OIMA/MIOA
The Market Information Organization of the Americas (MIOA) is a cooperation network, integrated with government institutions or those linked to the government, whose functions or main objectives are to collect, process and disseminate information related to markets and agricultural products.
Our principles
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Market information is a public good.
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Cooperation leads to mutual benefits.
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Exposure to new ideas and practices stimulates innovation and continuous improvement.
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Timely, reliable and impartial market information is essential for an efficient agricultural marketing system.
Who we are?
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Nestor Martínez
Central Region Representative
Price Information Area Coordinator
Directorate General for Agricultural Economics DGEA
El Salvador
nestor.martinez@mag.gob.sv -
Robert Ricardo Saul
Caribbean Region Representative
Statistician
Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security
Barbados
robet.saul@barbados.gov.bb -
Claudio Farías Pérez
Vice Chairman / Southern Region Representative
Jefe Departamento de Información Agraria
Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias - ODEPA
Chile
cfarias@odepa.gob.cl -
Javier Hugo Paredes Durand
Andean Region Representative
Coordinador del Área de Comercio Interno del MINAGRI
Ministerio de Agricultura y Riego
Peru
japaredes@minagri.gob.pe -
Kimberly Joy Mercer
Chairman / Northern Region Representative
Assistant to the Director, Specialty Crops Market News
Agricultural Marketing Service
United States
kimberly.mercer@usda.gov
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Glenn Gabriel
Delegate
Policy Officer
Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries
Suriname
scan_gabri@hotmail.com -
Bibi Shanaza Ally-Khan
Delegate
Marketing Officer
Guyana Marketing Corporation
Guyana
sally@newgmc.com -
Prakash Ragbir
Delegate
Manager ICT
National Agricultural Marketing and Development Corporation
Trinidad and Tobago
pragbir@namdevco.com -
Philius Rideler
Delegate
Unité Statistique Agricole et Informatique
Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development
Haiti
prideler@gmail.com -
Andrea Simon
Delegate
Manager Market Facilitation
National Agricultural Marketing and Development Corporation
Trinidad and Tobago
asimon@namdevco.com -
Joseph Eliezer Millien
Delegate
Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development
Haiti
millienjoseph@yahoo.fr -
Pascal Blais
Delegate
Deputy Director Market Information Section-Animal Industry Division
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Canada
pascal.blais@agr.gc.ca -
Kaydian Campbell
Delegate
Senior Research Officer
Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries
Jamaica
kaydian.campbell@moa.gov.jm -
Jim Bernau
Delegate
Deputy Director, Livestock, Poultry and Grain Market News
Agricultural Marketing Service
United States
jim.bernau@usda.gov -
Nestor Martínez
Delegate
Price Information Area Coordinator
Directorate General for Agricultural Economics DGEA
El Salvador
nestor.martinez@mag.gob.sv -
Karina Soriano Victoriano
Delegate
Directora Departamento de Economía Agrop. y Estadísticas
Ministerio de Agricultura
Dominican Republic
karisovic@yahoo.com -
Jeannette Leo Thomas
Delegate
Enc. División de Captura y Análisis de Precios Agropecuarios
Ministerio de Agricultura
Dominican Republic
yanetleo452@hotmail.com -
Alphonso Clarke
Delegate
Marketing Officer
Department of Agriculture
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Ashawn.doa@gmail.com -
Thaddeus Sherman Constantin
Delegate
Acting Marketing Specialist
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Physical Planning, Natural Resources and Cooperatives
Saint Lucia
marketing.agriculture@govt.lc -
Randel Esnard
Delegate
Farm improvement officer
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Physical Planning, Natural Resources and Cooperatives
Saint Lucia
randel.esnard@gov.lc -
Sheila Aldjah
Delegate
Head Division Agricultural Statistics
Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries
Suriname
sheila.aldjah@gmail.com -
Raquel Tejada Ovalle
Delegate
Analista
Ministerio de Agricultura y Riego
Peru
rtejada@minagri.gob.pe -
Andrea Marcela Dansa
Delegate
Fruit area coordinator
Secretary of Government of Agroindustry
Argentina
adansa@magyp.gob.ar -
Sergio Danilo Morales Buchán
Delegate
Professional
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food
Guatemala
smorales@maga.gob.gt -
Enid Cuellar
Delegate
Jefa del SIMPAH
Honduran Agricultural Research Foundation
Honduras
enid_cuellar@fhia-hn.org -
Marcio Rodas
Delegate
Computer scientist, SIMPAH
Honduran Agricultural Research Foundation
Honduras
marcio_rodas@simpah.hn -
René Moran Galvez
Delegate
Agribusiness Specialist IMA
Agricultural Marketing Institute
Panama
rmoran@ima.gob.pa -
Priscila de Oliveira Rodrigues
Delegate
Gerente de Informaçöes Técnicas
National Supply Company
Brazil
priscila.rodrigues@conab.gov.br -
Joyce Silvino Rocha Oliveira Fraga
Delegate
Gerente da Gerência de Modernizaçao do Mercado Hortiganjeiro
