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Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Caribbean Countries: The Bahamas
(Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), 2023)
The Bahamas stated adaptation priorities for the agricultural sector in its initial Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), including food security and reducing import dependency. However, as of August 2022, the country ...
Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Caribbean Countries: St. Kitts and Nevis
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2023)
St. Kitts & Nevis' agriculture sector represents 1.4% of GDP and consists of small-scale farms. The government owns most of the farm land, with the remainder owned by individuals and families. Subsistence farming is common, ...
Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Caribbean Countries: St. Vincent and the Grenadines
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2023)
Agriculture is a priority sector for adaptation in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, but no mitigation targets were included in its initial Nationally Determined Contributions (iNDC). The main barrier to implementing climate ...
Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Caribbean Countries: Saint Lucia
(Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), 2023)
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, ...
Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Caribbean Countries: Trinidad and Tobago
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2023)
Trinidad and Tobago's agriculture sector contributes only 1.2% to the country's GDP, but it employs over 4% of the population and plays a crucial role in diversifying the economy. However, the sector faces challenges in ...
Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Caribbean Countries: Suriname
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2023)
Agriculture is a significant sector in Suriname, employing 17% of the population, but faces challenges such as low productivity, inadequate technology, and limited irrigation. The country has prioritized climate resilient ...
National Action plan for Agriculture GHG Inventory Improvement: St. Vincent & The Grenadines
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2023)
The GCF-Readiness Project “Strengthening the foundation for a climate responsive agricultural sector in the Caribbean” aims to promote Caribbean agriculture as a low-emissions solution to climate change. The project has ...
National Action plan for Agriculture GHG Inventory Improvement: Trinidad & Tobago
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2023)
The IICA-GCF Readiness Project aims to enhance climate action in the agricultural sector in nine CARICOM sub-region countries by strengthening policies, capacities, frameworks, methods, and institutional arrangements for ...
National Action plan for Agriculture GHG Inventory Improvement: Suriname
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2023)
The CARICOM AgREADY project, funded by the Green Climate Fund, aims to improve the enabling conditions for climate action in the agricultural sector in nine Caribbean countries. The objectives of the project include ...
National Action plan for Agriculture GHG Inventory Improvement: Saint Lucia
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2023)
The AgREADY project aims to position Caribbean agriculture as a low-emission solution for climate change and improve its financing prioritization process. The project intends to develop a climate-responsive agriculture ...