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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 ...
A component of the IICA marketing and agro-industrial project
(IICA, 03-1989)
This report was commissioned by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) through its local office in Jamaica, and represents the results of an agro-industrial marketing survey in Jamaica. The ...
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.
Supplementary report on the applied research work carried out with red beans at brumdec by the grain production specialist
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1982)
During January/February 1982 five (5) experiments were started with red bean, two (2) on Four Paths Clay and three (3) on Morass Peat. On each soil type a basic fertilizer experiment and a relevance of production factors ...
Overview of Agricultural Development in Jamaica
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1981)
It is apprecited that the subject of agricultural development covers a very wide area, the main objective of which is to inprove the main national resource, humans, by development of the physical resource. many variables ...
Investigating Critical Levels of Dry Rotting of Yellow Yam (Dioscorea Cayenesis) Planing Material, the Benefits of Disinfesting the Heads of Pratylechus Coffeae and of After-Planing Nematicide Treatments
Several noxious nematodes are associated with yams in Jamaica but Pratylenchus coffea is the only one found infesting yellow yam tubers affected by a dry rot called "burning".
There was significantly less bearing plants ...
Post Gilbert financing: assistance for small businesses and small farms
(IICA, 10-1988)
The document makes reference to the Hurricane Gilbert when it devastated the island of Jamaica in 1988. Since Gilbert's trail of destruction whipped through the country, some national agencies have created special loan ...
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)
Seminar on mediterranean fruit fly
(IICA, 1981)
Se presentan temas abordas en el seminario acerca de la mosca mediterránea de la fruta.
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 ...