2018. This robot is a set of machinery responsible for “automatically separating the parts of the iPhone to recycle them more easily.”

The robot measures approximately 20 meters where old iPhones pass, even unarmed. Apple’s specialized publication, Applesfera, explained that during this process the “batteries, screws and haptic motor among other objects” are disassembled.

After separating the pieces, those components that are recyclable are moved to another place where “minerals are extracted, refined and reused.”

According to the information provided, Daisy can break 200 iPhones in an hour, that is, 20 seconds per device. It currently has the ability to isolate 23 smartphone models of the brand.

The report presented by the company indicates that 59 % of the aluminum used by Apple in 2021 in its products came from recycled sources, and 100 % of the aluminum contained in the casing of most phones was recycled.

Apple drives clean energy

Apple has been using recycled lithium, tin, cobalt and rare earths in its devices for years with the aim of “saving costs and preventing further damage to the environment.”

Apple’s vice president of the environment, Lisa Jackson, indicated that for the company the most important thing is to comply with the environment. “We are making real progress in our work to address the climate crisis and one day make our products without taking anything from the land.”

According to Jackson, the company’s advanced pace of work and innovation helps work teams “use today’s products to build tomorrow’s, and as our global supply chain transitions to clean energy, we are charting a path for other companies to follow.”

The company also pointed out in its report that it made significant progress towards its goal of eliminating plastic in its packaging by 2025.

Since 2015, the company has reduced the use of plastic in its packaging by 75 %. In 2021, plastic only represented 4 % in packaging.

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More than 300 civil society entities, small and medium-sized companies and individual citizens have promoted the creation of the Ibero-American Network for the New Economy, the first collaboration and co-creation platform that aims to promote the exchange of tools and resources between organizations to promote in Ibero-America a new economic model with a positive impact on people and the planet.

The NESI Forum of New Economy and Social Innovation, a Spanish non-profit entity that has been promoting a more sustainable, fair and collaborative economy in Spain since 2016, is one of the entities in charge of coordinating the Network, together with AGCID Chile, Chilean Cooperation Agency International for Development; CIESCOOP, International Center for Social and Cooperative Economy of the Santiago de Chile University; and CORFO, Corporation for the Promotion of Production.

“The Ibero-American Network for the New Economy will allow us to stay connected and seek community support to generate joint proposals that impact public policies in our respective countries,” says Diego Isabel La Moneda, co-founder and director of Foro NESI.

For his part, Eugenio Possel, Policy analyst at AGCID Chile, explains that in Latin America “there are different initiatives that promote a paradigm shift, but there are few spaces aimed at citizen participation to generate socially and environmentally sustainable economic solutions.”

“The urgency of those of us who are part of the Network is to replace the current model based on consumption and individualism with one that takes care of the great problems of the region, such as social inequality and the climate crisis,” adds Estuardo Fuentes from CIESCOOP, Coordinator of the Technical Assistance and Project Management Area.

The Ibero-American Network for the New Economy has organized the online event We Believe Red, which will take place today and tomorrow between 3:00 and 8:00 p.m.; attendance is free with prior registration. The meeting will feature the participation of leaders in social impact from Ibero-America and a content program based on themes such as circular economy, regenerative economy, ecofeminism, ethical banking and the situation of indigenous peoples. Additionally, there will be a virtual space where you can meet companies, foundations, groups and organizations that are already working for a new economy.

Source: dpa

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