Three pilot projects totaling USD$300,000 will commence with the aim of transferring and adapting low emission and climate resilient technologies to the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines .
The projects would be under the guidance of the local chapter of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) under the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) and Japan-Caribbean Climate Change Partnership (J-CCCP) Project.
Six additional projects are in the pipeline for St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
These projects will focus on the construction of water harvesting and irrigation systems, converting waste into energy and building capacities for sustainable agriculture among women, men, boys and girls.
