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Family farming : considerations for agricultural policies in the Caribbean
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2019)
In 2014, the role of farmers in the Caribbean was brought into even sharper focus with the global effort to recognize and promote the concept of ‘family farmers.’ In fact, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United ...
Proceedings of a workshop on Post Harvest Handling of Horticultural Commodities for Export
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1990)
The document explains that recently, Trinidad and Tobago has experience a high rate of growth in the export of fresh horticultural commodities, with an increase in volume of exports of three hundred percent (300 percent) ...
Diagnosis of the pineapple industry in Guyana: major constraints and perspectives
(IICA, 09-1993)
Pineapple production, the third export crop after rice and sugar cane, has been decreasing since 1990, in terms of volume and quality, resulting in a large reduction of exports of fresh fruit and a significant increase in ...
Business management for small businesses in Trinidad and Tobago: a guide
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 01-1990)
This manual seeks to outline the basic management techniques necessary for the successful operation of a small business. A small business is an enterprise owned by an individual, group or organization producing and/or ...
Survey on birds' damage damage to fruits in Tobago
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 12-1992)
This survey sought to find out which birds were involved, the fruit crops most attacked by the birds and whether the extent of the danage varied according to the location of the fields. The main birds involved are the ...
Proceedings of the seminar: PLANLAC and the media
(IICA, 1991)
The document explains that the Seminar's aim was to examine the PLANLAC and what has taken place since its conception by Ministers of Agriculture of the hemisphere when they met in Ottawa, Canada in 1987. It also looks at ...
Agriculture in Grenada 1991-1995 and beyond
(IICA, 1997)
The information and analysis are based on statistics and descriptive information extracted from various national sources, as well as from reports generated by regional and international counterpart institutions. It is ...
A preliminary study on the golden apple (Spondia dulcis): production and marketing in Grenada
(IICA, 07-1993)
The document explains that the present effort is a proven product of how much could be acheived when inter-programme and inter-institutional cooperation is used towards the analysis of the commodity system of a crop with ...
Proceedings of a Meeting on the harmonization of pesticide legislation and the registration process in the Caribbean
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1983)
The objective of the meeting was: To examine and analyse the concepts of pesticide legislation and registration in the Caribbean region with a view to standardizing criteria for pesticide use. The meeting was held jointly ...
In a nutshell focuses on the 1994 GATT/WTO Agriculture Agreement and other agreement of the Uruguay Round which are of relevance to global agricultural trade
(IICA, 1997)
Industrial countries subsdise their agricultural sector by protecting them from competition and by subsidising exports, which have tended to lower international prices. In contrast, developing countries have tended to tax ...