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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
A component of the IICA marketing and agro-industrial project
(IICA, 03-1989)
This report was commissioned by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) through its local office in Jamaica, and represents the results of an agro-industrial marketing survey in Jamaica. The ...
Cost of production of food crops: St. Thomas
(IICA, 12-1994)
The costs presented in this publication correspond to the costs of labour and inputs directly used in the production of the crop (variable cost)
Post Gilbert financing: assistance for small businesses and small farms
(IICA, 10-1988)
The document makes reference to the Hurricane Gilbert when it devastated the island of Jamaica in 1988. Since Gilbert's trail of destruction whipped through the country, some national agencies have created special loan ...
Regional Conference on Rural Women Food Producers in the Caribbean Kingston: Report
(IICA, 05-1995)
The conference intents to raise consciousness of the conditions and needs of rural women farmers and to convince the authorities, ministers of agriculture, statistical units, planning agencies and the like, to institute ...