Climate change and agriculture : policies, strategies, and actions: country profile Saint Lucia
Description
Caribbean Climate Smart Agriculture Forum
Abstract
This national baseline outlines the institutional framework for addressing climate change in St. Lucia’s agricultural sector. After a brief description of the agriculture sector and potential climate change impacts, this inventory summarizes the main public policy instruments existing at the national level relevant for addressing climate change in St. Lucia’s agricultural sector. In addition, it includes an inventory of the programs or projects currently or recently executed, institutions and coordination
mechanisms through which the agricultural-focused organizations interact with other sectors and stakeholders to promote a low carbon, climate resilient agriculture sector in the country. Lessons learned and opportunities to develop climate smart agricultural interventions aligned to the country´s
identified priorities and targets are found at the end.
Keywords
Cambio climático||climate change||mudança de clima||changement climatique, Políticas||policies||política||politique, Sector agrario||agricultural sector||sector agrícola||secteur agricole, Impacto ambiental||environmental impact||impacto ambiental||impact sur l'environnement, Sector público||public sector||sector público||secteur public, Cooperación internacional||international cooperation||cooperação internacional||coopération internationale, Agricultura||agriculture||agricultura||agriculture, Santa Lucia||Saint Lucia||Santa Lúcia||Sainte-Lucie, Caribe||Caribbean||Caraíbas||Caraïbes, Country profile, CCSAF,
Delegation
Representación Santa Lucía
Publisher
Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)
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http://repositorio.iica.int/handle/11324/7051Collections
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