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Conference Proceeding

1981 IMA Aquaculture Industry Trinidad Tobago Proceedings

...the precision of technical parameters. Your seminar will no doubt involve many points of view on this particular issue. In its White Paper on Agriculture, the Government of Trinidad and Tobago has expressed concern over the lack of growth in the fishing industry. There is a firm commitment to revitalise the industry, and in this regard, your findings and recommendations from this seminar with...
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Document 64145716

...Tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) o ai and uabine " will be used as predator controls. Other species to be assessed will include the ullets (Fugil sp.), the Teta (omcm Pui-Pui Cod aeneas) and Mangrove Oyster (Crassostrea Exotic food fish and ornamentals will also rhizophorae). be considered. (e) biologcal research Factors to be considered here will include growth rate, spawning time,...
Research Study

Yang Miyake Economic Feasibility Hybrid Solar Biogas Food Dryer 1984 SolarBiomassWorkshop

...ABSTRACT to test: (1) the feasibility A solar-biogas dryer was designed and built of generating adequate quantity of methane of combustible quality to aug- ment solar drying; (2) the effectiveness of a continuous sol ar-biogas dryer; dryer. Reported here are and (3) the economic feasibility of such a bility study, the equipment for various assumpti ons for the economic feasi for p...
Technical Report

ATP Final Narrative Report StVincent CIDA Limbird 1991

AGRONOMY TRAINING PROGRAM, . VINCENT Final Narrative Report Prepared for CIDA by Dr. Arthur Limbird Director, Small Island Research Group University of Calgary 15 March, 1991 Agronomy Training TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary Project’s Original Objectives General Objectives. Specific Objectives W W W W Accomplishments, Problems, Solutions, Unexpected Results4 and: Recommendations;; by AT...
Government Report

1996-09 MonthlyBulletin Bermuda PlantProtectionLab Refurbishment CoralReefs WeatherSummary

...material; such material may be held and treated in this facility, and subsequently released, rather than being confiscated and destroyed. The quarantine functions are designed to facilitate safe movement of plant material into and out of Bermuda. 2. Research and Diagnostic Lab The area that had previously been used as an all-purpose laboratory has been reorganized for diagnostic and research...
Technical Report

1991 Limbird Agronomy Training Program StVincent FinalReport CIDA

...1991 3 AGRONOMY TRAINING PROGRAM, ST. VINCENT Final Narrative Report Prepared for CIDA by Dr. Arthur Limbird Director, Small Island Research Group University of Calgary 15 March, 1991 P Agronomy Training TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary Project’s Original Objectives General Objectives W W W W Specific Objectives Accomplishments, Problems, Solutions, Unexpected Results4 and Recommendatio...
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StVincent Agricultural Development Project 538-0101 PACR RONCO 1987

...5 X PROJECT ASSISTANCE COMPLETION RFEPORT St. Vincent Agricultural Development Project 538-0101 FY84 — FY88 $2,000,000 RONCO Consulting Corporation December 31, 1987 I. PURPOSE The purpose of the Project was to increase productivity of small holder agricultural systems and improve marketing efficiency for commodities produced in these systems. The goal was to increase the net incomes of...
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Seaforth Sylvester 1980 Medicines and Poisons from West Indian Plants

...the Cinchona and the Cassia species - which already have.galnedvlnternatlonal acceptance in world trade. In these countries, agronomic sciences and technologies are employed so as to obtain the highest yields of the therapeutic components of the cultivated plants (5). In order to achieve the commercial stage in the utilization of the medicinal plants, much’.stience must have been performed on t...
Technical Report

VanSant Tode 1988 Management Information System Hillside Agriculture Project Jamaica IRF

...notion of specified submission dates unworkable for the time being. appear to be reviewed and considered for approval against Subproject proposals certain criteria, but more often on their own merits as they are submitted. The reality of development planning is such that it often is difficult to make because of an absence of viable alternatives or appropriate optimal choices 12 information a...
Technical Report

