Browsing by Keyword "Jamaica"

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    • Adoption of min-sett technology in Jamaica 

      Campbel Chin Sue, Hyacinth; Fielding, William J.; Reyes-Pacheco, Armando (IICA, 1995)
      El documento se refiere a la adopción de la tecnología mini-sett en Jamaica. Se espera que con la introducción de técnicas de mini-sett para mejorar las prácticas de producción de los productores de ñame, el ñame de Jamaica ...

    • Hillside Agriculture Sub-Project (HASP): Wholesale seasonal price variation for the coronation market 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Ministerio de Agricultura (Jamaica); Grant, A Shaun - Marie; Agencia de los Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional (USAID) (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.

    • Cost of production of food crops: St. Thomas 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Ministerio de Agricultura (Jamaica); Mulleady, Jose Tomás (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)

    • On-farm mango (Mangifera indica L.) cultivar trials for small hillside farmers between 230 and 300 meters elevation in the Parish of St. Catherine 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Ministerio de Agricultura (Jamaica); Reid, C.; Annakie, Z.; Stone, E.; Mayne, J.; Wallace, G. (IICA, 12-1994)
      Cuadros; 5 ref. 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 ...

    • Cost of production of food crops: St. Mary 

      Mulleady, José Tomás; Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Ministerio de Agricultura (Jamaica) (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 roadbed for Jamaica's agricultural export development 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Reyes Pacheco, Armando (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 12-1994)
      The document explains that the agriculture needs to be reestructured in order to promote and diversify exports. It reccapitulates the status of Jamaica's agriculture and its exports. A strategy Tropical boutique agriculture ...

    • Hillside Agriculture Sub-Project baseline survey results 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Ministerio de Agricultura (Jamaica); Bockarie, A.H.; Agencia de los Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional (USAID) (IICA, 12-1994)
      Cuadros The purpose of this report is to provide information to extension officers, researchers, project implementors and policy-markers on the economic viability of mixed cropping systems. In so doing, it will list the ...

    • Farming systems research and extension approach 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Ministerio de Agricultura (Jamaica); Reid, C.; Agencia de los Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional (USAID) (IICA, 12-1994)
      The document provides definitions of the Farming Systems and the role of the Farming System Research/Extension (FSR/E) in Jamaica.

    • Cost of production of food crops: portland 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Ministerio de Agricultura (Jamaica) (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).

    • Hillside Agriculture Sub-Project (HASP): Economics of pineapple intercropping 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Ministerio de Agricultura (Jamaica); Agencia de los Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional (USAID); Shaun-Marie Grant, A (IICA, 12-1994)
      El documento pretende ser de ayuda para los agricultores para satisfacer sus necesidades a corto plazo, intercalando hortalizas y otros cultivos como la piña. Además de mejorar la productividad de la piña y el cultivo ...

    • Jamaica's hillside agriculture: an environmental endowment 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Reyes Pacheco, Armando (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 ...

    • Notes on the economic structural adjustment process in Jamaica 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Reyes Pacheco, A. (IICA, 01-1994)
      The aim of this paper is to trace the socioeconomic scenario that impelled Jamaica to affirm its economic liberalization process. It narrates the economic ambience that preceded the structural adjustment process itself, ...

    • Jamaica: a strategic proposal for rural development IICA 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) (01-1994)
      The objectives of this document are to identify the main groups of rural poor; to evaluate their basic resources; to examine the structure of the real and potential demand for Jamaica's agricultural products; to assess the ...

    • Seminario Desarrollo Agrícola Sostenible y Medio Ambiente: enfoque en cuencas hidrográficas 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Autoridad de Conservación de Recursos Naturales (Jamaica); Agencia Alemana de Cooperación Técnica (GTZ) (Jamaica) (IICA, 1994)
      The purpose of the seminar was to exchange experiences and information about the environmental problems affecting the agricultural sector in Jamaica and to analyze possible solutions to the problems. This document includes ...

    • Veterinary perspectives in globalisation 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) (IICA, 1994)
      Biennial Congress of the Caribbean Veterinary Medical Association Black Rock (Trinidad y Tobago) 19-26 Nov 1994.

    • Hillside Agriculture Sub-Project. On-farm trial of traditionally grown cacao, (Theobroma cacao L.) comparing farmers cultural practices 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Reid, C; Stone, E; Pinnock, E; Annakie, Z; Agencia de los Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional (USAID); Ministerio de Agricultura (Jamaica) (IICA, 1994)
      La temporada de cosecha de cacao llegó a fines de 1993. Las proyecciones de cosecha del personal de campo indican que la cosecha de cacao sería baja debido a un período prolongado durante y después de la floración con sol. ...

    • Cost of production of food crops: St. Catherine 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Ministry of Agriculture, Kingston (Jamaica); Tomás Mulleady, Jose (Instituto Interamericano de Ciencias Agrícolas (IICA), 1994)
      The data presented in this publication consist of an update of the cost of production information released in July 1991. The technical coefficients for the different labour operations and inputs have been converted to ...

    • Cost of production of food crops: St. James 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Mulleady, Jose Tomás (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1994)
      This document contains information on the Costs of food crop production in St. James

    • The social dynamics of on-farm adaptive research 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Van Crowder, L; Fielding, William J. (IICA, 12-1993)
      The paper gives some guidelines of how to conduct interviews with farmers in order to create an atmosphere in which the researcher and farmer can work for each other's benefit. This requirement is essential in the cases ...

    • Hillside Agricultural Sub-project (HASP): Evaluation of Agronomic and social-economic research (OFAR) 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Ministerio de Agricultura (Jamaica); Hildebrand, Peter E; Agencia de los Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional (USAID) (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 ...