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6. Recommendations

Detailed recommendations for women and youth

Suppliers Farmers Processors Distributors Buyers
POTENTIAL
PARTNERS
• Encourage deals with input suppliers • Eg Cox Farms
• Organise design and distribution of input (Crystal Cox)
INPUTS • Explore expansion into seedling production • IICA
starter pack with key suppliers
REDUCE COSTS (‘GROW’) EQUIPMENT • Explore community leasing/ use of assets such as machinery of Rural Women
• St Lucia Network
eg solar tractors, agro-processing eg Babonneau
• Local production of eg shade houses, hydroponic equipment

• Explore cost-effective storage and transportation to market such as van hire, deals with bus companies or • Transport
LOGISTICS empty trucks on routes through growing to Castries/ other markets. Ministry
• Explore potential for agro-tourism for cooperatives/ areas for women and youth (bring market to farmers) • Bureau of
Standards
• Publish minimum quality standards and pricing required for channels to support farmer planning • Massy
QUALITY
• Farmer Field Schools to build strong relationships and engagement with farmers
INCREASE INCOME (‘STEP UP’) COMMERCIAL • Facilitate mutually beneficial trust and agreements with off takers with for women & youth • Massy Gourmet &
• Helen’s
• Strengthen collaboration with Massy for forecasting, value-add and loans to ’Massy Farmers’
Daughters
• Explore Women's Sustainable Export Training packaging and labelling fund for local market development
Love St Lucia
• Explore value-add opportunities depending on context, wants and needs eg:
• Consolildated
• Pre-prepared vegetables eg washing, cutting, selection bags, labelling etc for Massy Gourmet
• Evaluate case for processing sweet potato fries by community groups for sale in supermarkets
Agency (Sunita)
• Potential for Dasheen exports to high-end markets (restaurants, hotels) across the region (tbc) • St Lucia Export
• Emerald Farms
CLIMATE Engage with women and youth to assess most suitable sustainable practices eg : • CIAT assessment
(‘SMART’)
• Cox Farms resilient St Lucia SSLYY Dasheen
RESILIENCE • Hydroponics to attract youth, support local small-scale production for women • MoA, IICA, FAO
• SALCC demo plots
• Work with SALCC for engagement of youth and use of demonstration plots/ land
• Cox Farms
SECURITY
approaches
(‘SAFE’) • Include GBV and psychosocial support referral information in all project activities thereby increasing • Local techniques/
access to services (available services, how to access, and where to go) – see detailed referral services doc
Sustainable Agriculture in the Caribbean (SAC) Project
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