National Supply Company
Brazil
joyce.oliveira@conab.gov.br -
Gregorio Canto
Delegate
Statistical Officer
Ministry of Agriculture
Belize
statsofficer1@agriculture.gov.bz -
Claudio Farías Pérez
Delegate
Jefe Departamento de Información Agraria
Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias
Chile
cfarias@odepa.gob.cl -
Sergio Tillett
Delegate
Agri-business Development Officer
Ministry of Agriculture
Belize
agrilinks@bmdc.bz -
Ivonne López Tapia
Delegate
Analista Departamento de Información Agraria
Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias
Chile
ilopez@odepa.gob.cl -
Rafaela Cristina Bobadilla de Martínez
Delegate
Coordinadora del Servicio de Informaciòn de Mercados Agropecuarios SIMA
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería
Paraguay
rafaela.bobadilla@mag.gov.py -
Ernesto Sotelo Aquino
Delegate
Director. Marketing Management
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería
Paraguay
ernesto.sotelo@mag.gov.py -
Diego Nelson Romero Sellanes
Delegate
Encargado de Sistema de Relevamiento de Información Comercial Mayorista
Observatorio Granjero (convenio Unidad Agroalimentaria Metropolitana – Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca)
Uruguay
dromero@uam.com.uy -
Michael Rickaille
Delegate
Head of Statistics, Research and Information Technology Unit (ag)
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Barbuda Affairs
Antigua and Barbuda
Michael.Rickaille@ab.gov.ag -
Jason Fleming
Delegate
Economist II
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Barbuda Affairs
Antigua and Barbuda
Jason.Fleming@ab.gov.ag -
Julian Elwin
Delegate
Production and Marketing Coordinator
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica
Dominica
elwinju@dominica.gov.dm -
Javier Hugo Paredes Durand
Delegate
Coordinador del Área de Comercio interno del MINAGRI
Ministerio de Agricultura y Riego
Peru
japaredes@minagri.gob.pe -
Colville King
Delegate
Agricultural Diversification Officer
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Rural Transformation, Industry and Labour
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
colvillek@hotmail.com -
Sócrates Theoktisto Díaz
Delegate
Assistant Director of Marketing and Commercialization
Instituto de Mercadeo Agropecuario
Panama
stheoktisto@ima.gob.pa -
Pablo Pacheco Laporte
Delegate
Jefe del Área de Desarrollo Comercial
Observatorio Granjero (convenio Unidad Agroalimentaria Metropolitana – Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca)
Uruguay
ppacheco@uam.com.uy -
Ayanna Barnett
Delegate
Research Officer
Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries
Jamaica
Ayanna.Barnett@moa.gov.jm -
Paola Antonia Ochoa Bautista
Delegate
Planning Manager
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food
Guatemala
pochoa@maga.gob.gt -
Kimberly Joy Mercer
Northern Region Representative
Assistant to the Director, Specialty Crops Market News
Agricultural Marketing Service
United States
kimberly.mercer@usda.gov -
Roberto Antonio Durán
Delegate
Area Director of the Undersecretariat for Industry and Commerce
Undersecretariat of Industry and Commerce
Mexico
roberto.duran@economia.gob.mx -
Jorge Caballero Ángeles
Delegate
Director of the National Market Information System
National Market Information System
Mexico
jorge.caballero@economia.gob.mx -
Arlyne Alfaro Araya
Delegate
Market Information Services Area Coordinator
National Production Council-Government of Costa Rica
Costa Rica
aalfaro@cnp.go.cr -
Ricardo Araya Lobo
Delegate
Wholesale Markets Information System Leader
National Production Council-Government of Costa Rica
Costa Rica
aalfaro@cnp.go.cr
35member countries along America
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Canada
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Dominica
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- United States
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Dominican Republic
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Saint Lucia
- Suriname
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Uruguay
Principios de trabajo
- Market information is a public good.
- Cooperation leads to mutual benefits.
- Exposure to new ideas and practices stimulates innovation and continuous improvement.
- Timely, reliable and impartial market information is essential for an efficient agricultural marketing system.
Mission
Improve the competitiveness of agriculture, promoting and facilitating access and transparency of agricultural markets in member countries, by connecting and integrating its members through a flow of experiences, knowledge, information and services aimed at improving capacity and knowledge.
Vision
Be a leader in information and intelligence of agricultural markets, recognized worldwide for the development and integration of the MIS in the Americas.
Executive Committee
History of MIOA
The Market Information Organization of the Americas is a cooperation network, composed of government institutions or those institutions delegated by the Government, whose main functions and objectives are the collection, processing, analysis and dissemination of information on markets and agricultural products.
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