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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 ...
Notes on the PROCISUR STUDY
(IICA, 1988)
Reference is made to the support services provided by PROCISUR to facilitate national program conduct. This support is important within countries where national programs support and facilitate state and regional programs. ...
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 ...
Proceedings of Seminar/workshop on tick eradication measures
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1985)
Este documento contienen las actividades y temáticas abordadas en el seminario, además se pretende erradicar las garrapatas y controlarlas en la región Caribe.
Supplementary report on the applied research work carried out with red beans at brumdec by the grain production specialist
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1982)
During January/February 1982 five (5) experiments were started with red bean, two (2) on Four Paths Clay and three (3) on Morass Peat. On each soil type a basic fertilizer experiment and a relevance of production factors ...
Comisión México-Americana para la erradicación del gusano barrenador del ganado
(Instituto Interamericano de Ciencias Agrícolas (IICA), 1980)
El gusano barrenador del ganado es la forma larvaria de la mosca Cochliomyia hominivorx (coquerel), llamada comunmente mosca del Gusano Barredor. Es un parasito de todos los animales de sangre caliente, incluyendo al hombre, ...
Entomology: apple production; Consultant final report IICA/EMBRAPA-PROCENSUL II
(IICA, 1989)
The document is based on activities as survey of phytosanitary problems on apple production in selected orchards; inspection of postharvest, treatments and procedures for apples intented to be exported to European markets; ...
Cotton and yams in Barbados: a select annotated bibliography
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1988)
Registra 105 referencias bibliográficas con resumen de trabajos publicados y seleccionados sobre algodón y ñame en Barbados. Contiene índice de materia y autores personales y corporativos para facilitar su consulta. Incluye ...
A post harvest handling system for cassava (Manihot esculenta, Crantz)
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1989)
The cassava root, like the other root and tuber crops, has been traditionally treated as a hardy crop with little attention being paid to proper harvesting and post harvest handling procedures. These reasons have accounted ...
Biophysics and molecular biology
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 08-1989)