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Hunger and nutrition from belly-full to body-fuel
(2015)
Part I-Exploring Hunger, discusses the various definitions and interpretations of the word hunger, its causes and global efforts to eliminate its extreme forms. Particular focus is placed on Goal 1 of the Millennium ...
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 and sweet potato. Suitability of popular Caribbean varieties for value added product development
(IICA, 2015)
The information presented herein is the outcome of a project, “Enhancing the Value Added Processing of Roots and Tubers in the Caribbean through the Transfer of Improved Technologies” funded by the Inter-American Institute ...
Family farming : considerations for agricultural policies in the Caribbean
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2019)
In 2014, the role of farmers in the Caribbean was brought into even sharper focus with the global effort to recognize and promote the concept of ‘family farmers.’ In fact, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United ...
Trinidad y Tobago. Significant achievements 2010-2017
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2017)
The main activities carried out by the Institute in Trinidad and Tobago are identified, during the period from 2010 to 2017, with respect to the needs and interests of the country, strengthening issues such as biotechnology, ...
Farming Change, growing more food with a changing resource base: critical, issues, perspectives and options
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)Caribbean Regional Agricultural Policy Network (CaRAPN), 2012)
This publication seeks to provoke thought on the question of whether farming in the Caribbean will be able to take advantage of climate change and the changing natural environment to provide sustainable environmental, ...
Implementing a CSME Community Agricultural Policy: issues, options and process
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2009)
The contents of this publication include perspectives on the issue of a community agriculture
policy in CARICOM, the full paper on Issues, Options and Process for Implementing the CSME
Community Agriculture Policy (CCAP), ...
Diagnosis of the pineapple industry in Guyana: major constraints and perspectives
(IICA, 09-1993)
Pineapple production, the third export crop after rice and sugar cane, has been decreasing since 1990, in terms of volume and quality, resulting in a large reduction of exports of fresh fruit and a significant increase in ...
In a nutshell. Practicing Good Agriculture ... the vital link ... in the food safety chain
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2003)
This issues provides information on good agricultural practices (GAP) for fresh fruit and vegetable production in an attempt to enhance knowledge, improve farming techniques and contribute to the overall goal of producing ...
An overview of the current status of agriculture in Tobago: implications for the future
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1994)
The document explains that successfull agricultural diversification in the future will require a focussed approach which is bases on optimal use of resources in a manner that makes Tobago's agriculture competitive, ...