In the Footsteps of Food Left by Our Ancestors: “Sowing the Past, Cultivating the Present in Harmony with Mother Earth”

Authors

  • Oscar Leiva Morales Ministerio de Educación Pública, Costa Rica
  • Rigoberto Díaz Leiva Profesional Independiente, Costa Rica

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15359/ree.17-2.5

Keywords:

Boruca indigenous community, food security, productive reconversion, ative food, Educare Electronic Journal, Costa Rica

Abstract

Indigenous peoples have experienced food shortages in recent years. The rapid destruction of natural resources, lack of incentives for producers, globalization and free tradeagreements havec caused an uprooting from the land in the native mind. Moreover, it has been difficult to establish an adequate relationship between traditional farming practices and technical advice to put the community economy on the right track with new ways to strengthen the knowledge inherited from our grandparents on the cultivation and consumption of agricultural products, in harmony with nature. This reality, which affects the Boruca indigenous region, has led to economic, social and cultural problems, coupled with an evident threat: loss of food sovereignty.

Author Biographies

Oscar Leiva Morales, Ministerio de Educación Pública

Docente de idioma Boruca. Ministerio de Educación Pública de Costa Rica. Licenciado en Educación Rural y egresado de la Maestría en Educación Rural Centroamericana, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica.

Rigoberto Díaz Leiva, Profesional Independiente

Docente del Ministerio de Educación Pública de Costa Rica. Licenciado en Educación Rural y egresado de la Maestría en Educación Rural Centroamericana. Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica.

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Published

2013-04-03

How to Cite

In the Footsteps of Food Left by Our Ancestors: “Sowing the Past, Cultivating the Present in Harmony with Mother Earth” (O. Leiva Morales & R. Díaz Leiva , Trans.). (2013). Revista Electrónica Educare, 17(2), 81-89. https://doi.org/10.15359/ree.17-2.5

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Section

Journal Articles (Peer Reviewed Section)

How to Cite

In the Footsteps of Food Left by Our Ancestors: “Sowing the Past, Cultivating the Present in Harmony with Mother Earth” (O. Leiva Morales & R. Díaz Leiva , Trans.). (2013). Revista Electrónica Educare, 17(2), 81-89. https://doi.org/10.15359/ree.17-2.5

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