IDRC AFNS Crop Animal Production Systems Program Overview

...CAPS’ continuing support for legumes will also include those crops that are not covered by IARCs, notably peas and lathyrus. Lathyrus, in particular, has recently received greater attention. It is the most widely grown grain legume in Bangladesh and is common in parts of northern Afghanistan, Ethiopia, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. It is extremely drought resistant, but, if eaten in excess as is...
Technical Report

Ferguson Appropriate Agricultural Research Development CARICOM IRF 1983

...farm systems, and commodities. 4, The range of environmental conditions within CARDI is complex. In my opinion, the FSR on-farm research trials should focus on the screening of technology drawn from CARDI on-station trials. Given the very low reported yields in relation to potential yields in similar regions of the world, the presumption of a substantial gap between available techniques and av...
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OAS 1990 Economic Biology of Underutilized Tropical Plants Final Report

...ASSAYS 4. BIOLOGICAL Medicinal plants are still used in therapeutics, despite the progress by means of chemical synthesis and pharmacology in producing effective drugs.! The systematic study of plants in therapy is complex and requires interdisciplinary collaboration in subjects such as ethnobotany, chemistry and pharmacology. It should be noted that several plants from the Caribbean region ar...
Technical Report

Paterson Philip Maynard 1986 Guide Improved Pastures Drier Eastern Caribbean CARDI

...pasture grass that is proving to be well adapted to the drier areas of the Caribbean where it is highly produc- tive. It appears to be susceptible to the drying effects of strong winds in Nevis, but if sown in relatively sheltered spots, or protected by wind-breaks, it retains good grazing quality well into the dry season. It is compatible with legumes but forms a good, protective cover over th...
Technical Report

Biotechnology Working Group 1990 Biotechnologys Bitter Harvest Herbicide Tolerant Crops and Threat to Sustainable Agriculture

...Pesticides in Fruits and Vegetables. San Francisco: Natural Resources Defense Council. Murphy, S.D. 1986. Toxic effects of pesticides. Chapter 18 in Casarett and Doull’s Toxicology, 3rd edition, C. Klaassen, M. Amdur, and J. Doull, eds. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co. National Research Council. 1984. Toxicity Testing: Strategies to Determine Needs and Priorities. Washington, DC: National A...
Technical Report

1986 StVincent OAS OrangeHillEstate FarmingDevelopmentPlan IanPJohn

...30) acres of land is recommended for allocation to the Ministry of Agriculture to provide support services in crops and livestock research. The Ministry, with the help of technical assistance from donor agencies, regional and inter- national research institutions, will test performances of existing and new crop varieties, cultural practices, post harvest activities, appropriate tec...
Conference Proceeding

1973 NSRC NAS Workshop Aquatic Weed Management Guyana Report

...empoundments paku will not have their normal spawning conditions of fast running, highly aerated water. Spawning may have to be done in a hatchery. Recommendation 5. Manatees It was demonstrated in the Georgetown area a decade ago that manatees can keep select waterways free of most types of Guyana’s aquatic weeds. This concept may be much more relevant and acceptable today, and it is recomme...
Technical Report

ECA 1993 Appraisal Monitoring Evaluation Biotechnology Agricultural Development Africa

...10/ This product came onto the market for cattle during 1990. 42, Porcine somatotropin (PST), a biosynthetic hormone, is already on the market as a growth hormone for pigs. PST increases feed conversion efficiency by about 25 per cent and reduces tissue fat production by almost 70 per cent. A vaccine has been developed which elicits the production of antibodies against the luteinizing hormone...
Technical Report

VanSant Toder 1988 Management Information System Hillside Agriculture Project Jamaica

...notion of specified submission dates unworkable for the time being. Subproject proposals appear to be reviewed and considered for approval against certain criteria, but more often on their own merits as they are submitted. The reality of development planning is such that it often is difficult to make choices because of an absence of viable alternatives or appropriate optimal 12 information a...
Academic Paper

