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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 ...
Modernization of the IICA Office in Jamaica
(IICA, 04-2001)
In this document explains about the modernization program comprised three basic elements: 1) development of a strategic plan for IICA technical cooperation in Jamaica; 2) administrative modernization of the office; 3) ...
The production and marketing of yams from allsides and the Christiana area of Jamaica
(Instituto Interamericano de Ciencias Agrícolas (IICA), 1978)
The purpose of this study expressed in the simplest and most general way, is to see step, how yams produced in All Sides by farmers, reach and are purchased by consumers of this product mainly in Jamaica.
Agricultural extensión service in Jamaica
(Instituto Interamericano de Ciencias Agrícolas (IICA), 1979)
The purpose of this paper is bring together the salient fragments of available information into one composite and comprehensive with a view to providing a record of the importante features of the evolution of the extensión ...
Cost of production of food crops: St. James
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1994)
This document contains information on the Costs of food crop production in St. James
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 ...
The contribution of agriculture to sustainable development in Jamaica
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2010)
This paper shows that the contribution of agriculture to GDP is, in fact, underreported. It outlines an alternative approach to assessing the sector’s performance and introduces the concept of expanded agriculture, which ...
Cost of production of food crops: St. Mary
(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).
Policy and administrative aspects of the land development and utilization act 1966 in Jamaica
(Instituto Interamericano de Ciencias Agrícolas (IICA), 1981)
The main objective was to made land available to the land-hungry. The targets were the large land-owners.
Cost of production of food crops: St. Catherine
(Instituto Interamericano de Ciencias Agrícolas (IICA), 1994)
The data presented in this publication consist of an update of the cost of production information released in July 1991. The technical coefficients for the different labour operations and inputs have been converted to ...