The University of Costa Rica (Spanish: Universidad de Costa Rica, abbreviated UCR) is a public university in the Republic of Costa Rica, in Central America. Its main campus, Ciudad Universitaria Rodrigo Facio, is located in San Pedro Montes de Oca, in the province of San José. It is the oldest, largest, and most prestigious institution of higher learning in Costa Rica, originally established as the Universidad de Santo Tomás in 1843. It is also the most important research university in the country, and Central America. Approximately 39,000 students attend UCR throughout the year.
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Displaying 6 - 10 of 22The Payment for Environmental Services in Costa Rica
The payment of environmental services (PES) in Costa Rica has become a really important and novel issue which must be conceived as an economic instrument and a financial order system that tries to repay the land owners under the forest regime for the environmental benefits they provide to the country, in an effort to conserve and sustain the usage of primary and tropical forests.
GENDER EQUALITY IN COSTA RICA: FROM RECOGNITION TO REDISTRIBUTION
For the purposes of this article, we address gender inequality as a dimension ofsocioeconomic inequality expressed in Costa Rica. Through the evaluation of a seriesof socioeconomic variables, we show that even when the country has moved forward interms of recognition of women rights, there is still much to do to achieve greater levels ofequality in the access to productive resources, socio-economic assets and employment.
Foro Mujeres Rurales
En el Día Internacional de las Mujeres Rurales, se realizó este foro sobre la contribución de las mujeres del campo, sus propuestas alternativas al deterioro de las condiciones de vida del espacio rural, al deterioro de la vida de las mujeres campesinas e indígenas, en la defensa de ellas como sujetas de derechos y del entorno en que viven.
Por la tierra y la semilla. Día Internacional de la Lucha Campesina, 2013
En conmemoración del Día Internacional de la Lucha Campesina, la Red de Mujeres rurales, reunió a mujeres indígenas y campesinas, así como a miembros de la comunidad, en territorio indígena Térraba, para reflexionar en torno a sus temas prioritarios: la lucha de las mujeres por la tierra, los territorios indígenas y el Convenio 169, los derechos de las mujeres del campo, los transgénicos, las semillas y los saberes, el agua y las cuencas, y la comunicación comunitaria para la soberanía alimentaria.
Dry matter yield and production costs in grazing systems on dairy farms of Costa Rica
Biomass production costs and dry matterkilogram cost were evaluated in kikuyu grass (Kikuyuocloa clandestina), perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) and African stargrass (Cynodon nlemfuensis), along one year, in 8 dairy farms located in Cartago (2), San José (2) and Alajuela (4) provinces. Average dry matter yield per cycle was 3395 kg.ha-1 DM for the three grasses. Annual yield is influenced by the regrowth period of each species, with values of 40 170, 38 731 and 28 995 kg.ha-1 DM for African stargrass, kikuyu grass and perennial ryegrass, respectively.