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  • IICA and GIZ support Costa Rican initiative designed to reduce emissions caused by the coffee industry

    Working with the Ministry of Environment, the organizations are training officials from the agriculture, transport, and waste management sectors to develop a NAMA, a set of actions that helps reduce emissions and for whose implementation financing is available.

  • At COP 18, Costa Rica will be presenting the experience of its agriculture sector in addressing climate change

    In Doha, Qatar, the MAG and MINAET, with support from IICA, CATIE, and GIZ, will showcase seven examples of how the public and private sectors can act together to deal with the effects of climate change.

  • At COP 18, Costa Rica presented examples of initiatives designed to enable agriculture to mitigate and adapt to climate change

    With support from IICA, at the world summit on climate change the country showed how the agricultural sector can reduce emissions and make more efficient use of natural resources.

  • IICA delivers education strategy for biotechnology to the Costa Rican authorities

    The Institute delivered the strategy to the country’s National Technical Commission on Biosafety, made up of the ministries of agriculture, environment, and science and technology, and representatives of other sectors.

  • Queso Turrialba: the story of a ‘tasty’ designation of origin

    With support from IICA and other organizations, the Costa Rican cheese was granted the first designation of origin to be obtained by a Central American dairy product.

  • Companies that export food to the U.S. must renew their registration every two years

    Under the U.S. Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), registration is no longer for an indefinite period and must be renewed by January 31, 2013. The new measure does not apply to companies that export products to the U.S. directly, or manufacturers of beef, pork, and poultry meat.