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Assessment of the vulnerability of Jamaica’s agricultural sector to the adverse consequences of severe weather events
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2018)
The report provides a list of recommendations for the agriculture sector in general, and others for specific sub-sectors, all of which can help the sector to adapt to vulnerabilities related to climate variables. In ...
Hillside Agriculture Sub-Project (HASP): Wholesale seasonal price variation for the coronation market
(IICA, 12-1994)
This report provides information regarding seasonal price variations at the Coronation market for a number of crops. As such, this study is geared as a farm planning tool for both extensionists and farmers.
Seminar on mediterranean fruit fly
(IICA, 1981)
Se presentan temas abordas en el seminario acerca de la mosca mediterránea de la fruta.
Smoke curing of fish (as a household industry in rural Jamaica)
(Instituto Interamericano de Ciencias Agrícolas, 1981)
The preparation of this publication is timely with respect to the national efforts being made towards the development of the country's fish industry. It underscores the necessity for adaptive research in refining measures ...
The Jamaican small-scale farmer: an annotated bibliography
(IICA, 1988)
Contiene una bibliografía anotada referida a aspectos económicos de los pequeños productores agrícolas de Jamaica. Su propósito es que sirva de apoyo a los investigadores y profesionales, tanto del sector gubernamental ...
Small business training tools. Test edition
(IICA, 03-1988)
This guide provides small-business trainers with a series of tools and techniques for improving their training activities. It is to be used in conjunction with the three IICA manuals for micro-entrepreneurs, titled: Starting ...
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 ...
Pimento : the Jamaican allspice story
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2013)
This book is on Pimento otherwise known to the spice world as Jamaican Allspice, one of Jamaica’s oldest export commodities. It is the most informative and comprehensive book to be written on the subject and the most recent ...
Jamaica: a strategic proposal for rural development IICA
(01-1994)
The objectives of this document are to identify the main groups of rural poor; to evaluate their basic resources; to examine the structure of the real and potential demand for Jamaica's agricultural products; to assess the ...
Notes on the economic structural adjustment process in Jamaica
(IICA, 01-1994)
The aim of this paper is to trace the socioeconomic scenario that impelled Jamaica to affirm its economic liberalization process. It narrates the economic ambience that preceded the structural adjustment process itself, ...