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6. Recommendations

Detailed recommendations for women and youth

Suppliers Farmers Processors Distributors Buyers POTENTIAL
PARTNERS

FINANCE • Support finance and insurance companies to design and offer relevant, accessible low cost products to • Jamaica National
(‘BUILD’) connect with the women and youth that need them. This should include access to non-traditional Small Loans
finance, and avoid existing barriers to borrowing such as lack of land or collateral eg mobile lending • National People’s
• Tailored training for women and youth to include in financial literacy and business development and be Cooperative Bank
linked to climate resilient farming practices and secure finance and insurance products • Development Bank
of Jamaica
INCUBATOR Implement a dynamic, focused Public Private ‘incubator • IICA/ FAO/ UNDP
('BOOST’)
(microfinance and
ACCESS model’ with to support existing organizations and value- • Dominica AID Bank
technical assist)
chains to scale, strengthen and engage new farmers:
• Access to finance, tools, inputs, training and land
• Influence greater access to very low cost land through • LPP insurance (tbc)
• National Land
land banks or revised agro-park policy to lease crown or Agency
unutilized land at affordable rates and enable women • Agro-Invest (AIC)
and youth to scale/ diversify
TRAINING Included in Finance, Climate and Quality and Quantity sections including Field Schools • Marketing/ social
(‘INFORM’)
media campaign
• Targeted campaign/ multi-media to build interest and engagement eg Ricardo Chambers (hydroponics) • Role models
PARTICIPATE • Activities such as Farmer Exchange (’experience life on a farm’) and Lead Farmer/ Mentorship • SAC / incubators
• JAMPRO
ENGAGEMENT DATA Cost benchmarking, Market pricing & Buyer access from ABIS and JAMIS. Work to motivate up to date • JAMSIS for data
(‘INSPIRE’)
programmes. Demonstration plots for community engagement. Encourage farmer registration
availability and
collation
(‘ROOTS’)
information and wider sharing, and educate farmers on how to best use the data
POLICY
(‘UNITE’) Detailed review of content and budgets of existing policies including agriculture, employment, land and
labour as well as gender-based violence, formulate detailed recommendations and benefits of changes to
incorporate women and youth. Engage key government decision makers and support of Gender Affairs
Sustainable Agriculture in the Caribbean (SAC) Project

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