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6. Sustainable Agriculture

Climate resilient varietals and expanding women’s roles

Climate resilient varietals/ breeds and expanding the role of women and youth in supply eg:

Establishing • Collaborate to expand existing resilient varieties in circulation eg Cox Farms St
climate smart Lucia SSLYY Dasheen (resilient to fungal infections), Jamaica ginger
varietal of crop/ • Reduce time to crop maturity to reduce exposure and speed up recovery from

livestock shocks (eg CIAT’s system for rapid multiplication of genetically superior cassava)
• Make endemic crops resilient if possible (eg Dominic ginger) and use of clean
planting materials (eg FAO ginger value chain project in Jamaica)

• Work with CARDI and IICCA to secure breeding stocks of goats that are more
resistant to increasing temperature eg Anglo-Nubians, Alpine, and Saanan
• Work with relevant Government and national research agencies and regional

organisations such as CARDI (eg in conjunction with Centre of Pacific Crops and
Trees), IICA,FAO on specific varietals for sub-sectors and countries, CELOS
(Suriname) for cassava plant breeding, greenhouses, animal fodder

Nurseries and • Engage women and youth to establish nurseries with disease free material

seed banks working with key organisations and seed banks

Fodder • Encourage forage production, and the promotion of silvopastoral systems
production combining forestry, forage plants and livestock
• Sun drying of high protein plants for use during the wet / hurricane season

Sustainable Agriculture in the Caribbean (SAC) Project

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