Between 1981 and 1990 , agricultural performance was significantly affected by weather conditions in at least four ... over the next few year.s Jamaican bananas will be in direct competition with lower cost Central American producers .

The final source of distortion enters through domestic government pricing policies . Exchange rate , trade , and agricultural pricing policy therefore contribute to the determination of domestic producer and consumer market prices ...

Marketing responses Farmers may reduce price variability by selecting enterprises with a low expected price variability and by maintaining eligibility for government programs . Inventory management and forward pricing are other means of ...

It is now widely recognized that investments in human capital are needed to increase the productivity of physical and financial capital . Without this investment in ... The liberalization programs that characterized government responses ...

This new scenario is particularly positive for Latin American and Caribbean cereal producers who could increase their crop ... IICA therefore hopes that development institutions and national governments will invest more in agriculture.

All producers need to rely on agricultural policies that stimulate investment and the rational use of resources . ... financing , support services for production and marketing and the stabilization of agricultural prices and revenues .

This was largely due to good economic management , and the productive capacity of the country to respond to higher prices and market opportunities . As indicated , the government has been granting development concessions for investment ...

there are important losses in producers' income and when the profit margin of the ongoing year decreases in relation to the average historic profit margin. The federal government finances 60% of the program and provincial or territorial ...

All producers need to rely on agricultural policies that stimulate investment and the rational use of resources . ... financing , support services for production and marketing and the stabilization of agricultural prices and revenues .

These measures were aimed at reducing the fiscal deficit by cutting back on government spending , streamlining credit and investments , and adjusting exchange rates to realistic levels . This meant an end to subsidies for the majority ...