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In a nutshell: Organic agriculture closing the information gap
(IICA, 1993)
Organic farming is more than just growing chemical-free foods. It is a sustainable for of agriculture, which results in the lowest possible levels of hazards in foods. All aspects, from inputs used, to production, processing ...
A farmer's guide to citrus production
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1993)
This guide is neither a literature review nor does it seek to achieve the status of a technical paper. Instead, it attempts to be as current as possible with the understanding that changes are currently occurring especially ...
Proceedings of the seminar: PLANLAC and the media
(IICA, 1991)
The document explains that the Seminar's aim was to examine the PLANLAC and what has taken place since its conception by Ministers of Agriculture of the hemisphere when they met in Ottawa, Canada in 1987. It also looks at ...
Agriculture in Grenada 1991-1995 and beyond
(IICA, 1997)
The information and analysis are based on statistics and descriptive information extracted from various national sources, as well as from reports generated by regional and international counterpart institutions. It is ...
A preliminary study on the golden apple (Spondia dulcis): production and marketing in Grenada
(IICA, 07-1993)
The document explains that the present effort is a proven product of how much could be acheived when inter-programme and inter-institutional cooperation is used towards the analysis of the commodity system of a crop with ...
Report on the current food and domestic demand situation in the countries of the Lesser Antilles as part of the study on the competitiveness of the agriculture sector in the Lesser Antilles
(IICA, 1998)
El objetivo de esta acción conjunta entre el IICA y FMTC, es abordar varios temas críticos en la producción y distribución agrícola no tradicional y, específicamente, evaluar la competitividad de determinadas empresas agrícolas.
Workshop Report : Global Market Integration and the Sector Agri-Food Sector
(IICA, 1998)
The workshop was divided into three main modules which focused on the new global trade environment, regional trade arrangements, and competitiveness and private sector initiatives for competing in global agri-food markets. ...
In a nutshell focuses on the 1994 GATT/WTO Agriculture Agreement and other agreement of the Uruguay Round which are of relevance to global agricultural trade
(IICA, 1997)
Industrial countries subsdise their agricultural sector by protecting them from competition and by subsidising exports, which have tended to lower international prices. In contrast, developing countries have tended to tax ...
Report on the opportunities and constraints for non-traditional agricultural exports in the U.S. market: as part of the study on the competitiveness of the agriculture sector in the lesser antilles
(IICA, 1998)
The purpuse of this report is to provide insight into the currento forces driving change in the U.S. market for nontraditional agricultural products and to identify the primary opportunities and constraints to prospective ...
Report of the 20 Standing Committee of Ministers of Agriculture (SCMA) for the period june 1996 to may 1997
(IICA, 1997)
This document contains a report on its work in the Caribbean, comprising the countries of CARICOM plus the Dominican Republic and Haiti, conducted primarily through its Caribbean Regional Centre, to the SCMA. The report ...