Browsing by Keyword "CARICOM"

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    • Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Caribbean Countries: Trinidad and Tobago 

      Hayman, Alicia A; GCF CARICOM AgReady (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2023)
      Trinidad and Tobago's agriculture sector contributes only 1.2% to the country's GDP, but it employs over 4% of the population and plays a crucial role in diversifying the economy. However, the sector faces challenges in ...

    • Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Caribbean Countries: Haiti 

      GCF CARICOM AgReady; Hayman, Alicia (Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), 2023)
      Haiti's per capita GDP is the lowest in Latin America and the Caribbean. Climate resilient agriculture (CRA) technologies face barriers to inclusion, such as limited access to credit and inadequate policy framework. ...

    • Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Caribbean Countries: St. Kitts and Nevis 

      Hayman, Alicia A; GCF CARICOM AgReady (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2023)
      St. Kitts & Nevis' agriculture sector represents 1.4% of GDP and consists of small-scale farms. The government owns most of the farm land, with the remainder owned by individuals and families. Subsistence farming is common, ...

    • Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Caribbean Countries: St. Vincent and the Grenadines 

      Hayman, Alicia A; GCF CARICOM AgReady (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2023)
      Agriculture is a priority sector for adaptation in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, but no mitigation targets were included in its initial Nationally Determined Contributions (iNDC). The main barrier to implementing climate ...

    • Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Caribbean Countries: Suriname 

      Hayman, Alicia A; GCF CARICOM AgReady (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2023)
      Agriculture is a significant sector in Suriname, employing 17% of the population, but faces challenges such as low productivity, inadequate technology, and limited irrigation. The country has prioritized climate resilient ...

    • GHG Inventories and Agriculture Emissions Course 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); GCF CARICOM AgReady (2023)
      This course on GHG Inventories and Agriculture Emissions aims to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of the importance of greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories and the various agriculture processes that ...

    • Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Caribbean Countries: The Bahamas 

      GCF CARICOM AgReady; Hayman, Alicia (Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), 2023)
      The Bahamas stated adaptation priorities for the agricultural sector in its initial Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), including food security and reducing import dependency. However, as of August 2022, the country ...

    • Stakeholder Engagement Course 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); GCF CARICOM AgReady (2023)
      This course on Stakeholder Engagement teaches students about accurately identifying and engaging with stakeholders in the agriculture sector. The course includes 4 modules covering fundamentals, inventory and mapping, GCF ...

    • Informe anual 2022 del IICA 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2023)
      Following the approval of the proposed adjustments to its Medium-term Plan (MTP) for the period 2022-2026, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) focused its work on five work strategies geared ...

    • Barrier Analysis and Needs Assessment of the Policy Environment for Agriculture in Nine CARICOM Countries 

      Hayman, Alicia A; GCF CARICOM AgReady (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2023)
      Provide an analysis of the critical challenges, barriers, and limitations to achieving climate resilience in the agri-food sector in the Caribbean region. Limitations in knowledge management and communication throughout ...

    • Agri Investment Forum and Expo II and Role of Oil and Gas Revenues 

      Arlington D. Chesney, H (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 24-10-2022)
      En agosto del 2022, Trinidad y Tobago presidió la actividad Agri Investment Forum and Expo II (AIFEII): Transforming Agriculture through Innovation and Investment, en la que se confirmó la importancia de las actividades ...

    • Regional oil and gas bonanza and the 25x2025 food import reduction imperative 

      Chesney, H. Arlington D (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 14-06-2022)
      El Gobierno de Guyana y el CARICOM llevaron a cabo el Foro y Exposición de Agroinversión: invertir en Visión 25x2025, en mayo del 2022, como modo de abordar el tema de la inseguridad alimentaria, causada en gran medida por ...

    • The implementation deficit and regional food import bill 

      Chesney, H. Arlington (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 10-06-2022)
      En años anteriores, se informó que uno de los factores que podría tener un mayor impacto en la reactivación de la economía de los países de la región Caribe es la disminución en la importación de alimentos; a pesar de esto, ...

    • COVID-19 response, farmers and essential services A perspective 

      Francis, Diana E (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 26-05-2020)
      Ante las medidas tomadas por los gobiernos en temas de salud pública y contención socioeconómica para superar la pandemia por COVID-19, la tendencia ha sido no considerar al sector agrario como un servicio esencial, aunque ...

    • Agriculture and rural prosperity in the Caribbean 2013-2014. Highlihts of IICA's Technical Cooperation 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) (IICA, 2014)
      This Special Report provides a summary of the key results obtained in 2013-2014 by our IICA offices across the 15 Member States in the Caribbean Region, including Belize, which is a CARICOM Member state. The document also ...

    • 2009 Barbados National Agricultural Conference / 28th West Indies Agricultural Economics Conference: food security, investment flows and agricultural development in the Caribbean: programme and abstracts 

      Ministry of Agriculture, Barbados and the Caribbean Agro-Economic Society, Bridgetown (Barbados) (2009)
      Programme, abstracts and poster presentations from the conference

    • Clustering for competitiveness in agriculture. Pre-feasibility studies for selected agribusiness clusters in the Caribbean 

      Glean, Allister; Seeram, Harry; Rampersaud, Richard; Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) (IICA, 2009)
      This document is intended to inform and guide future pre-feasibility efforts for selected agribusiness groups in the Caribbean. It is offered as support to the dialogue towards the definition of strategies for the development ...

    • Globalización, integración y agricultura en la Región del Caribe 

      Carrington, Edwin; Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) (IICA, 2000)
      Presenta reflexión sobre desarrollo de la Comunidad del Caribe (CARICOM) y del sector agrario ante la presencia de un entorno caracterizado por una mayor apertura comercial.

    • Workshop Report : Global Market Integration and the Sector Agri-Food Sector 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Antoine, Patrick A; Francis, Diana E (IICA, 1998)
      The workshop was divided into three main modules which focused on the new global trade environment, regional trade arrangements, and competitiveness and private sector initiatives for competing in global agri-food markets. ...

    • Protección nominal del sector avícola de Belice frente a los compromisos en el marco del CARICOM y la OMC 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Quirós Guardia, Rodolfo; Benavides B, Henry (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1997)
      El presente documento consta de tres partes, en la primera parte se presentan datos generales de la situación económica, social de Belice, con el fin de resaltar las características más importantes del país, necesarias ...