Browsing by Keyword "Jamaica"

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    • Proceedings of the Sustainable Small Farm Milk Production Dairy Development workshop 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Ministerio de Agricultura (Jamaica); Fundación de Desarrollo Agrícola de Jamaica (IICA, 1993)
      The document includes five themes: Dairy development in Jamaica; Caribbean small farm milk production; herd health for sustainable milk production; St. Stanislaus dairy demonstration unit: a farm profile; and, herd management ...

    • Rural poverty in Jamaica: a reference bibliography 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Protz, Maria (IICA, 1993)
      This bibliography presents the result of a literature review and search for relevant documents dealing with rural poverty in Jamaica.

    • Growing mini-sett yam in Jamaica a manual for farmers 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Protz, Maria; Agencia de los Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional (USAID) (IICA, 1993)

    • Final report IFAD's role in Jamaica 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Strachan, Marie (IICA, 1993)
      Un informe sobre Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo preparado para Jamaica por la Comisión de las Naciones Unidas sobre Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo (CNUMAD) identifica los principales impactos ambientales en la agricultura; estos ...

    • An option for Caribbean agricultural development: tropical boutique agriculture 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Reyes Pacheco, Amando (IICA, 05-1992)
      9 ref. An appraisal of the agricultural productivity levels of land, labor, and capital in the Caribbean, supports the pronouncement that the development of tropical boutique agriculture is the most advantageous and ...

    • Annual report 1990-1991 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) (IICA, 1992)
      The table of contents is a follows: 1) foreword from Dr. Martin Piñeiro; 2) the Jamaican economy: an overview; 3) agriculture in Jamaica: land tenure, agriculture and the environment and agricultural policy strategies; 4) ...

    • II Annual Conference Jamaican Society for Agricultural Sciences: Political and economic dimensions of technology transfer 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Reyes Pacheco, Armando (IICA, 1992)
      This brief paper attempts to provide a general overview of the political and economic dimension vis-a-vis technology transfer. It suggests a broad agenda for understanding some of the inter-relationships between agricultural ...

    • Farm planning: guiding principles and concepts 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) (IICA, 10-1991)
      4 ref. This document explains on planning involves analysis of different production alternatives to select a corse of action with the objective of reaching the farmer's production and financial goals. Thus, planning is ...

    • Long run farm planning: investment analysis 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) (IICA, 10-1991)
      5 ref. The publication of this series of training manuals is for the purpose of contributing to the improvement of farm management skills of small farmers in Jamaica. Those interesed in expanding the information for ...

    • A report of a farmer market fair in Jamaica 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 09-1991)
      This report encompasses the methodological aspects of the Farmers Market Fair, its organisation, administration, characteristics of producers and consumers, and nature of the produce. It also provides empirical evidence ...

    • Estimated growth in domestic crops area, yield, and production 1969-1988 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Tomas Mulleady, José; Patzer, Christopher (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 ...

    • Farm record keeping 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) (IICA, 1991)
      The publication of this series of training manuals is for the purpose of contribuitng to the improvement of farm management skills of small farmers in Jamaica. Those intersted in expansing the information for training ...

    • IICA action strategy in Jamaica: 1990-1991 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1991)
      The document refers to the overall strategy for the 1990-1991 biennium: a) to assist the Government of Jamaica in bringing Jamaican back to its pre-Hurricane Gilbert level of development, while at the same time developing, ...

    • Cost of production of food crops: Hanover 

      Ministerio de Agricultura, Kingston (Jamaica); Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Mulleady, J.T (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1991)
      The costs presented in this publication correspond to the costs of labour and inputs directly used in the production of the crop (variable cost)

    • Tecnologías de América del Norte para el procesamiento de alimentos 

      Muller, Paul G; Riel, René; Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) (IICA, 1991)
      El proyecto conjunto del Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), el Ministerio de Agricultura de Canadá (AGCAN) y la Agencia Canadiense para el Desarrollo Internacional (ACDI) tienen como uno ...

    • Training day on mini-sett yam production 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Training day on mini-sett yam production Bodles agricultural research station, Jamaica Thursday, January 31, 1991. (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1991)
      In Jamaica the larger seed yams which are at least one and a half pounds in weight are ideally suited for the export market which can now be presented with uncut yams which have a longer shelf life ans lower post-harvest ...

    • Project documemt: support for the generation and transfer of agricultural technology in Jamaica 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) (IICA, 10-1989)
      The specific objective of the project is to strengthen the Ministry of Agriculture's (MINAG) institutional capability for generating and transferring technologies that are acceptable to small-scalle farmers.

    • A component of the IICA marketing and agro-industrial project 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Taffe, Cercil A (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 ...

    • Towards administrative excellence: consolidating efficiency and effectiveness 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Rucks, Carlos (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1989)
      The third administrative retreat of the IICA Office in Jamaica focused on moving Towards administrative excellence: consolidating efficiency and effectiveness, thereby building upon the improvements projected by the first ...

    • Project document agricultural sector services marketing component 

      Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Trevor Hamilton and Associates (Jamaica) (Instituto Interamericano de Ciencias Agrícolas (IICA), 1989)
      El consultor amplió los términos de referencia para incluir el marketing de exportación, ya que en general consideró que el mercado local no es lo suficientemente grande como para absorber el potencial de producción agrícola ...