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
Coordinador del Área de Información de Precios
Dirección General de Economía Agropecuaria 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 -
Mathieu Boucher
Delegate
Deputy Director, Horticulture Section
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Canada
mathieu.boucher@canada.ca -
Tayon T. Cruickshank
Delegate
Senior Research Officer
Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries
Jamaica
ttcruickshank@micaf.gov.jm -
Cathy Istead
Delegate
Deputy Director, Animal Industry Division
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Canada
cathy.istead@canada.ca -
Rolando González Ruiz
Delegate
Jefe Sistema de Información de Mercados Mayoristas
Consejo Nacional de Producción
Costa Rica
rgonzalez@pima.go.cr -
Jim Bernau
Delegate
Deputy Director, Livestock, Poultry and Grain Market News
Agricultural Marketing Service
United States
jim.bernau@usda.gov -
Nestor Martínez
Delegate
Coordinador del Área de Información de Precios
Dirección General de Economía Agropecuaria 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 -
Dale Bernard
Delegate
Chief Cooperate Planing Officer
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Physical Planning, Natural Resources and Cooperatives
Saint Lucia
capo@govt.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
Encargado de Mercados de Frutas
Secretaría de Gobierno de Agroindustria
Argentina
adansa@magyp.gob.ar -
Shirly Corina Contreras
Delegate
Jefe de Departamento
Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación
Guatemala
sccontrerasd@gmail.com -
Enid Cuellar
Delegate
Jefa del SIMPAH
Fundación Hondureña de Investigación Agrícola
Honduras
enid_cuellar@fhia-hn.org -
Marcio Rodas
Delegate
Informático, SIMPAH
Fundación Hondureña de Investigación Agrícola
Honduras
marcio_rodas@simpah.hn -
René Moran Galvez
Delegate
Asuntos Agro comerciales IMA
Instituto de Mercadeo Agropecuario
Panama
rmoran@ima.gob.pa -
Priscila de Oliveira Rodrigues
Delegate
Gerente de Informaçöes Técnicas
National Supply Company
Brazil
priscila.rodrigues@conab.gov.br -
Nestor Galvan
Delegate
Dirección de Modernización los Servicios
Secretaría de Economía
Mexico
nestor.galvan@economia.gob.mx -
Joyce Silvino Rocha Oliveira Fraga
Delegate
Gerente da Gerência de Modernizaçao do Mercado Hortiganjeiro
National Supply Company
Brazil
joyce.oliveira@conab.gov.br -
Alfonso Bautista
Delegate
Statistical Officer
Ministry of Agriculture
Belize
secretary@agriculture.gov.bz -
Claudio Farías Pérez
Delegate
Jefe Departamento de Información Agraria
Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias
Chile
cfarias@odepa.gob.cl -
Catherine Hob
Delegate
Agriculture information Officer
Ministry of Agriculture
Belize
secretary@agriulture.gov.bz -
Ivonne López Tapia
Delegate
Analista Departamento de Información Agraria
Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias
Chile
ilopez@odepa.gob.cl -
Arlyne Alfaro Araya
Delegate
Coordinador Área Servicios de Información de Mercados
Consejo Nacional de Producción
Costa Rica
aalfaro@cnp.go.cr -
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 -
Anibal Emilio Roa Martìnez
Delegate
Director. Dirección de Comercialización
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería
Paraguay
anibal.roa@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 -
Shem Jimmy Lindsay
Delegate
Planning Officer with responsiblity for Marketing
Ministry of Agriculture and Lands
Grenada
shemlindsay@gmail.com -
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
Central Region Representative
Subdirector de Mercadeo y Comercialización
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 -
Andrienne Ferguson
Delegate
Research Officer
Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries
Jamaica
asferguson@micaf.gov.jm -
Paola Antonia Ochoa Bautista
Delegate
Encargado de Planeamiento
Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación
Guatemala
paolaochoabaustista@gmail.com -
Kimberly Joy Mercer
Northern Region Representative
Assistant to the Director, Specialty Crops Market News
Agricultural Marketing Service
United States
kimberly.mercer@usda.gov
33member 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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