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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 ...
Women food producers in Jamaica: assessment and policies
(IICA, 02-1996)
Este estudio pretende sentar las bases sobre las cuales se puedan orientas las políticas y acciones del gobierno para mejorar las condiciones laborales de las mujeres productoras de alimentos y la seguridad alimentaria y ...
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 ...
The generation and transfer of technology to support cotton production in the Caribbean. Cotton research and development project
(IICA, 1992)
Presents the cotton research and development project into a programme for research and development for West Sea Island cotton and the generation and transfer of technology in support of cotton production in the Caribbean.
Small scale agri-business opportunities in Trinidad and Tobago
(IICA, 01-1990)
The document explains that IICA is presently involved in a project which principal objective is to provide technical advice and management training to persons who are desirous of pursuing business opportunities in the ...
Technical Committee for Agricultural Technology Transfer Between Latin America and the Caribbean (TECLAC); first programming meeting
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 05-1995)
The meeting was attended by hig-level representatives from eleven key institutions, based in Latin American and the Caribbean, engaged in agricultural policy, education or technology research, development and transfer. It ...
First Regional OECS Vegetable Development Projects Workshop: proceedings
(IICA, 1990)
The document explains that the Workshop's major objectives were to: 1) Review technological and nontechnological constraints, including organisational and managerial issues, to vegetable production/marketing development ...
Public policy and institutional challenges in the achievement of sustainable agriculture
(IICA, 1991)
First, the document notes that sustainable development is attracting the attention of the international community within the framework of what is refered to as the World's Common Future (Brundtland Commision 1987). To ...
Economic incentives and the agri-food sector of OECS countries: a quantitative assessment
(IICA, 11-1994)
This study assesses the impact of economic incentives on the agri-food sector of eight OECS countries by analysing the effect of policy induced measures on exports, private investment, farm-firm efficiency and industry ...
Report on selective survey of small ruminants (Grenada & Carriacou)
(IICA, 06-1991)
The documents presents a brief description of the survey and a tabular presentation of a summarised version of the survey results. Immediately following the table is a discussion of the tetailed survey results, on a parish ...