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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: 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 ...
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 ...
Webinar: Addressing climate channge in agriculture possibilities for the future.
(04-07-2023)
Highlight the importance of capacity building as a means to better address the impacts of climate change, the barriers that the sector faces in terms of adaptation and mitigation, as well as ideas and actions that can be ...