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The agriculture of MERCOSUR: past, present and future
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1997)
This paper analyzes the evolution of MERCOSUR and its impact on agricutural trade. The first section discusses the formation of MERCOSUR by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, highlighting the institutional reforms ...
A review of the macro-economic policy environment of the OECS: 1980-1995
(IICA, 1997)
This paper examines the objectives and instruments of macroeconomic policy and highlights important developments and policy changes over the period 1980-1995 in policy formulation and implementation for the five member ...
IICA-CANADA Action Plan 1997: progress report
(IICA, 1997)
The objetive of the present document is to present a brief description of the initiatives implemented in 1997 and the importance of the continuation of this partnership approach beyond 1998. IICA-Canada concentrated its ...
Brazil: agricultural production and trade prospects
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1997)
The paper is organized as follows: section II presents trade patterns of the most important agricultural commodities for the last 15 years. Section III discusses the impact of changes in agricultural policies, and investment ...
Agriculture in Trinidad and Tobago 1991-1995 & beyond
(IICA, 12-1997)
Trinidad and Tobago is one of the few Caribbean countries for which information on the agricultural sector, both statistical and qualitative, is available. Reports, and studies undertaken by the Ministry of Agriculture, ...
Proceedings of the 19th IPC plenary meeting and seminar
(IICA, 07-1997)
Project profile: increasing the participation of youth in the agricultural and rural development process in the Eastern Caribbean States
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 03-1997)
This document explains about this project is designed to address the core problem of the limited participation of youth in the rural and agricultural development process in the Eastern Caribbean States (ECS), involving, ...
A quantitative analysis of the performance of the Windward Islands Banana Industry : measuring total factr productivity growth, 1965-1995
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1997)
This document explains on bananas are the most important tropical fruit in world trade. In, 1995, world imports of bananas totaled 10.6 million metric tons valued at over US .3 billion. The Windward islands have traditionally ...
Emergency action plan for exotic plant pests and diseases: a model for Caribbean countries
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 02-1997)
The objectives of plant quarantine are: 1) to prevent the introduction of plant pests and/or diseases; 2) to eradicate, control or retard the spread of any such pest or disease that has already been introduced into a country.
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 ...