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4. Research

Roles across the supply chain

In line with the wider channel mapping work, women mainly participate at either end of the
supply chain – in production (38% of women regionally) and sales (24% of women regionally)

with very limited participation in processing or as input suppliers other than in Suriname.

Q7 Agricultural roles SURINAME JAMAICA ST LUCIA DOMINICA GUYANA REGIONAL However, participation by
women is striking in that
Producer 16% 50% 28% 49% 48% 38%
Vendor or Seller 29% 24% 19% 21% 28% 24% it is typically not restricted
Harvester 24% 12% 24% 10% 10% 16% to one part of the supply
Labourer 1% 7% 23% 7% 4% 8%
Processor 18% 1% 1% 8% 4% 7% chain. On average women
Input Supplier 8% 3% 4% 1% 3% 4% participate in three (2.84)
Transporter 3% 3% 2% 5% 2% 3%
roles with 67% working in

Q7 Agricultural roles SURINAME JAMAICA ST LUCIA DOMINICA GUYANA REGIONAL between 2 and 4 roles

Three Roles 33% 20% 19% 25% 30% 25% and a small number (14%)
Two roles 19% 34% 10% 24% 35% 24% working in between 5 and
Four roles 19% 10% 37% 16% 8% 18%
Single Role 13% 16% 1% 22% 19% 14% 6 roles across the
Five roles 14% 8% 11% 8% 2% 9% agricultural value chain.
Six Roles 2% 3% 3% 3% 4% 3%
Seven Roles 0% 3% 2% 2% 2% 2%

Sustainable Agriculture in the Caribbean (SAC) Project

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