• Report on the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Budworth, Marie-Hélène; Rose, Andrew; Mann, Sara (2017)
      The Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) is critical to the success of the Agriculture sector in Ontario. Without this program, many farms would not be able to operate due to an inability to find local labour to ...
    • Agriculture Policy Programme Caribbean Action: Jamaica, country update 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Agriculture Policy Programme (APP) (2016)
      The Update highlights contributions of the APP from actions under the Scale Down Work Plan, that were grounded in-country with direct benefits to local stakeholders.
    • Training for transformation: leadership, negotiation team-building 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) (IICA, 1999)
      In this documento explains. The point of departure of the workshop was the new corporate plan of the JAS, whith emphasizes institutional modernization, collective action and incorporation of new technologies in its programme ...
    • Proceedings of the workshop Workshop Strategies for Strengthening Micro-Enterprises for Rural Women 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Kingston (Jamaica) 14 May 1999.; Chin Sue, Hyacinth; The Rurual agricultural Development Authority (RADA) (IICA, 1999)
      This document explains the Jamaica network of rural women producers is to be part of a regional and hemispheric programme which came as a result of year of commitment on the part of the First Ladies of Latin American and ...
    • A goat agroforestry production system for Jamaica A goat agroforestry production system for Jamaica 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Annikie, Zithroy; Smith, Chris (1999)
      This document explains on goats are one of the traditional animals of Jamaica agriculture and the majority of goat production in Jamaica takes place on small farms. Unfortunately, the methods of goat production in Jamaica ...
    • On-farm fertilizer trials of ackee Blighia sapida Koening, with small hillside farmers in the parish of St. Catherine 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Ministerio de Agricultura; Mayne, J; Annakie, Z.; Reid, C. (IICA, 1994)
      This report provides a description and analysis of an on-farm fertilizer trial of ackee, Blighia sapida Koening, outplanted in October, 1992, at an elevation of 290m above sea level in the community of Hampshire, Parish ...
    • Resume of IICA's publications 

      Instituto Interamericano de Ciencias Agrícolas (IICA); Johnson, I.E (Instituto Interamericano de Ciencias Agrícolas, 1992)
      Contiene 122 referencias bibliográficas y resumen de las publicaciones producidas por la Oficina del IICA en Jamaica desde 1975, las cuales reflejan el esfuerzo de la institución hacia el desarrollo agrícola y bienestar ...
    • Increasing administrative effectiveness 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Administrative Retreat St. Andrew (Jamaica) 21-22 Ene 1988. (IICA, 1988)
      The document explains that after an extremely fruitfull of implementing more efficient administrative procedures, the staff responsible turned their minds, at the second administrative retreat, to improving administrative ...
    • Report of the second regular meeting of the inter-american board of agriculture 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) (IICA, 1983)
      This publication is NO. 29 of the Official Documents Series and is available in separate volumes in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish. It was published for the purpose of disseminating information on the activities ...
    • Freshwater prawn (shrimp) culture for Jamaica an exploratory report 

      Instituto Interamericano de Ciencias Agrícolas (IICA); Wiles, Michael (Instituto Interamericano de Ciencias Agrícolas, 1982)
      The purpose of this report is to summarise the geological, hydrological and pedagogical data on the proposed culture site and to present in detail the results of biological research conducted at three localities in Jamaica ...
    • Goat Revolving Scheme Project Model. Rural Women Project 

      Munguia, Norma; Lawrence, Byron; Ministerio de Agricultura; Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) (IICA, 1982)
      special consideration is give to redressing the high level of unemployment of women in the households of small hillside farmers. The model used in formulating this project has been tested by IICA and Ministry of Agriculte, ...
    • Programme of work for the short-term adaptive production oriented research on rice in the BRUMDEC Project 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Chin, Vivian A (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1982)
      This programme aims at correcting deficiencies by the transfer of technology and by generating information to enable the formulation of improved norms in the management of the rice crop.
    • Vegetable Production [brumdec] review and proposed Short-term Adaptive Production Oriented Research Programme 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Kennard, Charles Percy (IICA, 1982)
      Este documento contiene temas como: -Fondo, ubicación, condiciones climáticas. -Principales tipos de suelo en el área del proyecto -Patrón de cultivo para suelos importantes dentro del proyecto -Prácticas fertilizantes -Plan ...
    • Rice research and production in the Brumdec project State-of-the Art Review, identification of constraints and interim recommendations and budget for establishing 405 hectares (1.000 acres) of rice on the clay soils at Brumdec 

      Chin, Vivian; Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) (IICA, 1982)
      The objective of this document is to present the current state of technology used in rice production in the project area, and to identify the constraints to greater productivity and utilization of the project lands for ...
    • Lab safety seminar - animal health. Conferences of Jonathan Richmond 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Richmond, Jonathan; Semnar on Techniques for Achieving Laboratory Safety Measures Jamaica may, 1981. (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1982)
      Richmond preparó y pronunció cuatro conferencias a un grupo de unos 70 miembros del personal jamaiquino de grupos interesados ​​del sector público y privado, en un seminario. Richmond prepared and gave four lectures to ...
    • Programme of Work to Establish Guidelines for the Effective Administrative, Operation and Maintenance of the Irrigation and Drainage District in the BRUMEDEC PROJECT 

      Pizarro, Humberto; Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1981)
      The programme of work aims at establishing whether or not additional watercontrol structures will be needed to effectively control irrigation and drainage for different types of crops in the projects area, and also for the ...
    • Yield response of yellow yam (dioscorea cayenensis) after disinfesting planting material of pratylenchus coffeae 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Hutton, Dave G; Wahab, Abdul H; Murray, Howard (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1981)
      This paper is the first in a series will be prepared with a view to developing corrective strategies. It provides yet another example of the joint effort between MINAG and IICA/Jamaica in identifying ways and means for ...
    • Country Level Action Plan 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Aitken-Soux, Percy; Wahab, Abdul H.; Johnson, Irving E. (IICA, 1981)
      The Country Level Action Plan (CLAP) is intended to systematize and place in ordinal perspective the agricultural situation in a country, as a basis for determining programmes and projects for IICA's involvement in each ...
    • On Organizing Agricultural in Jamaica 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Gudger, William M. (IICA, 1981)
      This report is necessarily preliminary and is designed primarily to provide a general outline of feasible administrative and financial structures for an agricultural insurer. It alson briefly sketches the procedures that ...
    • The experiences of Jamaica in the Management of Agricultural Production on Hillsides 

      Wahab, Abdul H.; Aitken-Soux, Percy; Johnson, Irving E.; Bo-Myeong Woo; Murray, Howard; Dehaney, Joseph; Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) (IICA, 1981)
      The project is aimed at increasing production and productivity of hillside lands through application of structured multiple-cropping systems and intensive of cultivation of appropriately conserved lands. El proyecto ...