by TCRN Staff
A 35% decline in national production of coffee in the last seven crops have stimulated authorities to the sector to begin seeking solutions to the problem.
During the 2002-2003 growing season, production reached 2.92 million bushels (equivalent to as many bags of 46 kilos or pounds of processed coffee).
The current harvest of 2009-2010, which [...]

by TCRN Staff
The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) is launching a campaign to save energy, with the intent to reduce consumption by 120 megawatts.
The campaign, whose cost amounts to ¢350 million, will be scheduled to start this month in print, radio and television. The campaign will air steadily until May and be maintained at a [...]

by TCRN Staff
Scientists from the Universidad Nacional (UNA) discovered six new species of ferns in Isla del Coco, a finding that joined the list of terrestrial species in this national park, located in the Pacific Ocean.
According to Alexander Rojas, the project was accomplished with support from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Environment, [...]

by TCRN Staff
Just two weeks before the start of the International Festival of Arts (FIA) 2010 organizers announced that literature itself will be included in programming.
In a press conference Friday at the National Theater, the director of the institution, Jody Steiger, revealed that the FIA will include a mini-book that takes place during the second [...]

by TCRN Staff
A Costa Rican clinic was recently declared as a Gastroclínica International Training Center in Gastroenterology by the World Organization of Gastroenterology.
This means that professionals in health sciences from other countries can come to Costa Rica to train in new techniques for early detection and treatment of gastric cancer and other digestive diseases.
This medical [...]