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4. Research

Household - land and working patterns

While there are significant local variations, 80% of women have access to personal (28%),
household (30%) or home garden (22%) land across the Caribbean.

Q10 Land ownership SURINAME JAMAICA ST LUCIA DOMINICA GUYANA REGIONAL Except in Jamaica, and to a

Family/ Household land 23% 45% 31% 36% 15% 30% lesser extent Guyana, leasing
On personally owned land 23% 21% 16% 51% 30% 28%
On garden plot at home 30% 9% 36% 2% 33% 22% is rare and use of community
On leased land 5% 39% 16% 9% 20% 18%
Community/ Government land 5% 2% 0% 2% 2% 2% or government land almost
None - In an office or house 8% 0% 1% 0% 0% 2%
At the market 6% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1% non-existent

Days worked in agriculture

Fully 42% of women regionally work in agriculture
GUYANA
on a part time (1-3 days per week) basis. This is
DOMINICA
particularly true in Suriname where 53% of

ST LUCIA
women work part time in the sector. Income is
JAMAICA also predominantly in cash (65%) with 26% paid
in kind or both and only 9% not paid at all.
SURINAME

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
<1 day 1 day 2-3 4-5 6-7

Sustainable Agriculture in the Caribbean (SAC) Project

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