Search Results - "Caribbean"

Rural radio outreach by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…In November 1994 a workshop was held in Port of Spain, Trinidad for 14 rural broadcasters from 10 countries in the English speaking Caribbean…”
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FUNDACIÓN CIAT by Agronatura

“…The CIAT Management Team proposed the creation of an independent, not-for-profit entity that would contribute more effectively and efficiently to CIAT's mission in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).…”
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Food and health - making the link by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Diet related illness in the Caribbean, the cost implications, and the need for people to eat and live more healthily.…”
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Fintrac by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Fintrac implements agribusiness programmes in Africa, the Caribbean, Central America and Asia, focusing on market-led production, post-harvest and processing assistance to commercial enterprises in the agricultural sector.…”
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Knowledge for Development by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…The website supports the policy dialogue on S&T for agricultural and rural development in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. It enables the ACP scientific community - primarily agricultural research and development scientists and technologist…”
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CARICOM's e-agriculture strategies by Kalloo, Margaret

“…The Caribbean Community is transforming its agricultural sector into a competitive and sustainable system of agricultural production and services in which ICTs will play a vital role…”
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An inclusive rural transformation in progress, but with unequal pace and characteristics across countries by Benfica, Rui

“…This analysis looks at the trends in the levels and pace of structural and rural transformation, and the degree of inclusiveness across Latin America and the Caribbean region (LAC), highlighting the disparities across countries. …”
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Diversidad de faseolinas en frijol común cultivado del Caribe by Blair, Matthew W., Pantoja Delgado, W., Hidalgo, R.

“…In this study, 180 genotypes of cultivated Phaseolus vulgaris from the Caribbean were evaluated with the phaseolin marker. …”
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Determinants of time allocation to rural nonfarm activities in Central America: The role of infrastructure and education by Barron, Manuel, Torero, Máximo

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Banking on bees by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Thousands of small farmers in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries are keeping bees and making them work hard to improve their living standards. …”
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Agricultural diversification a sense of urgency by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Regional conference on Agriculture Diversification and this was held in collaboration with CARDI (Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute) in Bridgetown, Barbados from November 27 to December 1,1989…”
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CARDI Factsheets by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…CARDI (Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute) has produced a small booklet listing the titles of the Institute's Factsheets and Bulletins. …”
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More partnership agreements by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…With three new agreements signed in Southern Africa and the Caribbean, CTA s programme of pilot projects in partnership building with independent sector organisations continues to grow. …”
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Bye, bye borer by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…As an environmentally sound alternative to the insecticide endosulfan, in 1999 the Caribbean...…”
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Back on track by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…The island of Dominica in the Caribbean is constructing a new irrigation infrastructure for its banana sector. …”
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The Internet and its impact by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Back in 1999, the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) helped launch a competition for research projects on the social impact of communication and information technologies (ICTs) in Latin America and the Caribbean.…”
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Montserrat's backyard agriculture by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Since the onset of volcanic activity on the island of Montserrat in the Caribbean, residents and particularly farmers have been forced to engage themselves in backyard gardening, currently the key production pattern. …”
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Putting the Dominican Republic on the map by Neale, Christopher M.U.

“…Geographical Information Systems (GIS) form the basis of a new database that maps all irrigation water users on the Caribbean island and will improve water management practices.…”
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CDERA : cartographie des risques aux Cara by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Terry Ally relate les travaux de la CDERA (Caribbean Disaster Emergency Agency), l’agence cara…”
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Sequencing and assembly of small RNAs reveal the presence of several begomoviruses, potyviruses, badnaviruses and mastreviruses in the sweet potato leaf virome in Barbados by Alleyne, A.T., Cummins, C., Rowe, K., James, M., Fuentes, S., Gutiérrez, D.

“…Little is known about these viruses on the many local and commercial sweet potato cultivars in the Caribbean, including Barbados. Therefore, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and small RNA sequencing and assembly (sRSA) were used to detect viruses in the sweet potato leaf virome in Barbados. …”
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