ecuador food

• A Journey From Bananas to Chips

Until 1993 Luis Augusto Pajuelo, a farmer in Piura, north-western Peru, was selling bananas at a very low price. Then he hit on the idea of marketing a traditional, locally based snack -- thinly sliced banana chips, deep-fried on 100% vegetable oil and lightly salted, with chili peppers added to create a spicy food, using a secret home-grown recipe. His business Industrias Agricolas SRL still prepares the product in a traditional manner. But today Chifles can be found, as a salty, sweet or spicy snack, in supermarkets, major stores and specialty shops, not just in Peru, but in Canada and Spain. In 2005 Industrias Agricolas accepted a joint invitation by ITC and the Binational Fund for Peace and Development (Peru-Ecuador) to take part in the training program for entrepreneurs focused on ...

• International Trade Forum
• Num. 2/2007, Janvier 2007

• Sustainable Tourism

Tourism, one of the rarest and most influential industries in the world, is already set up to lead the way in promoting triple bottom line business principles that have immeasurable positive benefits for the environment, societies and cultures. More than ever before, travelers are demanding lower environmental and cultural impacts, and more meaningful interaction with local people in their travel experiences. A company built on the principles of responsible tourism is not only setting itself up for long-term success, but also responding directly to current consumer demand, which has never before been so focused on sustainability. The unique partnership between local communities and tourism companies can help to solve one of the most prevalent problems in international community developm...

..., as she can now contribute to buying better food for her family and is able to pay for her children...Opportunity in Ecuador. Over 10 years ago, a GAP Adventures tour leader m...

• International Trade Forum
• Num. 1, Janvier 2009

• Rapporto sulla politica estera 2010

... (Food and Agriculture Programme) . FIPOI Fondazione per ... del nord, in Perù, in Bolivia e in Ecuador. In queste regioni i problemi di approvvigionament...

• Foglio Federale num. 5, 1 février 2011
• Seccion Unica

• Behind the sweet taste of chocolate: who won't warm their hands around a nice cup of cocoa or bite into a sweet chocolate bar at the bottom of a ski slope this winter? Few, however, tend to think of the chocolate's origins. Even fewer realise that whatever chocolate they are consuming could well be traced back to only one company--the relatively unknown, Swiss-based Barry Callebaut.

...Depending on the customer--multinational food manufacturers or artisans--the final product can b... varieties grown in regions spanning from Ecuador to Sao Tome or Java and Papua New Guinea. . Once t...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2007, Avril 2007

• Bericht zur Aussenwirtschaftspolitik 2009 und Botschaften zu Wirtschaftsvereinbarungen sowie Bericht über zolltarifarische Massnahmen 2009

... der Vereinten Nationen (Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO) schätzt, dass ....09.1996 Côte d'Ivoire Veritas 15.03.2000 Ecuador SGS 01.09.1996 Guinea Veritas 30.05.2008 Haiti S...

• Bundesblatt num. 6, 16 février 2010
• Seccion Unica

• Bear crossing: the migration has begun: after a 100-year hiatus, it seems that bears may be coming back to Switzerland. This past summer, the first brown bear was spotted in the Swiss canton of Graubunden, the eastern most part of the country just shy of the border with Italy and Austria.

...There is enough food and space for them here. Their comeback is a sign ... needs of the spectacled bear (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela). . ...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2006, Janvier 2006

• That Swiss Schoggi ... Switzerland's liquid gold: for many years the Swiss chocolate industry has fought the unlawful use of the 'Swiss chocolate' label throughout the world, including a successful battle against Cadbury. Swiss News examines how a country without the natural ingredients of chocolate became a premier producer, worldwide.

... fine Lindt noir intense chocolates from Ecuador, the Sprungli Grand Cru truffles, and the dark cho... Act, legislation intended to protect the US food supply. . Clamping down on the 'un-Swiss' . Chocos...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2006, Janvier 2006

• Bericht über die im Jahr 2007 abgeschlossenen internationalen Verträge

... DEZA, und Ecuador, vertreten durch das Ministerium für auswärtige ... (SECO), in Zusammenarbeit mit der «Food and Agriculture Organisation» der Vereinten Natio...

• Bundesblatt num. 23, 10 juin 2008
• Seccion Unica

• Rapporto sui trattati internazionali conclusi nel 2007

... l'Ecuador, rappresentato dal Ministero degli affari esteri, ... «Food and Agriculture Organisation» delle Nazioni Unite...

• Foglio Federale num. 23, 10 juin 2008
• Seccion Unica

• Bericht über die im Jahr 2008 abgeschlossenen internationalen Verträge

... und Ecuador, vertreten durch das Ministerium für auswärtige ... Nationen für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nation...

• Bundesblatt num. 24, 16 juin 2009
• Seccion Unica