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\u201cNosotros aprovechamos todo\u201d, explica Carlos mientras riega y limpia su chiquero. Ellos tienen quince cerdos cuyo excremento alimenta un biodigestor que genera fertilizante natural para sus plantas y biog\u00e1s para hacer funcionar su cocina. A su vez, tienen plantaciones de pl\u00e1tanos y guan\u00e1bana, un atractivo vivero que nace del abono natural y ganader\u00eda.
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\u00bfCu\u00e1l es el elemento indispensable para que todo este ciclo funcione? Tener la mente abierta, responde Argeris, y estar dispuestos a innovar. <\/strong>Hace algunos a\u00f1os, el Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganader\u00eda se acerc\u00f3 a la finca para apoyarlos con la construcci\u00f3n de un biodigestor en el marco del Plan de Descarbonizaci\u00f3n de Costa Rica. Les impartieron cursos, talleres y les financiaron la mitad de la compra de un biodigestor, una bolsa gigante que funciona como el est\u00f3mago de un animal y contiene millones de bacterias, que mediante un proceso de descomposici\u00f3n, genera abono y gas natural.\u00a0 El ciclo funciona as\u00ed: Carlos recorre Santa Teresa varios d\u00edas a la semana recogiendo los residuos org\u00e1nicos de los restaurantes de la zona, los cuales utiliza para darle de comer a sus chanchos. Los desechos que estos animales generan son el motor del biodigestor. Las bacterias dentro de \u00e9l, se alimentan de los nutrientes que hay en los desechos y generan, por un lado, abono foliar utilizado para fertilizar las plantas sin emplear ni un solo qu\u00edmico y, por otro lado, el gas natural que sirve para prender los quemadores de la cocina. Carlos y Argeris son conscientes de que las fincas producen desechos org\u00e1nicos que pueden llegar a contaminar el agua y producir gases de efecto invernadero. Afortunadamente, ellos ven este problema como una oportunidad.<\/strong> Gracias a su iniciativa y flexibilidad construyeron una finca con pr\u00e1cticas puramente sostenibles, donde cada posible foco de contaminaci\u00f3n es reconvertido en un elemento de uso positivo. Estos son peque\u00f1os pasos que dos personas est\u00e1n dando para combatir el cambio clim\u00e1tico y sus efectos. Todav\u00eda queda un largo camino por recorrer, pero es importante dar a conocer historias de personas como Carlos y Argeris, que en una peque\u00f1a finca en la monta\u00f1a de La Palmita est\u00e1n realmente haciendo la diferencia. Soluciones sostenibles a largo plazo son las que necesitamos para poder, de una manera realista, seguir viviendo en armon\u00eda con la naturaleza que nos rodea y que nos ofrece todo lo que necesitamos para que cada ser vivo de este planeta sobreviva de manera sostenible. Por estos motivos, queremos agradecer a Argeris Rosales y Carlos Esquivel de La Palmita por entender que todo en esta tierra se puede aprovechar, lo bueno y lo malo, y que todo se puede encauzar en pos de dejar una huella positiva.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n …<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Rural farmers are taking the lead on fighting climate change, read how!<\/strong> With strong ties to the land and reliance on livestock and agriculture to thrive, agricultural producers in rural areas are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Now, thanks to the help of government projects and their willingness to learn, many producers around the country are benefiting from new sustainable technologies. This is the case of our heroes and role models, Argeris and Carlos<\/strong>, a couple who live in their farm in La Palmita. They began to introduce sustainable ingredients in their daily farming activities that helped them take advantage of each grass, fruit, and animal of their farm without degrading the environment.\u00a0 \u201cWe take advantage of everything,\u201d Carlos explains as he waters and cleans his pigsty. They have fifteen pigs whose manure feeds a biodigester which generates natural fertilizer for their plants and biogas to run their kitchen. Furthermore, they have banana and soursop plantations, an attractive plant nursery that thrives on natural fertilizer, and livestock. What is the key element for this whole cycle to work? To have an open mind, Argeris responds, and to be willing to innovate. A few years ago, the Costa Rican Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock approached farmers to support them with the construction of a biodigester in the framework of Costa Rica\u2019s Decarbonization Plan. They held courses, workshops, and financed half of the purchase of a biodigester. This is a giant bag that works as an animal stomach which contains millions of bacteria, which through a decomposition process, generate fertilizer and natural gas. The cycle works like this: Carlos tours Santa Teresa several days a week collecting organic waste from restaurants in the area, which he uses to feed his pigs. The waste that these animals produce are the engine for the biodigester. The bacteria inside feed on the nutrients found in the waste and produce, on the one hand, chemical-free foliar fertilizer used to fertilize the plants, and on the other hand, natural gas used for stove burners. Carlos and Argeris are highly aware that farms produce organic waste that can pollute water and produce greenhouse gas emissions. Fortunately, they see this problem as an opportunity. <\/strong>Thanks to their initiative and flexibility, they built a farm with purely sustainable practices, where every possible source of pollution is converted into an element of use. These are small steps that two people are taking to combat climate change and its effects. There is still a long way to go, but it is important to show stories of people like Carlos and Argeris, who are actually making a difference in a small farm on the mountain of La Palmita. Sustainable long-term solutions are what\u2019s needed in order to be able, in a realistic way, to continue living in harmony with nature which offers us everything we need so that each living being on this planet survives sustainably. For these reasons, we want to thank Argeris Rosales and Carlos Esquivel from Manzanillo for understanding that everything on this earth can be useful and beneficial and that everything can be steered towards positive results. <\/strong> English below – Con fuertes lazos a la tierra y su dependencia hacia la ganader\u00eda y la agricultura, los productores agropecuarios de zonas rurales son altamente vulnerables a los efectos del cambio clim\u00e1tico. Ahora, gracias a la ayuda de proyectos gubernamentales y a su disposici\u00f3n al aprendizaje, muchos productores alrededor del pa\u00eds est\u00e1n ampliamente benefici\u00e1ndose… <\/p>\n
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