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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 ...
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 ...
Cost of production of food crops: St. Thomas
(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)
A report of a farmer market fair in Jamaica
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 09-1991)
This report encompasses the methodological aspects of the Farmers Market Fair, its organisation, administration, characteristics of producers and consumers, and nature of the produce. It also provides empirical evidence ...
Sustainable agricultural development for small hillside farmers in Jamaica
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 12-1994)
This publication contains two papers that deal with sustainable agricultural development for small hillside farmers in Jamaica, focusing on institutional and technological considerations. The first paper established the ...
Jamaica's hillside agriculture: an environmental endowment
(IICA, 09-1994)
This paper discusses how Jamaica's hillside agriculture conceptually interfaces development and sustainability issues. Additionally, this farming systems in a fragile ecosystem is an environmental endowmen. It is anticipated ...
IICA action strategy in Jamaica: 1990-1991
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1991)
The document refers to the overall strategy for the 1990-1991 biennium: a) to assist the Government of Jamaica in bringing Jamaican back to its pre-Hurricane Gilbert level of development, while at the same time developing, ...
On-farm mango (Mangifera indica L.) cultivar trials for small hillside farmers between 230 and 300 meters elevation in the Parish of St. Catherine
(IICA, 12-1994)
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The objective of the document was to test the production of five commercial cultivars of mango, mangifera indica L., and to provide extension agents, local farmers and researchers with information on the ...
Proceedings of the institutional context for on-farm adaptive research: Round table
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1993)
The objective of the round-table was to discuss issues concerning the institutionalization of an on-farm research capacibility, drawing on the Hillside Agriculture Sub-Project's (HASP). Multidisciplinary, integrated farming ...
Cost of production of food crops: Kingston & Saint Andrew farm management section
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1991)
The purpose of the survey was to generate cost of production of the main crops by parish and to refine the cost of production data collection methodology.