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1. Context

Recommendations informed by women and youth

However, research highlights that women and youth have strong interest improving the
status quo. This is reflected in recommendations including access to new markets (91%

interested), comprehensive technical training (91% interested), access to relevant

insurance and finance products (81% insurance, 80% cheap loans), and targeted incubators
to strengthen existing value-chains.

At a regional level, to add structure and leverage to local interventions, recommendations

include facilitating and supporting existing organisations and groups to ensure a gender

equality perspective at all stages and levels of policies, programmes and projects (eg
agriculture, land, climate, health, education, trade), and to influence suppliers to transform

products, pricing and distribution for women and youth, and to create a framework to

encourage participation in agriculture using technology, role communications, and
reframing agriculture as an exciting opportunity for youth.

The principles of the recommendations include:
• Co-design of engagement by women, men and youth: context sensitive interventions

• Do No Harm: mitigate negative affects on the fabric of society and relationships

• Sustainable interventions that do not stop when the programme ends

Sustainable Agriculture in the Caribbean (SAC) Project

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