Estado del Arte en Cambio Clim谩tico, Agricultura y Seguridad Alimentaria en Costa Rica [Review (State of the Art): Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in Costa Rica]
Abstract
El cambio clim谩tico ha provocado numerosos efectos en el medio rural de Costa Rica; es por esto que el Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganader铆a de Costa Rica (MAG) en colaboraci贸n con el Programa de Investigaci贸n de CGIAR en Cambio Clim谩tico, Agricultura y Seguridad Alimentaria (CCAFS) en Am茅rica Latina y con apoyo del Consejo Agropecuario Centroamericano (CAC) presentan el 鈥淓stado del Arte en Cambio Clim谩tico, Agricultura y Seguridad Alimentaria en Costa Rica鈥�, que incluye el marco gubernamental y actores involucrados en torno a esta tem谩tica. El documento evidencia, los m煤ltiples esfuerzos que en acciones de mitigaci贸n frente al calentamiento global viene realizando Costa Rica, convirti茅ndolo en pa铆s l铆der en la regi贸n de Am茅rica Central. Buena parte de los avances han sido obtenidos en el sector agropecuario.
Climate change has had numerous effects in the rural areas of Costa Rica; It is for this reason that the Ministry of Agriculture and livestock of Costa Rica (MAG), in collaboration with the Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) in Latin America, and with support from the Central American Farming Council (CAC), present a \"Review (State of the Art) of Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in Costa Rica\", including the governmental and stakeholder framework around this theme. The document demonstates, that through multiple efforts at mitigation against [the effects of] global warming, Costa Rica has managed to become a leading country [in the field] within the region of Central America. The majority of these advances have been acheieved in the farming sector.
Citation
CCAFS. Estado del Arte en Cambio Clim谩tico, Agricultura y Seguridad Alimentaria en Costa Rica [Review (State of the Art): Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in Costa Rica]. CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), Copenhagen, Denmark (2014) 12 pp. [Published in Spanish]