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6. Recommendations

Detailed recommendations for women and youth

Suppliers Farmers Processors Distributors Buyers POTENTIAL
PARTNERS

FINANCE • Support finance and insurance companies to design and offer relevant, accessible low cost products to • Guyana Land and
(‘BUILD’) connect with the women and youth that need them. Surveys Commission
• Provide financial and technical assistance for women through support systems (NGOs, CBOs, etc.) that • MOA (eg HESAD
stakeholders are cognizant of or already working with project)
• Tailored training for women and youth to include in financial literacy and business development and be linked • NAREI
to climate resilient farming practices and secure finance and insurance products • New GMC
• Small Business Bureau
(equity for grants &
INCUBATOR Implement a dynamic, focused Public Private ‘incubator model’ loans facilitated
ACCESS ('BOOST’) with to support existing organizations and value-chains to through commercial
scale, strengthen and engage new farmers:
banks) - Guyana Bank
• Access to finance, tools, inputs, training and land
(more friendly to
• Influence greater access to very low cost land through land for Trade & Industry,
banks or revised agro-park policy to lease crown or female farmers)
unutilized land at affordable rates and enable women and - Commercial Banks
youth to scale/ diversify (Republic Bank, Scotia
Bank, Citizen’s Bank)
- - Guyana Public
TRAINING • Offer training in new methods and agricultural technology to women and youth and Service co-operative
(‘INFORM’) incentivize the process of knowledge sharing within their community Credit Union limited

• National campaign to interest women and youth in agriculture as a profession (multi-media) • Communications/
PARTICIPATE • Engagement activities such as Farmer Exchange (’experience life on a farm’) and Lead Farmer/ Mentorship • Marketing and
social media
(‘INSPIRE’)
programmes in the relevant value-chain. Demonstration plots for community engagement
ENGAGEMENT DATA Cost benchmarking, Market pricing & Buyer access through available micro & macro data/ tech platforms distribution MoA
publish market pricing
(‘ROOTS’)
online/ eg Digicel SMS
POLICY
(‘UNITE’) Detailed review of content and budgets of existing policies including agriculture, employment and labour as well
as gender-based violence, formulate detailed recommendations and benefits of changes to incorporate women
and youth. Engage key government decision makers and support of Gender Affairs

Sustainable Agriculture in the Caribbean (SAC) Project

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