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Assessment of the vulnerability of Jamaica’s agricultural sector to the adverse consequences of severe weather events
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2018)
The report provides a list of recommendations for the agriculture sector in general, and others for specific sub-sectors, all of which can help the sector to adapt to vulnerabilities related to climate variables. In ...
Pimento : the Jamaican allspice story
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2013)
This book is on Pimento otherwise known to the spice world as Jamaican Allspice, one of Jamaica’s oldest export commodities. It is the most informative and comprehensive book to be written on the subject and the most recent ...
A roadbed for Jamaica's agricultural export development
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 12-1994)
The document explains that the agriculture needs to be reestructured in order to promote and diversify exports. It reccapitulates the status of Jamaica's agriculture and its exports. A strategy Tropical boutique agriculture ...
Long run farm planning: investment analysis
(IICA, 10-1991)
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The publication of this series of training manuals is for the purpose of contributing to the improvement of farm management skills of small farmers in Jamaica. Those interesed in expanding the information for ...
The social dynamics of on-farm adaptive research
(IICA, 12-1993)
The paper gives some guidelines of how to conduct interviews with farmers in order to create an atmosphere in which the researcher and farmer can work for each other's benefit. This requirement is essential in the cases ...
Project Profile: Modernization of the Veterinary Services División Ministry of Agriculture and Lands: Jamaica
(IICA, 2008)
The IICA evaluation reviewed the operation and management of the VSD and furnished recommendations with respect to a new organizational structure. This new structure covers areas such as increase in the cadre of staff at ...
The Jamaican small-scale farmer: an annotated bibliography
(IICA, 1988)
Contiene una bibliografía anotada referida a aspectos económicos de los pequeños productores agrícolas de Jamaica. Su propósito es que sirva de apoyo a los investigadores y profesionales, tanto del sector gubernamental ...
Project profiles and proposals
(IICA, 1987)
The document presents four project profiles and proposals titled: 1) project for the Protection and Modernization of Coffee Production in the Caribbean (PROMOCCA); 2) Small Business Training Project: Rural Advisory Service ...
Small business training tools. Test edition
(IICA, 03-1988)
This guide provides small-business trainers with a series of tools and techniques for improving their training activities. It is to be used in conjunction with the three IICA manuals for micro-entrepreneurs, titled: Starting ...
Proceedings of the Sustainable Small Farm Milk Production Dairy Development workshop
(IICA, 1993)
The document includes five themes: Dairy development in Jamaica; Caribbean small farm milk production; herd health for sustainable milk production; St. Stanislaus dairy demonstration unit: a farm profile; and, herd management ...