Wilken 1985 Role of Traditional Agriculture in Preserving Biological Diversity

...garden products are for household subsistence, farm families are free to lnv they please without concern - — 2 for market in. The net result of location, environment, and management is a space unrivaled in diversity. imber (194) reports saome 100 in three different plants gardens in Martinique. Slightly more than half of these were for foaod; the rest were for ornament, construction materials,...
Technical Report

ICLARM AnnualReport1998 Partnerships FishFarming Aquaculture ResearchHighlights

...lower cost of production in farm trials in five countries in Asia. genetics and applied breeding technology to the aquaculture industry, as practiced for centuries in plant and animal production, result in enhanced production efficiency? If an improved fish breed was developed, how could this be successfully taken to and adopted by the target beneficiaries? How could appropriate fish breeding...
Academic Paper

Steadman et al 1984 Vertebrates Archaeological Sites Montserrat Annals Carnegie Museum v53 p1-29

...green island in the eastern Caribbean, between lat. 16°40 to 16°49'N and long. 62°09’ to 62°15'W. It lies 43 km 1 Address: Division of Birds, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560. 2 Address: Department of Anthropology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602. 3 Address: Department of Herpetology, San Diego Natural History Museum, Balboa Park, San Diego, California 92112. Su...
Academic Paper

Berleant-Schiller 1981 Small-Scale Fishing Caribbean Barbuda HumanOrganization

.... in terms of breeding, safe catch- ing quantities, size limits, etc. nothing is known about one of Barbuda’s prime resources’’ (British Development Division in the Caribbean 1971:22). Even this cautious statement begs the question, for it seems to imply that fish are a ‘prime’’ resource in some other way than by their local dietary and economic importance. The report admits that intensified r...
Technical Report

VIBIB Bibliographic Holdings VINP USVI Danish West Indies Prelim List 1985

...The Firm, 1970. 25 p. l., maps, and acetate overlays. Sets forth the position of VIPA in regard to a new airport and pro- vides a complete review of the effort expended to that point in coming to a decision to develop air transportation faci ies Lo serve the USVI. Argues that H.S. Truman Airport could not be upgraded at any cost. Presents a plan for the Long Point Mangrove Lagoon...
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USICOMOS Newsletter No3 2003

...Sudan: Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Naptan Region; United Kingdom: the Royal Botnic Gardens in Kew; Zimbabwe: Malobo Hills. In addition, the following two listed sites were enlarged: China: The Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties; Panama: Arcaheological Site of Panama Viejo and the Historic District of Panama. update on institutional members of us/icomos US/ICOMOS welcomes...
Research Study

Pulsipher 1989 Montserrat Hurricane Hugo Impact and Response Study

...1959, Moses 1974, 0'Laughlin 1959, Peters 1928, Philpott 1975, Pulsipher 1986, 1988, 1989a,b, Sturge and Harvey 1837, Sieg 1 1983, Watters 19--), These studies provide :xcellent pre-Hugo data. The efore, immediate post-Hugo studies (Module I) « concentrate on documenting the storm aftermath and on framing hypotheses for further study (modules II, III and IV). Objectives and Methodology: envir...
Academic Paper

Berleant-Schiller 1981 Traditional and Commercial Fisheries Barbuda Caribbean Political Development

...social and cultural as well as economic and physical. The where they can casily be seen. The fishermen encircle the fish | technology, economy, and ecology of the Barbuda fishery con- | on foot in the shallow water, and draw the net in tightly. They stitute a test case, the consideration of which is particularly apt arry the catch home by dinghy or donkey | > n an uncertain politic...
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McCabe 1992 Caribbean Heritage Conservation and Identity

