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4. Engagement

Dominica Stakeholder and Supporting Functions

Supporting Functions: Investors Stakeholders: Climate Smart Agriculture eg
Indigenous techniques:
drought tolerant crops, short
Research, Development and Capacity Building harvest intervals, tolerant to
Land Use & Ownership flooding and pests
Women generally have access but GEF Small Grants University of the West Indies
rarely own the smaller plots of land. Small grants for Formal Research and Training Technology
in Agriculture
Men own larger plots and farms and individuals and Key Government Ministries and Agencies - National Bank of Dominica
groups, grant
are more involved in export writing CIRAD including:
Agricultural
Kalinago Territory is 3,700 acres of workshops research and MoBanking
- Youth interested eg
land and passed down through Agriculture and experiments Youth Development and Empowerment, Youth at Risk, hydroponics, smart phones,
Gender Affairs,
families or special arrangements with Development Bank - Facilitates skills training, school agricultural programmes and rainwater harvesting
other Kalinagoes financial support Dominica State College support for youth entrepreneurs
including loans for - GBV advocacy, small loans for women in Agriculture
women in Formal Research and Inputs/ machinery e.g
Infrastructure: agriculture, up to Training in Agriculture Community Development Education Tourism - Agri Sales
- Limited community XCD 35k with FAO: Village councils house Potential to link to school Linkages to agro- - 4D/4All
infrastructure for women and limited collateral, Technical cooperation meetings, storage and feeding programme and tourism and markets, - Buzz Enterprises
There is also a loan
youth facility of XCD 10 projects eg disaster advocate for more support curriculum linkages to hotels - Do It Centre
- Limited feeder roads post Maria min for loans to management and Business and Export Development Health
- Examples of infrastructure eg farmers climate smart Dominica Import Export Agency (DEXIA) provides training, input support Eg Hospital feeding - Astaphans
agriculture
and procurement of produce, grading, processing, reselling. Sell to local
DEXIA: National Development supermarkets, hotels and other customers. programme - Ministry of Agriculture
- Roseau Packhouse Foundation of CARDI Bureau of Standards technical support packaging, labelling, certification
- Portsmouth Packhouse Dominica Agricultural Agriculture eg COVID 19
- Oversight of main markets Small loans and credit Research, Dominica Emergency Agriculture Livelihoods Resilient - Limited access to
to farmers and agro- Experiments and Programme supported by the World Bank markets (curfews)
processors Development Extension technical assistance support programme
Finance & Control Women and - Women had to choose
- Fewer women apply for finance eg only IICA Climate Resilience Executing Agency of Dominica Youth Farmers ‘farm or home’
775 females out of 3,345 applicants for Credit Union League Technology, Resilience training and support - Groups - Limited access to
World Bank funding Small loans and innovation and Planning, Telecommunications and Broadcasting - Registered/ farms
support to
credit to farmers
unregistered
- Women and youth lack land and and agro-processors farmers Awareness and communications - Opportunity to use on-
collateral to secure finance. Also shy away Inclusion of agriculture and gender in policy making line markets
from additional commitments (AID Bank) National Bank Dominica Hucksters Association
of Dominica
- Commercial bank reluctance to invest in Large loans to Provide services to packaging material and Childcare:
agriculture due to the relatively high risk agriculture facilitate packaging of fresh produce - Ad hoc, expensive facilities
- AID Bank, NDFD and Credit Union League - Extended family key support
able to provide some small loans and - Post Maria data shows 18
credit to farmers BUT low uptake by hours per week unpaid
women and youth (AID bank interview) childcare
*Details of key contacts in Mapping excel files
Sustainable Agriculture in the Caribbean (SAC) Project
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