Improving the lot of small-scale and artisanal fisheries in Costa Rica will lead to the betterment of indigenous peoples, Afro-descendants and other vulnerable groups. Located in Central America, Costa Rica is a country where only one-tenth of its territory is made up of land. Official data shows the territorial extension of...

La agricultura familiar es clave para lograr una ruralidad próspera, territorios más innovadores y garantizar alimentos frescos y saludables en nuestras mesas. En la actualidad, la agricultura familiar en Costa Rica representa el 55% de las explotaciones agrícolas.

Despite several challenges, Lilia Briones Bermúdez, a community leader in Barra del Colorado, Costa Rica, remains steadfastly committed to the struggles of her community. Lilia Briones is a fisherwoman. She is also a community leader, in the forefront of the struggles of her community in Barra del Colorado, a small-scale artisanal...

El mapeo de las iniciativas de agricultura familiar es una herramienta que busca entregar una visión completa sobre panorama de cada país de América Latina y el Caribe. Este resumen presenta una categorización de las distintas leyes que se implementaron e implementaran.

Tackling biodiversity loss is a growing priority for human survival. Introducing incentives for positive actions could play a key role in helping to reverse this loss. This paper explores the potential of using a novel approach to promote biodiversity conservation. Biodiversity credits or ‘biocredits’ are coherent units of measurement that track...

Shade-grown coffee is an agroforestry system which combines coffee with shade trees, including fruit, timber and leguminous species, in a systematic fashion. Shade-grown coffee is a traditional and complex agroforestry system where coffee is associated with various other species in different storeys (or ‘levels’). This provides ecologically and economically sustainable...

Somos un medio virtual que observa, analiza y divulga información sobre la situación social y económica que viven las juventudes rurales; las leyes, políticas y programas de inversión en juventud rural de los estados y gobiernos de la región SICA, así como programas de juventud de instituciones de cooperación, universidades,...

Alejandro Uzaga Fallas, Coordinador Capacitador del Instituto de Desarrollo Rural -INDER- quien se reune con jóvenes rurales para debatir sobre oportunidades de financiamiento y otorgamiento de créditos para emprendimientos rurales; cómo acceder, qué requerimientos son necesarios, cuál es la oferta institucional, entre otros temas, son abordados en este webinar organizado por la Red Nacional...

Seguridad Alimentaria (Food Security) - A short film on food Security and small-scale fisheries in Costa Rica. Produced by Poró Studio, directed by CoopeSoliDar R.L, 187 seconds, Spanish with English subtitles. "From the sea to the plate”, remarks Cintia Vega in ‘Seguridad Alimentaria’ (‘Food Security’), a short film directed by CoopeSoliDar. She...

Women fishers, shrimp peelers and mollusk workers in Costa Rica identify priority areas for the recognition and formalisation of their work. Costa Rica is a country with great marine biodiversity and has an important cultural heritage in its coastal marine areas. However, recognition and opportunities for decent work for the country’s...

In agroecology, women’s activities, from seed saving to activism, are well documented. Less well described are the factors that support and/or hinder women’s participation in agroecology; we addressed this gap through a feminist analysis of women’s motivations and barriers to participation in agroecological production in Costa Rica. We found that...

The harsh economic impact of the ongoing pandemic-related lockdown has spurred fisherwomen in Costa Rica to return to their traditional sources of livelihood. Although there have been very few COVID-19 cases in the area, the suspension of tourism with the COVID -19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on the southern...

"La Agricultura hecha feria", se titula este vídeo donde se comparte un poco de lo que cada viernes y sábado ocurre en Turrialba, Cartago, Costa Rica.. la feria del agricultor.

La agricultura familiar representa más del 80% de las explotaciones agrícolas en América Latina y el Caribe, llegando a ocupar entre el 12 y el 67% de la superficie agropecuaria. Así también, es la encargada de producir más del 70% de los alimentos en la región (FAO, 2014). La reseña...

Las Organizaciones Comunitarias de Servicios de Agua y Saneamiento (OCSAS) son estructuras sociales creadas por grupos de vecinos, en zonas peri-urbanas y rurales, aunque también urbanas, donde generalmente no llega el servicio de los operadores públicos, privados o mixtos que atienden a las grandes ciudades. Por medio de estatutos de...

El cacao es uno de los principales commodities comercializados en el mundo para la producción de alimentos, bebidas y otros productos. En América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) posee una histórica trayectoria vinculada a millones de productores y es clave para la seguridad alimentaria. La capacidad de ALC para abastecer...

Costa Rica is among the first few countries to respond immediately and favourably to the question of implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (the SSF Guidelines). In a move that extends overwhelming support to the small-scale fisheries,...

Global study elaborated by the WCC (World Coordinating Committee) of the IYFF+10 and coordinated by the WRF that analyzes and highlights the common and global challenges faced by rural youth from all 5 continents.

Born in Venado Island, in the Nicoya gulf of Costa Rica’s Puntarenas province, 44-yearold Sonia Medina Matarrita is part of the fourth generation of a small-scale artisanal fishing family. A single mother, Sonia has taken care of her family of two girls and one boy singlehandedly for the past 13...

Depuis quelques années, la petite agriculture familiale est mise sur le devant de la scène par les institutions internationales et présentée comme étant susceptible de répondre aux enjeux globaux (sécurité alimentaire et changement climatique), et ce, notamment, dans les pays du Sud où ce type d’agriculture reste majoritaire. Un groupe...