...In towns like Soufrire, wooden houses painted soda-pop grape, orange, and straw- berry have not yet been replaced by cement bungalows. Slopes still froth with greenery. Traffic isn’t a problem, bcause people still walk. St. Lucia’s west coast road is a far cry from, say, the multilane superhighways of Martinique. But even on St. Lucia, there are signs of change. 'm staying at a new resort nor...
Academic Paper

Pregill Steadman Watters 1994 Late Quaternary Vertebrate Faunas Lesser Antilles Carnegie Mus Nat Hist Bull 30

...the Lesser Antilles is par- ticularly large. The total land area presently exposed (about 6,600 km?) is less than that of Puerto Rico (8,897 km?). The land vertebrate fauna is related to, but not as rich in species as, the Greater Antilles. The fauna of the more southern islands of the Lesser Antilles shows less direct affinity with the Greater Antilles, and also shares species and genera with...
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Coomans 1970 Volksnamen voor Weekdieren Nederlandse Antillen IRF

...Maarten vertelt hij (p. 261) van een verzameltocht naar VOLKSNAMEN VOOR WEEKDIEREN OP NED. ANTILLEN I77 schelpen, die hij thuisgekomen in een doos met vakjes sorteerde. Maar helaas worden geen namen genoemd. Nogmaals komt TEENSTRA (p. 313) even terug op St. Maarten’s mollusken: “‘niets overtreft de pracht en de verscheidenheid van de menigvuldige soorten schelpen van schelpdieren, die aan de...
Technical Report

Arnold1978 1977 Underwater Site Test Excavations Padre Island TAC Pub5

...Lynn, Assistant Archeologist Kim G. Pinkerton, Dive Master and Assistant Archeologist Ed Aiken Margaret Leshikar Beth Goodwin Carol Olsen Carr Collins III Homer Shirley John Larsen Dennis Boyd Susan Wright Tom Taylor Bill Crow Bill Wiley Renee Hickey The invaluable assistance of Dale Vandermolen, our consultant on seamanship and modern maritime logistics, is greatfully acknowledged. Conservatio...
Academic Paper

Arnold1977 SiteTestExcavations MagnetometerSurvey PadreIsland TexasAntiquitiesCommittee IJNA 6-1 21-36

...as an optical surveying instrument was stationed at each of the shore stations. The location of the anomaly found during the magnetometer sur- vey lay at the point of intersection of the lines sighted by the theodolites. The test excavations were executed from a 34 ft (10 m) aluminium crew boat. To reJocate the anomaly the vessel was sailed along one of the two axes directed by t...
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Berkes 1985 Fishermen and Tragedy of the Commons Community Fishery Management

...Conservation The interesting question is, can communities of fisher- men selfregulate their fishing efforts or have practices which otherwise violate one or more of the assumptions of the model so that the tragedy would not occur? If the answer is no’, then government fishery managers should assume that fishermen behave as anarchic villains bent upon destroying their resource, and should accor...
Conference Proceeding

Barton Crock 1991 Flaked Stone Industries Early Saladoid Trants Montserrat IAAC14

...C. + 80 28 ~ 34 70-80 C 90-100 C UNIT TOTAL 112 Nd42| E645 (1.0mx 1.0m) 0-10 A 10-20 A 31 31 20-30 A 86 88 18 20-30 B 19 30-40B 39 39 19 40-50 B 22 50-60 B 60-70 B 60-70 C* A.D. 210 + 90 70-80 C* 10 B.C. + 90 67 80-90 C 143 143 21 21 80-90 D 90-100 C 90-100 D UNIT TOTAL N596 ES71 436 (1.0m x 1.0 m) 0-10 A 21 24 1020 A 25 20-30 A 27 33 G 36 30-40 B* A.D. 60 + 70 54 40-50 B 56 50-60 B 27 ) 30 14...
Conference Proceeding

