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Jamaica. Annual report 2004
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2004)
Presents the results of IICA's management in compliance with the activities proposed in the National Agenda. It addresses the issues of competitiveness and global trade, promotion of food security and agricultural health, ...
Jamaica. Annual report 2005
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2005)
Presents the results of IICA's management according to the aspects mentioned in the National Agenda, in relation to environmental management, promotion of food safety, international modernization, development of human ...
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 ...
Estimated growth in domestic crops area, yield, and production 1969-1988
(01-1991)
5 tablas
A total of 50 crops are considered in this analysis. It explores the performance of the crops produced by the majority of the small farmers, mainly for domestic consumption. Small farmer's land and labour are ...
Committed to the promotion of sustainable agricultural development and prosperity of rural communities in Jamaica
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2002)
The Jamaican economy continued to experience major setbacks in several sectors during 2001. The agriculture sector continues to be challenged by globalization and trade liberalization, particularly the erosion of preferential ...
A report of a farmer market fair in Jamaica
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 09-1991)
This report encompasses the methodological aspects of the Farmers Market Fair, its organisation, administration, characteristics of producers and consumers, and nature of the produce. It also provides empirical evidence ...
IICA action strategy in Jamaica: 1990-1991
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1991)
The document refers to the overall strategy for the 1990-1991 biennium: a) to assist the Government of Jamaica in bringing Jamaican back to its pre-Hurricane Gilbert level of development, while at the same time developing, ...
On-farm mango (Mangifera indica L.) cultivar trials for small hillside farmers between 230 and 300 meters elevation in the Parish of St. Catherine
(IICA, 12-1994)
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The objective of the document was to test the production of five commercial cultivars of mango, mangifera indica L., and to provide extension agents, local farmers and researchers with information on the ...
Proceedings of the institutional context for on-farm adaptive research: Round table
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1993)
The objective of the round-table was to discuss issues concerning the institutionalization of an on-farm research capacibility, drawing on the Hillside Agriculture Sub-Project's (HASP). Multidisciplinary, integrated farming ...