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2. Root cause analysis

Understanding root causes & effects in detail

Root Causes Context Effects

Agriculture is viewed Farming has always been “assumed” to be laborious and in the realm of older Youth lack interest in
as labour intensive persons, mostly men heading the enterprise and being supported by their agriculture
with low returns families. In addition, it is perceived to be a low paying job. Thus, not an
appealing career choice for youth, as they would have seen their parents
struggle and oftentimes wanting to break that cycle and move away from the
sector.

Cultural norms Cultural norms dictate the role that women play in agriculture. Although Women at the base of
dictate the role that many women play a critical role in family farming in Guyana. However, their the value chain
women play in involvement has been underestimated in statistics. Furthermore, women are
agriculture more likely to be given unfair market prices in a negotiation compared to
their male counterparts because they are still not seen as equal agri-earners
and entrepreneurs.

Land ownership Women in rural areas have less access than men to resources, particularly to Challenges to access
largely based on productive assets such as land and water. There are no legal provisions finance without
location, ethnic preventing land ownership by any citizen. However, there is no clear land collateral
grouping and/or policy and, in practice, men account for the majority of land titles. In
gender indigenous communities, access to lands is passed down from generation to
generation but it is communal and cannot be taken to the bank to be used as
collateral. Thus, the land is available but the capital to invest to develop the
land is lacking.

Sustainable Agriculture in the Caribbean (SAC) Project

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