Watters Petersen 1991 RendezvousBay Anguilla PrelimReport IACACongress

...Preliminary rep ort of the first archaeological surve y of An, guilla, West Indies. Journal of the Virgin Islands Archaeologii cal Society, 10:34-37. Douglas, Nik 1986 (ed.) Anguilla Archaeological and Historical Society Review, 19, Archaeological and Historical Society, , 124 pp. 81-1985. Anguilla 1991 Recent Amerindian Finds on Anguilla. In Proceedin gsof the Thirteenth Internationaj Congr...
Conference Proceeding

Petersen Watters 1991 Archaeological Testing Early Saladoid Trants Site Montserrat IAAC14

...OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR CARIBBEAN ARCHAEOLOGY COMPTES RENDUS DES COMMUNICATIONS DU QUARTORZIEME CONGRES DE L'ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE D'CHEOLOE DE LA CARAIBE ACTAS DEL DECIMO - CUARTO CONGRESO DE LA ASOCIACION iINTERNACIONAL DE ARQUEOLOGIA DEL CARIBE Dover Convention Centre, Barbados W.. 22-28JULY, 1991 CONGRESS 4 o N &, e \ A D Sty o ) ) 4 7 i 1991 BABADO Alissandra Cummins and...
Research Study

Archaeological Survey South Peninsula StKitts 1985 VHolon

...are confirmed, D are newly discovered and R are previously reported. Undoubtedly there are others below the surface or under some of the characteristic inpenetrable dry evergreen thickets. The sites have been dated by use of Scuth's formula for the - - TR i . - Table 1. SUMMARY OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES OF SOUTH PENINSULA Name of site Site No. CDR Period Priority ====== e s o WHITE HOUS...
Research Study

Goodwin Heymann 1977 Salvage Archaeology Sugar Factory Pier StKitts ExplorersJournal

(. T 2, e | — it = T - S = & = ¥ wy = P e -t £ s ~ —e 5 = Photo by Douglas V. rn. The Sugar Faciory Pier site before excavation. in June 1975, after a walking survey of the area delineated surface concen- t. Kits Salvage Archeology trations of prehistoric artifacts, and after the grid for vertical and hori- By R. Christopher Goodwin and Cyd Heymann zontal control was established. Dur- HEN THE TASK...
Research Study

Figueredo 1975 Saladoid Settlement Patterns StEustatius IRF

...absent. Stratum III is a tan-brown, silty midden soil; the upper 25 cm. were excavated as Level D, and the 1 ower ca. 12 cm. were excavated as Level E. Tevel D turned out to be the conch-shell midden that we were hoping to intercept: 4 whole conchshells (Strombus is with apical perforations and 5 other large fragments were found, along with 45 aboriginal sherds. No historic sherds at 2 all wer...
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Archaeology of Grenada Savanne Suazey Northern Area Pottery Analysis

...the east. The soil is very clayey. Here the surface is about 40 feet above the ocean from which it is separated by a nearly vertical cliff. Awash, at the foot of this cliff and extending outward into the Atlantic 30 to 40 feet, is the eroded top of the underlying stone ledge. Pottery in abundant quantities was found at the eroded top edge of the cliff but many small sterile test h...
Technical Report

IRF 1984 CrownBay StThomas MarineArchaeologicalSurvey FinalReport

...to have significance, a salvage archaeological excavation effort was to be carried forward expeditiously prior to any dredging activity. Project mobilization commenced on 8 August; field work at Crown Bay started on 6 October, using a Geometrics Model 806A Proton Magnetometer to relocate each anomaly site and pinpoint the anomaly epicenter on the seabed. At the re- quest of the Port Authority...
Policy Document

1994 UN Global Conference SIDS Barbados Declaration Programme of Action

...TOURISM RESOURCES 25 IX BIODIVERSITY RESOURCES 26 NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY 29 Xl REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION 30 X TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION 32 X SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY XIV HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT 35 XV IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING AND REVIEW 38 INTRODUCTION At the conclusion of the United Nations Global Conference on the Sustainable Development...
Conference Proceeding

