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6. Sustainable Agriculture

Introducing local crop and land management process

Expanding local crop and land management practices that work for women and youth eg.

Seedlings v Produce/ secure seedlings rather than germinating plants from seeds:
seeds • reduces time exposed to climate variabilities in the open
• reduces the need for tillage of the soil which fractures the soil, disturbs
soil composition, removes soil cover, causing ↑ run off and erosion

Organic • Avoid handling and digesting chemicals (eg Dominica)
practices

Integrated Pest • Establishing environmentally sustainable, effective Integrated Pest
Management Management approaches
• Prevent overuse of pesticides eg in Guyana

Intercropping • Enable pollinators, natural predators to pests and other ecosystem services

• Reduce issue of land availability eg acai and cassava, fruit and vegetables
Cover Crops Such as planting nitrogen-fixing legumes to benefit fruit, cassava etc

Agroforestry Collaborate with eg. World Wildlife Fund and International Union for the
Conservation of Nature on best practices for ecosystem management of Acai
forests and the establishment of Acai plantations

Sustainable Agriculture in the Caribbean (SAC) Project

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