Mesoamerica Hunger Free AMEXCID-FAO

Costa Rica

In Costa Rica, at the national level, “Mesoamerica Hunger Free AMEXCID-FAO” has contributed to the creation of methodological tools for the implementation of targeted policies for family farming and to the definition of instruments to boost the implementation of the National policy for food and nutritional security 2011-2021. In a territorial level, the Programme is focused on facilitating the linkage of family farming to markets, incrementing producers’ organizations capacities and strengthening local institutional frameworks. 

Some of the results achieved and the actions that “Mesoamerica Hunger Free AMEXCID-FAO” supports in Costa Rica are the following:

 

  • Technical assistance in the conceptualization of family farming and the definition of its typologies.
  • Carrying out a pilot exercise to register family farmers and incorporating this data into the information system of the National Department of Agricultural Extension.
  • Technical support in the participatory construction and implementation of the National Family Farming Plan 2020-2030.
  • Capacity building for producers and local organizations to link them to the institutional supply program and improve their production systems.
  • Design of communication and awareness-raising materials on the problem of childhood overweight and obesity within the framework of a national inter-institutional pact.
  • Formulation of an agro-environmental policy framework for the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock.
  • Technical support and capacity building for members of the Parliamentary Front against Hunger in Costa Rica.
  • Support in the conduction of studies on access to and use of water resources in the agricultural sector and preparation of a road map to optimize water use in this sector.
  • Formulation of a proposal for a National Policy on Indigenous Peoples and a methodology for its consultation.