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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 ...
Characterisation of Family Farms in the Caribbean : A Study of Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2017)
The study was conducted with the support of researchers from the University of West Indies, Dr. David Dolly and Mr. Glenroy Ennis, who traveled to each of the countries to carry out the interviews and field visits, with ...
Technical Manual for the production of specific herbal plants in Jamaica
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2015)
This manual sets out the practices which have been carried out by researchers to successfully grow the plant species blackmint, cerasee, lemon grass, peppermint and sorrel in monoculture to produce acceptable yields either ...
Cassava in the Caribbean region : a look at the potential of the crop to promote agricultural development and economic growth
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), 2016)
This document is an attempt to present an overview of the technological options that are currently available to promote increased productivity and competitiveness of the cassava crop. These options could become an excellent ...
Regional oil and gas bonanza and the 25x2025 food import reduction imperative
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 14-06-2022)
El Gobierno de Guyana y el CARICOM llevaron a cabo el Foro y Exposición de Agroinversión: invertir en Visión 25x2025, en mayo del 2022, como modo de abordar el tema de la inseguridad alimentaria, causada en gran medida por ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Animal disease report Antilles Zones. Fascioliasis in Jamaica
(IICA, 1984)
The report features articles on animal diseases in different papers, this one focuses on fascioliasis in Jamaica; epidemiological and economic species of parasitic zoonoses transmitted by snails.