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4. Engagement

St Lucia Stakeholder and Supporting Functions

Supporting Functions: Investors Climate Smart Agriculture
Stakeholders: Eg shade houses, mulching,
Global Environment Facility Small Grants
Programme United Nations Development hydroponics, climate resilient
Land Use & Ownership Programmes seedlings, natural soil
Land ownership sis still Climate change adaption grants Research and Capacity Building conservation, insurance
predominantly male. US$5K – US$150K
2007 Ministry of Agriculture Census: CARDI Technology
9,972 holders legal land holders R&D, tech assistance and post harvest support Guru Market Place
6,894 were males St Lucia Development Bank Drought resistant crops (inc dasheen) i-Farm app
2,906 were females. Youth Enterprise Equity Fund IICA Penny Pinch (mobile
Up to ECX 50K grant funding Support St Lucia Network payments service)
of Women’s Producers
(agri-processing cassava Education and Community Groups
and sweet potato) Inputs/ Machinery eg
Sir Arthur Lewis Community College (SALCC)
Agricultural entrepreneurship and Climate Smart - CARIMEX St. Lucia
Infrastructure: James Belgrave Ministry of Agriculture, Farm demonstration sites and land - CaribSeed Ltd.
Fisheries, Planning,
Microenterprise Fund
Agro-processing plant in (Belfund) Natural Resources and - Groo Centree
Babonneau (vegetables, Administered by Ministry Cooperatives St Lucia Boys Training Centre - WIZO
50 juvenile boys and
citrus, mangoes and of Equity, Social Justice, Capacity building, agriculture land Government Ministries - Tropical Farm Supplies
production technologies
root crops) 2011 HACCP Youth Development, etc - Renwick & Co.
certified Sports and Local St Lucia Crisis Ministry of Agriculture - M&C Home Depot
Government
59% female clients Helen’s Daughters Centre Extension officers (training and support)
Draft Agricultural Policy Framework
Up to XCD 30K 120 farmers, 300 Agricultural COVID 19
Low rate loans affiliates programme (2020) UN partnered with
Cross-sector investments Sustainable ag and for 20 victims of St. Lucia Hotel & Tourism Government to
business domestic abuse Association (SLHTA) provide support to
Finance & Control: Financial support, and
CDB assessment: Sage x National Upton Girls connections to hotels Women and those on welfare
Youth Farmers
Men use loans more than Skills x SALCC Centre - Groups (end Nov 2020)
women for farming Youth and smart 25 girls (11 – 18 Export St Lucia - Registered/
agriculture skills
Massy Supermarkets years) CEO Sunita Daniel unregistered
XCD 5K loans for suppliers Taiwan Technical Junior (Key Stakeholder) Childcare:
Vieux-Fort Credit Union Assistance Mission Achievement Limited facilities and
Less stringent loans to Seven crops project Youth in a barrier to
Agriculture
farmers participation
St Lucia Development Bank particularly for
Up to XCD 50K YEEF grant younger women
*Details of key contacts in Mapping excel files
Sustainable Agriculture in the Caribbean (SAC) Project
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