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3. Methodology

Product selection

The final sub-sector selection involved the creation of baskets of products where this

provided stronger potential to balance risk and raise income levels for women and youth

and lead to a portfolio with some commonalities across the region:

Dominica St Lucia Jamaica Guyana Suriname
Top 10 Top 4 Final 2 Top 10 Top 4 Final 2 Top 10 Top 4 Final 2 Top 10 Top 4 Final 2 Top 10 Top 4 Final 3
Vegetables Watermelon Fruits Herbs & Spices Fruits Cassava
Herb & Spices Pineapples Vegetables Ruminants Vegetables Acai
Essential oils Lettuce Roots& Tubers Roots & Tubers Feed Vegetables*
Cassava & Toloma Cabbage Poultry & Eggs Castor Bean Beans Pineapples
Ginger & Tumeric Bell pepper Poultry & Eggs Spices Coconuts
Irish Potatoes Tomatoes Ackee Manicole Orange
Cocoa Sweet Potatoes Maize Cassava Grapefruit
Roots & Tubers Dasheen Fruits Coconut Bananas
Seamoss Poultry Vegetables Coffee Smoked fish
Coconut Eggs Hot pepper Cocoa Pigs
*Added following discussion with SAC
Country St Lucia Country Dominica Country Guyana
Sub-sector 1 Vegetables 4.22 score Sub-sector 1 Vegetables 3.82 score Sub-sector 1 Fruit 4.23 score
Sub-sector 2 Roots & 4.21 score Sub-sector 2 Herbs & 3.95 score Sub-sector 2 Vegetables 3.68 score
Tubers Spices
Country Suriname Country Jamaica
Sub-sector 1 Cassava 3.53 score Sub-sector 1 Herbs & 3.88 score See Rapid Review files by country for
Sub-sector 2 Acai 3.36 score Spices weighted selection criteria and detailed
Sub-sector 2 Goats 3.59 score
Sub-sector 3 Vegetables* N/A scoring eg GUY SAC Rapid Review.xlsx

Sustainable Agriculture in the Caribbean (SAC) Project

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