Williams MervinC 1988 Development and Environment Sustainable Development OECS CCA AGM Martinique

...individuals, voluntary organizations, business, institutes and Governments" (Brundtland, 1987). The Commission presented its Report in early 1987 under the title "Our Common Future." At its final meeting in Tokyo, the Commission issued the "Tokyo Declaration" in which it . declared, "We remain convinced that it is possible to build a future that is prosperous, just and secure. But realizing t...
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CDB Caribbean Regional Workshop Sustainable Development Indicators Report 1998

...poverty reduction, and human resource development. The importance of ensuring harmony between the three aspects of economic, environmental and social development was elaborated. In conclusion, caution was urged against a temptation to develop an unwieldy superstructure of indicators which might retard the very positive process of which the indicators are to become a vital component. FIRST PLEN...
Academic Paper

Titus 1991 GreenhouseEffect CoastalWetlandPolicy USA SeaLevelRise EnvManagement v15n1 pp39-58

...the long-term impact of barrier-island dis- integration would be to reduce total wetland acreage, as larger waves could enter the estuary and erode them (LWPP 1987). The deepening of estuaries asso- ciated with rising sea level would also allow larger waves to strike wetland shores. Development on barrier islands could have an am- biguous impact. Structures and other human activities thwart th...
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Tiempo Issue8 1993 Desertification FloodActionPlan Wetlands SelfHelp GlobalWarming

...the FAP to ‘compensation’ being considered is flood consultation and which are subject to flash floods from strengthen public proofing: for example, raising the level of adjoining hill areas. In addition, several participation. This is not an easy task in a homestead mounds, providing flood refuges, and strengthening community services. It is Ganges rivers are 65,500 and 51,500 cubic floodplai...
Research Study

Kosrae Pacific Islands Sustainable Development Study Colby 1993

...costs, and a shallow labor market implies that the island countries will not be able to support a broad base of economic activities. The outlook for many of the region’s primary commodities is very weak (such as copra, sugar, and cocoa, whose prices have stagnated or declined dramatically the past decade). It was suggested that the common, traditional island cultural trait of close extended f...
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TIEMPO Issue3 1991-11 CentralAmerica UNCED GATT Africa WRI China GlobalWarming ThirdWorld

...next meeting of the INC is in destruction and away from the crucial issue Michael Zammit Cutajar, felt that, as far as December in Geneva. 24 | New study focuses on the vulnerability of Bangladesh A RECENT STUDY by the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) has highlighted the extreme vulnerability of Bangladesh to sea level rise. Bangladesh has an area of only 144,000 square kilome...
Technical Report

Crowards 1998 Proposed Sustainable Development Indicators Caribbean CDB Workshop

...m/f (% total) room, rural/urban Adult (15+) literacy rate, Maternal mortality ratio Sex ratio for 60+ m/f % population with access to Total fertility rate Illiteracy rate, 15-24/25+, safe water, and to Contraceptive prevalence m/f sanitation: rural/urban among married women of reproductive age (%), any method or modern methods APPENDIX. Part 2: Possible SOCIAL and Institutional Indicators; p.7...
Policy Document

PanosBriefing10 1994 SmallIslandDevelopingStates InternationalAction

...despoliation be converted into a future of hope: "We who have been used, without our consent, as testing grounds for tools of destruction now offer ourselves as a test case for the instruments of life." Toxic waste traders Small island developing states are persistently offered money in exchange for toxic waste shipments from unscrupulous entrepreneurs who barter in the wastes of...
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IGBP Global Change Reducing Uncertainties International Council of Scientific Unions

...assess effects on the glo- bal scale, studies must cover the full latitudinal range of natural and managed vegetation types. Patches, regions and continents The BAHC project is investigating water and energy exchanges at various spatial scales. Features of particular importance in patch- scale studies include accessible moisture in the rooting zone, the physiological status of vegetation, its...
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