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Sustainable Agriculture recommendations
‘SMART’ – sustainable climate activities in agriculture
SMART: collaborations with organisations and funds
Research and Tech Regional: CARDI, IICA, FAO
Assistance Ministry of Agriculture agencies and extension officers (see Stakeholder map per country)
Climate Smart • International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
Expertise • Agricultural Research Centre for International Cooperation (CIRAD): Elisabeth Claverie (CEO)
Potential World Wildlife Fund and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN): agroforestry
Collaborations Partnerships for Forests (P4F): Acai development in Colombia (Luis Rios)
Farmer Groups WINFA, farmer/ community groups for resilience and post shock ‘bounce back’ (eg Dominica)
University/ College Eg. University of the West Indies, Eg. Sir Arthur Lewis Community College (St Lucia)
Centre of Agriculture research of the Anton de Kom University of Suriname (CELOS) eg cassava
Private Sector Explore potential investments in sustainable supply chains: TOPCO, De Molen, Grace Foods etc
Funds: • Local funds eg Environmental Foundation of Jamaica, Suriname SCSD (see stakeholder maps)
• UNDP GEF Small Grants Programme: climate change adaption grants
• Green Climate Fund (GEF), United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNCC) REDD+
programme, Inter-American Development Bank and Caribbean Climate-Smart Accelerator
Insurance • Influence accessibility and gender responsiveness of insurance products eg Livelihoods
Protection Policy (LPP), a parametric index-based micro insurance product available in St Lucia
and Jamaica from Caribbean Policy Centre and Munich Climate Insurance
• Currently distributed through social aggregators like credit unions, farmers cooperatives etc
Sustainable Agriculture in the Caribbean (SAC) Project
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