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A roadbed for Jamaica's agricultural export development
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 12-1994)
The document explains that the agriculture needs to be reestructured in order to promote and diversify exports. It reccapitulates the status of Jamaica's agriculture and its exports. A strategy Tropical boutique agriculture ...
The coffee sector of Costa Rica: production, organizational and institutional aspects of industry
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1999)
This document explains on economic importance of coffee the coffee market, organization with the coffee sub-sector, support institutions and relationship between the various actors in the coffee industry.
The social dynamics of on-farm adaptive research
(IICA, 12-1993)
The paper gives some guidelines of how to conduct interviews with farmers in order to create an atmosphere in which the researcher and farmer can work for each other's benefit. This requirement is essential in the cases ...
The banana sector of Costa Rica: production, organizational and institutional aspects of the industry The banana sector of Costa Rica production, organizational and institutional aspects of the industry
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1999)
This document explains on economic importance of banana, market, organization of the banana sub-sector, private organizations in the banana industry support institutions, interrelationship between the various actors in the ...
Cost of production of food crops: St. Ann
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (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 (cariable cost).
Long run farm planning: investment analysis
(IICA, 10-1991)
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The publication of this series of training manuals is for the purpose of contributing to the improvement of farm management skills of small farmers in Jamaica. Those interesed in expanding the information for ...
II Annual Conference Jamaican Society for Agricultural Sciences: Political and economic dimensions of technology transfer
(IICA, 1992)
This brief paper attempts to provide a general overview of the political and economic dimension vis-a-vis technology transfer. It suggests a broad agenda for understanding some of the inter-relationships between agricultural ...
Women food producers in Jamaica:a national summary
(IICA, 1996)
Technical Cooperation Agreement IICA/IDB/ATN-SF-4064-RE> Program for the analysis of Agricultural policies vis-a-vis women Food Producers in the Andean Region, the Southern Cone and the Caribbean.
Proceedings of the workshop Workshop Strategies for Strengthening Micro-Enterprises for Rural Women
(IICA, 1999)
This document explains the Jamaica network of rural women producers is to be part of a regional and hemispheric programme which came as a result of year of commitment on the part of the First Ladies of Latin American and ...
On-farm fertilizer trials of ackee Blighia sapida Koening, with small hillside farmers in the parish of St. Catherine
(IICA, 1994)
This report provides a description and analysis of an on-farm fertilizer trial of ackee, Blighia sapida Koening, outplanted in October, 1992, at an elevation of 290m above sea level in the community of Hampshire, Parish ...