Noelia Herrera

Aug 8, 2023 | globalcitizen.org | Noelia Herrera

Twenty years ago, Jessica Venegas decided to test her luck as a street vendor in the bustling city center of San José. She was a 25-year-old single mother looking to earn a decent income, and a friend had convinced her that street vending was a good way to make money. Venegas had been unsuccessful in getting a job elsewhere and she was eager to earn money as she had rent to pay and a baby boy to provide for.

Jul 12, 2023 | elperiodico.com | Noelia Herrera

Ha llegado el verano. Los días son más largos; se incrementan las horas de luz y nuestras ganas de juerga. Pero también hace más calor y algo le pasa a nuestro cuerpo. De repente, notamos bajadas de tensión, nos sentimos cada vez más cansados, no dejamos de sudar, nos lleva mucho tiempo conciliar el sueño y, claro, no dejamos de darle vueltas a la cabeza. ¡Qué ansiedad! Las noches parecen estar malditas. ¿Qué nos está ocurriendo?

Mar 5, 2023 | pig333.com | Noelia Herrera |M.A. de Andrés |Carlos Piñeiro |María Aparicio |Maria Cristina Aparício

The current situation of the swine industry is marked by high production costs that directly affect the economic profitability of the business. That is why the main objective of today's pig farms is to achieve a balance between these high costs and the profits generated by production. A sow farm's profitability can be measured using several parameters, but the most commonly used is the number of piglets weaned/sow/year. Thus, genetic advances on farms have been oriented to increase sow prolificacy.