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    • Hurricane Ivan farmer relief programme 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Ministerio de Agricultura (Jamaica); Agencia de los Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional (USAID) (IICA, 05-2005)
      The USAID, IICA and MOA to collaborate in facilitating a wider programme of disbursement of grant funds that was aimed at providing relief to affected farmers -hence the Hurricane Ivan Farmer Relief Programme.
    • Modernization of the IICA Office in Jamaica 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) (IICA, 04-2001)
      In this document explains about the modernization program comprised three basic elements: 1) development of a strategic plan for IICA technical cooperation in Jamaica; 2) administrative modernization of the office; 3) ...
    • Caribbean Black Sigatoka Management Workshop 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Empresa Exportadora de Banano (Jamaica) (IICA, 2001)
      This report is a compilation of the technical papers presented at the workshop to address disease epidemiology, etiology and management strategies for disease monitoring and control. The report is therefore intended to ...
    • Evaluation of the IICA-GTZ windows of sustainability model in Jamaica: the Río Cobre watershed 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Agencia Alemana de Cooperación Técnica (GTZ); Budhram, Dowlat; Carnap, Martin; Reiche, Carlos (IICA, 12-2000)
      This report is an evaluation of the Windows of Sustainability (WS) model when was implemented by IICA and GTZ in 1997 in Jamaica. The terms of reference for the evaluation were: 1) to analyze, evaluate outcomes and identify ...
    • A report on the contribution of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture to the agricultural sector in Jamaica during 1999 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) (IICA, 03-2000)
      The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) Office in Jamaica is pleased to present this report, which seeks to keep the agricultural sector informed about our activities and programmes carried out in 1999.
    • Biblio 2000: IICA Jamaica Library Database 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) (IICA, 01-2000)
      The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) Office in Jamaica has established an Information Centre to: a) to provide access for members of the agricultural sector, researchers and students to ...
    • Proceedings of the workshop: Network of Agricultural Information and Documentation Units in Jamaica 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Duncan, Kathryn (IICA, 1999)
      This document explains Jamaica has the capacity to improve in its provision of agricultural information services and products, however integration of the information units in the agricultural sector based on improved ...
    • Acta verbal 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) (IICA, 1999)
      Este documento se compone de seis secciones. sección 1: Estados financieros del instituto, Informe de los auditores externos. sección 2: Informe técnico sección 3: Aprobación de acta resumida sección 4: Lectura y ...
    • Libre comercio, tecnología y agroalimentación 

      Patterson, Percival James; Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) (IICA, 1999)
      Presenta una reflexión sobre aspectos a considerar para ajustar el desarrollo agrícola al entorno globalizado. Menciona la presencia de condiciones heterogéneas por área y tipo de productores. Asgura que las medidas políticas ...
    • Proceedings of the Workshop on Global Market Integration and the Agri-Food Sector 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Ministry of Agriculture, Kingston (Jamaica); National Centre for Food and Agriculture Policy, Kingston (Jamaica) (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1998)
      Este informe incluye, en la medida de lo posible, el texto completo de las presentaciones y documentos con los principales temas que surgen de las discusiones. Es nuestra esperanza que la información contenida en este ...
    • IICA's Caribbean strategy and current initiatives in the Caribbean region 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Chesney, H. Arlington (IICA, 1998)
      This document explain the MTP has the following basic principles: decentralization with five centres including the Caribbean with the largest number of countries, participatory approach (outside and within IICA), market ...
    • Environmental Arrears to the Impoverished Hillside Farmers in Xaymaca 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Reyes Pacheco, Armando (IICA, 11-1996)
      There is litlle documented empirical evidence to suppoport popular claims of widespread rampant watershed degradation in Jamaica. Whilst it undobtedly occurs, it is confined to specific locations. Farming systems as practiced ...
    • Will small yam farmers in Jamaica adopt the mini-sett technology 

      Williamson, Verónica; Reyes Pacheco, Armando; Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) (IICA, 04-1996)
      This research paper is a renewed attempt to clarify the importance of farmers'social context and opinions related to embracing a technological production package. It overviews and incorporates attitudinal questions centered ...
    • Women food producers in Jamaica: assessment and policies 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID); Innerarity, Faith (IICA, 02-1996)
      Este estudio pretende sentar las bases sobre las cuales se puedan orientas las políticas y acciones del gobierno para mejorar las condiciones laborales de las mujeres productoras de alimentos y la seguridad alimentaria y ...
    • Women food producers in Jamaica: technology and marketing 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Smikle, Conrad; Smikle, Conrad; Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) (IICA, 02-1996)
    • Economic assessment of different technological packages in yellow yam production 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Williamson, Verónica; Reyes Pacheco, Armando (IICA, 01-1996)
      7 tablas The study presents a general portrait of five diverse technological packages, and for each account income and cost of production schedules (listing all labour and material costs)
    • Consumers'preference for minisett yellow yam 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Williamson, Verónica (IICA, 1996)
      Los ñames producidos con la aplicación de la tecnología minisett son más pequeños que los producidos por los métodos tradicionales, lo que plantea la cuestión de la aceptabilidad del consumidor. Analiza la actitud del ...
    • Women food producers in Jamaica:a national summary 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID); Innerarity, Faith; Smikle, Conrad (IICA, 1996)
      Technical Cooperation Agreement IICA/IDB/ATN-SF-4064-RE> Program for the analysis of Agricultural policies vis-a-vis women Food Producers in the Andean Region, the Southern Cone and the Caribbean.
    • Regional Conference on Rural Women Food Producers in the Caribbean Kingston: Report 

      Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID); Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) (IICA, 05-1995)
      The conference intents to raise consciousness of the conditions and needs of rural women farmers and to convince the authorities, ministers of agriculture, statistical units, planning agencies and the like, to institute ...
    • Environmental friendliness and poverty: the price of hillside farming in Jamaica 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Reyes Pacheco, Armando (IICA, 04-1995)
      Bib. p. 21-22 This paper stems from conceding Jamaica's hillside agriculture as an environmental endowement, for the prevailing traditional small hillside farming system comprises amiable environmental fundamentals of ...