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    • Business management for small businesses in Trinidad and Tobago: a guide 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 01-1990)
      This manual seeks to outline the basic management techniques necessary for the successful operation of a small business. A small business is an enterprise owned by an individual, group or organization producing and/or ...

    • Building gender-sensitive activities into agricultural extension programmes: workshop report 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) (IICA, 03-1993)
      The major objectives of the project is to improve the quality of life of the rural families with specific reference to women through strengthening the institucions which provide support services to the rural families.

    • Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Caribbean Countries: The Commonwealth of Dominica 

      Hayman, Alicia; CARICOM AgReady Project (Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), 2023)
      Agriculture is the second-largest sector in Dominica, contributing between 11.5% and 15.2% of the country's GDP from 2010 to 2020. However, several barriers to implementing the country's NDCs have been identified, including ...

    • Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Caribbean Countries: The Bahamas 

      CARICOM AgReady Project; Hayman, Alicia (Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), 2023)
      The Bahamas stated adaptation priorities for the agricultural sector in its initial Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), including food security and reducing import dependency. However, as of August 2022, the country ...

    • Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Caribbean Countries: St. Kitts and Nevis 

      Hayman, Alicia A; CARICOM AgReady Project (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2023)
      St. Kitts & Nevis' agriculture sector represents 1.4% of GDP and consists of small-scale farms. The government owns most of the farm land, with the remainder owned by individuals and families. Subsistence farming is common, ...

    • Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Caribbean Countries: Saint Lucia 

      Hayman, Alicia; CARICOM AgReady Project (Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), 2023)
      The agriculture sector in Saint Lucia is primarily small-scale and rain-fed, with limited use of modern technology. Agriculture has not been prioritized in Saint Lucia’s NDCs due to challenges such as limited data availability, ...

    • Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Caribbean Countries: Belize 

      Hayman, Alicia; CARICOM AgReady Project (Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), 2023)
      Belize's Initial Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) did not include agriculture in its mitigation targets, but it was identified as a priority sector for adaptation measures. However, implementing climate resilient ...

    • Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Caribbean Countries: Suriname 

      Hayman, Alicia A; CARICOM AgReady Project (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2023)
      Agriculture is a significant sector in Suriname, employing 17% of the population, but faces challenges such as low productivity, inadequate technology, and limited irrigation. The country has prioritized climate resilient ...

    • Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Caribbean Countries: Haiti 

      CARICOM AgReady Project; Hayman, Alicia (Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), 2023)
      Haiti's per capita GDP is the lowest in Latin America and the Caribbean. Climate resilient agriculture (CRA) technologies face barriers to inclusion, such as limited access to credit and inadequate policy framework. ...

    • Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Caribbean Countries: Trinidad and Tobago 

      Hayman, Alicia A; CARICOM AgReady Project (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2023)
      Trinidad and Tobago's agriculture sector contributes only 1.2% to the country's GDP, but it employs over 4% of the population and plays a crucial role in diversifying the economy. However, the sector faces challenges in ...

    • Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Caribbean Countries: St. Vincent and the Grenadines 

      Hayman, Alicia A; CARICOM AgReady Project (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2023)
      Agriculture is a priority sector for adaptation in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, but no mitigation targets were included in its initial Nationally Determined Contributions (iNDC). The main barrier to implementing climate ...

    • Building capacity for enhancing food security and rural life in the Americas: report of the Secretariat on the 2008 -2009 Ministerial Process Agriculture and Rural Life in the Americas and the Fifth Ministerial Meeting - Jamaica 2009 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) (IICA, 2010)
      The document is divided into two sections; The first deals with general information on the fifth Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Rural Life in the Americas. In the second part, the background to the Ministerial ...

    • Building capacities to improve the competitiveness of the agricultural sector of the Caribbean 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Caribbean Council of Higher Education in Agriculture (CACHE)
      A regional public policy designed, jointly by all participating countries, and its implementation, by all participating institutions, to improve competitiveness of the regional agricultural sector, through the enhancement ...

    • Building a distance learning network for management training of agricultural development managers in the Latin American and Caribbean Region 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) (IICA, 2000)
      The article explain the ISNAR and IICA jointly prepared a proposal to deliver agricultural research management training in 3 countries (Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and Honduras), as a pilot project. The lessons of the ...

    • Buenas prácticas y lecciones aprendidas en el seguimiento, el monitoreo y la evaluación de políticas para la agricultura 

      Chavarría Miranda, Hugo; Sáenz, Juan Pablo; Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Arias Segura, Joaquín; Cruz, Edgar; Proyecto Insignia Competitividad y Sustentabilidad de Cadenas Agrícolas; Eje Transversal Innovación y Tecnología (ETIT); Programa de Comercio Internacional e Integración Regional (PCIIR) (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2017)
      El presente documento se centra en analizar la evolución de los SME de políticas agrícolas de las Américas, con el fn de identifcar buenas prácticas y lecciones aprendidas en esta materia. Sin desmerecer que las etapas de ...

    • Buenas prácticas para la elaboración, manipulación y procesamiento de alimentos 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Agencia Presidencial para la Acción Social y la Cooperación Internacional, Bogotá (Colombia) (ACCION SOCIAL); Agencia de Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional USAID- Programa MIDAS; Area de Sanidad Agropecuaria e Inocuidad Alimentaria, Bogotá (Colombia); Proyecto Mujeres Ahorradoras en Acción (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2009)
      Presenta una guía de buenas prácticas en la producción alimentaria.

    • Buenas prácticas para el manejo de plantas ornamentales 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)
      La floricultura es defnida como una ciencia que estudia la producción y comercialización de plantas requeridas por sus flores, hojas o por alguna otra cualidad ornamental que presente. En el Paraguay el IICA en consulta con ...

    • Buenas prácticas para el desarrollo de agricultura sostenible y afrontar el cambio climático 

      Cárdenas, Jeanette; San Román, Lorena; Programa Regional de Investigación e Innovación por Cadenas de Valor Agrícola (PRIICA); Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Turrialba (Costa Rica) (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2016)
      Este documento es un instrumento de guía y consulta para los actores que se desempeñan en Programa Regional de Investigación e Innovación por Cadenas de Valor Agrícolas (PRIICA). Las prácticas sostenibles contribuyen al ...

    • Buenas prácticas en la elaboración en mapas de suelo 

      Centro de Investigaciones Agronómicas, San José (Costa Rica) (CIA); Universidad de Costa Rica, San José (Costa Rica) (UCR); Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Eje Transversal Innovación y Tecnología (ETIT); Programa de Cambio Climático, Recursos Naturales y Gestión de Riesgos Productivos (PCRG) (2016)
      En este documento se sistematizan las principales lecciones que la UCR ha obtenido en los últimos años en buenas prácticas para elaborar mapas de suelos. Constituye una herramienta útil no solo para analistas y especialistas ...

    • Buenas prácticas de producción avícola: manejo seguro de los medicamentos 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Corporación Nacional de Avicultores del Ecuador (CONAVE); Servicio Ecuatoriano en Sanidad Agropecuaria, Quito (Ecuador) (SESA)
      Explica las generalidades del manejo de los medicamentos en el sector avícola. Presenta una conceptualización del término medicamento, las vías de administración y las presentaciones. Describe el registro unificado SESA. ...