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In a nutshell food safety, trade and public health
This series is specifically designed to provide a simplified synopsis fir persons who need a quick reference guide on issues of relevance to Caribbean Agriculture in an increasingly globalised trade environment.
Un IICA renovado para el siglo XXI
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2007)
Ante el inicio de un nuevo siglo y milenio, los líderes políticos de los países y las organizaciones emprendieron con mayor ahínco la identificación de desafíos y la adopción de compromisos sobre el desarrollo futuro de ...
A bibliographic listing of minor fruits grown in the Caribbean. Part one: June 1994. The genus Spondias, tamarind (Tamarindus indica), West Indian cherry (Malpighia glabra)
(IICA, 06-1994)
The document explains that this bibliographic listing will be made available as part of a series with part one consisting of a listing of published information (1975-1993) containing specific key words found in the title ...
Hillside Agricultural Sub-project (HASP): Evaluation of Agronomic and social-economic research (OFAR)
(IICA, 07-1993)
The document presents an evaluation of the Hillside Agricultural Sub/project (HASP) in Jamaica created to increase the socio-economic well-being of Northern Rio Cobre watershed. The objective of the project was to promote ...
Competitiveness of the non-traditional agricultural sector in the OECS: a diagnostic analysis
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 11-1993)
The study is presented in two volumes. In the following section of the present volume, the concept of competitiveness is clearly defined and the DRC methodology is detailed. Additionally, various institucional and ...
Workshop for Planning Agricultural Development in the Rupununi Region 9
(IICA, 1999)
This document explains in four sessions: a) identification of priority crops with development potential, giving particular attention to cassava, peanuts and cashew; b) selection of planting materials; c) methods of enhancing ...
A guide to information and policy analysis for agricultural decision making in Latin America and The Caribbean
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1981)
This document illustrates the role of information for policy analysis within the conceptual framework developed by PROPLAN. In tis sense, the document defines information as a product of a process that is only meaningful ...
IICA's Caribbean strategy and current initiatives in the Caribbean region
(IICA, 1998)
This document explain the MTP has the following basic principles: decentralization with five centres including the Caribbean with the largest number of countries, participatory approach (outside and within IICA), market ...
Proceedings Caribbean Workshop on the organisation and administration of agricultural research
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1982)
The main objective of on the workshop was to facilitate the exchange of views and experiences on the appropriate organisation and management of agricultural research. Its principal goal was to contribute to the improvement ...
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 ...