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Farm management hand-book
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1982)
The book is divided into two parts. The first consists of seven chapters in which the principles and methods of planning and analysis for the agricultural business are presented. The second consists of three chapters ...
Research management for development: open letter to a new agricultural research director
(IICA, 1989)
The material is presented in an organized manner to aid research managers in the developing countries. The book is highly educative and informative, recommend its use in formal trainig and orientation courses for research ...
Framework for CORECA action
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1986)
The document was written to provide a broader and clearer understing of IICA's purposes and those of the Council, and of the executive activities carried out by the Secretariat, in light of the new agreement on Technical ...
The evaluation of IICA's action in Jamaica 1984-1988
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 04-1989)
Revised draft
This document is the result of the Evaluation Mission of the IICA Office in Jamaica. The report is divided into nine chapters covering the main results of the analysis of IICA actions in Jamaica during the ...
Memoir: Seminar on Trade and Pricing Policies in Latin American Agriculture
(IICA, 1988)
The Momoir of the Seminar on Trade and Pricing Policies in Latin American Agriculture, which took place from 27-30 March, l987 in Cartagena, Colombia, is presented it is sub-divided into sections covering the formal ...
Proyecto Cooperativo de Investigación sobre Tecnología Agropecuaria en América Latina PROTAAL. Mechanization in California Agriculture: The Case of Canning Tomatoes
(1980, 1980)
This document presents:
-The purpose of this study
-The political economic context
-The role of the state in California's agrricultural development
-Agricultural adjustments to the termination of the bracero program
-The ...
La participación del sector privado en la investigación agropecuaria: notas y comentarios
(IICA, 1989)
Primeramente se refiere a la modernización agrícola, al cambio institucional, a la biotecnología y la privatización de las actividades de investigación y desarrollo agrícolas. Destaca algunos temas de reflexión relacionados ...
Risk aversion, rural financial markets and the demand for crop insurance
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 01-1982)
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The paper starts with the observation that the market for yield insurance of agricultural commodities has failed universally, even in the most developed countries. Section I shows that failure of the markets ...
Final report: crop credit insurance systems
(IICA, 1984)
Los riesgos agrícolas tienen un impacto negativo en el desarrollo del sector rural, y si bien los agricultores cuentan con mecanismos tradicionales para adaptarse a los riesgos, dichos mecanismos resultan inútiles por la ...
Guiding agricultural policy implementation in Latin America
(IICA, 02-1987)
PROPLAN/A is the result of a joint effort by IICA and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. This document was based on another which as originally prepared with the purpose results achieved between 1980 and 1986 through the ...