Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Caribbean Countries: Saint Lucia
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Date
2023Corporative author
Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)
Location
Castries, Santa Lucía
Sustainable development goals
ODS 12 - Producción y consumo responsables
ODS 13 - Acción por el clima
ODS 15 - Vida de ecosistemas terrestres
Type
Informe
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The agriculture sector in Saint Lucia is primarily small-scale and rain-fed, with limited use of modern technology. Agriculture has not been prioritized in Saint Lucia’s NDCs due to challenges such as limited data availability, resource constraints, inadequate support services, and insufficient financing. However, opportunities for building climate resilient agriculture (CRA) and enhancing climate ambition in NDCs exist through initiatives such as promoting agroforestry, using biodigesters to reduce emissions from livestock, and using solar energy for irrigation. Additional economic and social feasibility analyses are recommended, along with GHG inventory profiling, to assess opportunities for reducing emissions from the sector. Other measures beyond the farm gate and adaptation actions with mitigation co-benefits can also be explored.
Keywords
Resiliencia al clima||climate resilience||résilience face au climat, Sector agrario||agricultural sector||sector agrícola||secteur agricole, Agricultura||agriculture||agricultura||agriculture, COVID-19||COVID-19||COVID-19||covid-19, Cambio climático||climate change||mudança de clima||changement climatique, Interrupciones de la cadena de suministro||supply chain disruptions||perturbation de la chaîne d'approvisionnement, Banano||bananas||banana||banane, Cultivos leñosos||tree crops||cultura arbórea||culture d'arbre, Aves de corral||poultry||ave de capoeira||volaille, Frutas tropicales||tropical fruits||fruta tropical||fruits tropicaux, reducción de emisiones||emission reduction||réduction des émissions, manure management||gestion du fumier, Emisiones de gas||gas emissions||émission de gaz, Fermentación||fermentation||fermentação||fermentation, Adaptabilidad||adaptability||capacidade de adaptação||adaptabilité, Evaluación de las necesidades||needs assessment||évaluation des besoins, Ganado||livestock||gado||bétail, Mitigación||mitigation||mitigação||atténuation, Manejo del suelo||soil management||preparação do solo||gestion du sol, Innovación agrícola||agricultural innovation||innovation agricole, Necesidades de información||information needs||necessidade de informação||besoin d'information, Situación financiera||financial situation||situação financeira||situation financière, Partes interesadas||stakeholders||parte interessada||partie intéressée, Caribe||Caribbean||Caraíbas||Caraïbes, Santa Lucia||Saint Lucia||Santa Lúcia||Sainte-Lucie, NDC, GHG, Enteric Fermentation, CARICOM, 5111-00, National Reports, National Policy Briefs,
Delegation
Representación Santa Lucía
Publisher
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
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