During 2007, the IICA Office in Jamaica benefited from collaborations with several specialists within the IICA network . These included the following: • IICA's Regional Specialist in Agricultural Health and Food Safety, and IICA's ...

In response to the hemispheric and regional mandates for the development of agriculture and rural life , IICA ... in the Dominican 6 Republic and Jamaica , the Institute prepared a regional conceptual IICA Caribbean Annual Report 2004 ...

These institutions have facilitated the smooth entrance into these communities . Walkerswood Agricultural Support Project ... inputs and harvests was developed by. IICA Jamaica Annual Report 2005 22 Walkerswood Agricultural Support Project.

Through the Alliance for the Sustainable Development of Agriculture and Rural Life, IICA promoted hemispheric integration and implemented the AGRO 2003-2015 Plan and the Jagdeo Initiative. With support from CACHE, progress was made in ...

Likewise, IICA, as Secretariat for the Ministerial Meetings “Agriculture and Rural Life in the Americas”, ... the mandates of the Heads of State and Government and in publicizing and implementing the 2003- 2015 AGRO Plan of Action.

IICA and USAID are motivated by similar concerns in the areas of agriculture and rural life, which has enabled them to develop a wide spectrum of joint activities in all regions of LAC. Following are a few examples: In Colombia, ...

... the Caribbean Network for Integrated Rural Development ( CNIRD ) has collaborated on market promotions for small scale , rural producers and on training for community groups ; and the Ministry of Agriculture , Land and Marine ...

In all other categories, there were decreases in the value of exports in 2004 relative to average exports for 1999 to 2003. The categories of food that accounted for the largest share of food exports in 2004 were: cereal and cereal ...

The Office's Coordinator used the opportunity to make a PowerPoint Presentation on the 2004 Annual Report: The Contribution of IICA to the Development of Agriculture and Rural Communities in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

Other meetings were held with the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Guelph to identify areas of potential ... IICA Canada sponsored an internship exchange of a Jamaican professional from the agriculture documentation and ...