Tag: Costa Rica farming
Costa Rican Farmers Strategize Climate Change in 2014
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The agricultural sector is prepared to assess the strategies that will enable them to face the challenges that...
Solis Promises That His New Agriculture Ministers Have "Gotten Their Boots Dirty"
The Costa Rican News (TCRN) - The presidential candidate of the center-left Citizen Action Party (PAC), Luis Guillermo Solís, has promised Costa Rican farmers...
Costa Rica Declares the Use of Safer Pesticides
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – The United States will provide technical support to Costa Rica for an increased use of reduced-risk pesticides, which...
Microtunnel technique helps producers increase profits
San José, Costa Rica. Thanks to investigations lead by the National Institute for Agricultural Innovation and Technological Transference, at the Enrique Jimenez Nuñez Experimental...
Environmental project seeks volunteers and interns
Undergraduate students who want to pursue a career in conservation can get hands-on experience at La Gran Vista Agroecological Farm in Costa Rica
Farming coffee in Costa Rica is not an easy job
Costa Rica produces some of the best quality coffee in the world, which is mostly exported to other countries, so that foreigners can enjoy an excellent brew. However, life as a coffee farmer is above anything, a tough job.
New germplasm bank aims to improve citrus in Costa Rica
The Tropical Agricultural Research and Training opened a citrus germplasm bank in order to strengthen this variety of plants against various pests and diseases.
