The National Inception Workshop “Gender-responsive Climate-smart Agriculture and Food Systems in the Caribbean” was held at the Mayreau Conference Room, Grenadine House, Kingstown Park.
The Government of Canada and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Subregional Office for the Caribbean have signed a grant agreement to implement a project titled: “Gender-responsive Climate-smart Agriculture and Food Systems in the Caribbean”. The regional project launch was held on Monday 3rd June, 2024.
The project is being implemented by the FAO in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Rural Transformation, Industry and Labour in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. It aims to promote and encourage the use of climate-smart technologies in viable agricultural value chains in eight Caribbean countries, namely, Belize, Grenada, Dominica, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Suriname and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The activities under the project will prioritize the needs of youths, women and producer organizations, while ensuring equal access to capacity building and training activities, and developing knowledge products that will enhance learning. Climate-smart tools and technologies will also be introduced to improve the efficiencies in production and agro-processing.
Market linkages will be fostered through community fairs and forums for farmers and processors to connect to buyers both nationally and regionally. The project’s approach is geared towards fostering country ownership and to strengthen the linkage between farmers, agro-processors and public policies/ interventions at national and regional levels.
