BIOECONOMY IN COSTA RICA: LINKS AND AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF SDG 2

Hunger and food insecurity are scourges that arise in several countries; Costa Rica is no exception. To counteract this evil and others of humanity, the United Nations Organization launched the 2030 Agenda in 2015, with 17 sustainable development goals, one of which is number 2, which seeks to eliminate hunger. Costa Rica has made progress on the goals of this, although there is still much to do, since the Covid-19 pandemic meant a slowdown in the achievement of these goals. The purpose of this article is to point out the main links and contributions of the bioeconomy as a new development paradigm for the achievement of sustainable development goal 2. It is concluded that there are multiple relationships between the two, since the bioeconomy seeks to increase production through the use of innovation and modern technologies based on natural resources, as well as the use of clean energy and sustainable production and consumption systems, elements that are directly linked to goal 2 and that have positive effects on hunger control and improvement of food safety.