Antigua and Barbuda. Significant achievements 2018

The main activities carried out by the Institute in Antigua and Barbuda during 2018 are identified, with respect to the needs and interests of the country, strengthening issues such as apiculture, veterinary, public-private sector cooperation, sheep farming, greenhouses, seedling use, pest control, technology, food security and safety, resilience against climate change, climate-smart agriculture, using solar energy. Likewise, work was done to improve the coconut and citrus value chains, as well as bread production, by using sweet potatoes and cassava to replace starch in bread preparation. Finally, women were integrated into the agricultural sector, through the Network of Women Producers and supported in the revitalization of the sector, after the damage caused by hurricanes Irma and María.

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Main Author: Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)
Format: Boletín biblioteca
Language:English
Published: Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) 2019
Subjects:Asistencia técnica||technical aid||assistência técnica||aide technique, Gestión del conocimiento||knowledge management||gestão do conhecimento||gestion des connaissances, Proyectos de desarrollo||development projects||projecto de desenvolvimento||projet de développement, Dirección de proyectos||project management||gestão de projectos||gestion de projet, Extensión agrícola||agricultural extension||extensão agrícola||vulgarisation agricole, Desarrollo institucional||institutional development||desenvolvimento institucional||renforcement institutionnel, Seguridad alimentaria||food security||segurança alimentar||sécurité alimentaire, Inocuidad alimentaria||food safety||inocuidade dos alimentos||sécurité sanitaire des aliments, Bienestar rural||rural welfare||bien-être rural, Desarrollo agrícola||agricultural development||desenvolvimento agrícola||développement agricole, Desarrollo rural||rural development||desenvolvimento rural||développement rural, Innovación agrícola||agricultural innovation||innovation agricole, Cambio climático||climate change||mudança de clima||changement climatique, Antigua y Barbuda||Antigua and Barbuda||Antígua e Barbuda||Antigua et Barbuda, Cooperación técnica, technical cooperation, coopération technique, cooperação técnica, Informe país 2018, country report 2018, relatório do país 2018, rapport de pays 2018, Logros IICA, IICA achievements, Résultats IICA, Realizações IICA, Apicultura||apiculture||apicultura||apiculture, Cadenas de valor agrícolas||agricultural value chains||chaîne de valeur agricole, Energía solar||solar energy||energia solar||énergie solaire, Control de plagas||pest control||combate às pragas||lutte antiravageur, Integración de la perspectiva de género||gender mainstreaming||integração da perspectiva de género||intégration des questions de genre, Tecnología nueva||new technology||tecnologia nova||nouvelle technologie, Ganado bovino||cattle||gado vacum||bovin, Invernaderos||greenhouses||estufa||serre, Ayuda de emergencia||emergency relief||ajuda de emergência||secours d'urgence, Huracanes||hurricanes||furacão||ouragan, Cooperación público-privada||public-private cooperation||cooperação público-privada||cooperation public-privé, Plántulas||seedlings||plântula||plantule, Citrus||Citrus||Citrus||Citrus, Coco||coconuts||coco||noix de coco, Pan||bread||pão||pain, Veterinarios||veterinarians||veterinário||vétérinaire, 4576-01, Representación Antigua y Barbuda,
Online Access:https://repositorio.iica.int/handle/11324/7600
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