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By sowing innovation, we are reaping prosperity
(2013)IICA's contribution to the Family Agriculture Plan for Productive Linkages (PAF CP). Family Agriculture Plan (PAF) of El Salvador. -
Business management for small businesses in Trinidad and Tobago: a guide
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 01-1990)This manual seeks to outline the basic management techniques necessary for the successful operation of a small business. A small business is an enterprise owned by an individual, group or organization producing and/or ... -
Buscando caminos en el campo uruguayo.
(21-11-2012)Junto a pequeños productores agropecuarios de Uruguay reflexionamos sobre su situación. Contamos con los aportes realizados por el Presidente de ese país, José Mujica; y el Ministro de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca, Tabaré ... -
Building gender-sensitive activities into agricultural extension programmes: workshop report
(IICA, 03-1993)The major objectives of the project is to improve the quality of life of the rural families with specific reference to women through strengthening the institucions which provide support services to the rural families. -
Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Caribbean Countries: The Commonwealth of Dominica
(Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), 2023)Agriculture is the second-largest sector in Dominica, contributing between 11.5% and 15.2% of the country's GDP from 2010 to 2020. However, several barriers to implementing the country's NDCs have been identified, including ... -
Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Caribbean Countries: The Bahamas
(Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), 2023)The Bahamas stated adaptation priorities for the agricultural sector in its initial Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), including food security and reducing import dependency. However, as of August 2022, the country ... -
Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Caribbean Countries: St. Kitts and Nevis
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2023)St. Kitts & Nevis' agriculture sector represents 1.4% of GDP and consists of small-scale farms. The government owns most of the farm land, with the remainder owned by individuals and families. Subsistence farming is common, ... -
Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Caribbean Countries: Saint Lucia
(Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), 2023)The agriculture sector in Saint Lucia is primarily small-scale and rain-fed, with limited use of modern technology. Agriculture has not been prioritized in Saint Lucia’s NDCs due to challenges such as limited data availability, ... -
Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Caribbean Countries: Belize
(Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), 2023)Belize's Initial Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) did not include agriculture in its mitigation targets, but it was identified as a priority sector for adaptation measures. However, implementing climate resilient ... -
Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Caribbean Countries: Suriname
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2023)Agriculture is a significant sector in Suriname, employing 17% of the population, but faces challenges such as low productivity, inadequate technology, and limited irrigation. The country has prioritized climate resilient ... -
Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Caribbean Countries: Haiti
(Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), 2023)Haiti's per capita GDP is the lowest in Latin America and the Caribbean. Climate resilient agriculture (CRA) technologies face barriers to inclusion, such as limited access to credit and inadequate policy framework. ... -
Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Caribbean Countries: Trinidad and Tobago
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2023)Trinidad and Tobago's agriculture sector contributes only 1.2% to the country's GDP, but it employs over 4% of the population and plays a crucial role in diversifying the economy. However, the sector faces challenges in ... -
Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Caribbean Countries: St. Vincent and the Grenadines
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2023)Agriculture is a priority sector for adaptation in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, but no mitigation targets were included in its initial Nationally Determined Contributions (iNDC). The main barrier to implementing climate ... -
Building capacity for enhancing food security and rural life in the Americas: report of the Secretariat on the 2008 -2009 Ministerial Process Agriculture and Rural Life in the Americas and the Fifth Ministerial Meeting - Jamaica 2009
(IICA, 2010)The document is divided into two sections; The first deals with general information on the fifth Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Rural Life in the Americas. In the second part, the background to the Ministerial ... -
Building capacities to improve the competitiveness of the agricultural sector of the Caribbean
A regional public policy designed, jointly by all participating countries, and its implementation, by all participating institutions, to improve competitiveness of the regional agricultural sector, through the enhancement ... -
Building Bridges of Knowledge in LAC: South-South Exchange of Experiences to Strengthen Resilience and Adaption of Food Systems Facing Climate Change.
(2023)As the largest food exporting region in the world (28% of all global agri-food exports) the Americas are particularly important for global food and nutrition security. Agri-food systems are a fundamental economic activity ... -
Building a distance learning network for management training of agricultural development managers in the Latin American and Caribbean Region
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2000)The article explain the ISNAR and IICA jointly prepared a proposal to deliver agricultural research management training in 3 countries (Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and Honduras), as a pilot project. The lessons of the ... -
Buenas prácticas y lecciones aprendidas en el seguimiento, el monitoreo y la evaluación de políticas para la agricultura
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2017)El presente documento se centra en analizar la evolución de los SME de políticas agrícolas de las Américas, con el fn de identifcar buenas prácticas y lecciones aprendidas en esta materia. Sin desmerecer que las etapas de ... -
Buenas prácticas para la elaboración, manipulación y procesamiento de alimentos
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2009)Presenta una guía de buenas prácticas en la producción alimentaria. -
Buenas prácticas para el manejo de plantas ornamentales
La floricultura es defnida como una ciencia que estudia la producción y comercialización de plantas requeridas por sus flores, hojas o por alguna otra cualidad ornamental que presente. En el Paraguay el IICA en consulta con ...
