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6. Recommendations

Detailed recommendations for women and youth

Suppliers Farmers Processors Distributors Buyers POTENTIAL
PARTNERS

• Organise input starter pack with regional local • Eg Agro-Grace
suppliers • Eg Nutramix
• Local fodder production for goats
• Newport Farson
INPUTS
REDUCE COSTS (‘GROW’) EQUIPMENT • Expansion into seedling production (Herbs & • Bodles
Spices), forage production (Goats)
• IICA
• RADA
• Explore leasing/ community assets for mechanisation
• Equipment
• Explore expansion into production of sustainable solutions eg.
suppliers
shade houses, irrigation, goat pens using local materials
• Explore cost-effective storage and transportation to market such as van hire, deals with bus companies or empty • CARDI/ IICA
LOGISTICS • Incubator
trucks on routes through growing to Kingston/ other markets partners
• Publish minimum quality standards and pricing required for channels to support farmer planning • Jamaica Bureau of
• Encourage registration of farmers (for RADA assistance). Address concerns over tax/ other implications.
Standards/ SRC
INCREASE INCOME (‘STEP UP’) • Strengthen relationships and outreach of offtakers such as Grace eg forecasting, processing support etc • Grace, Walkers
QUALITY
• Current assessment and Farmer Field Schools to build strong relationships and engagement with farmers
• Collaborate with
RADA, CARDI and/
or IICA for varietals
• Explore relationships with local abattoirs and butchers to increase quality cuts of meat for local sale
and standards
• Facilitate mutually beneficial agreements with off takers with fair and motivating terms for women & youth
• Commercial training for women and youth in farm management, sales and marketing (eg gamification)
Wood
• Explore value-add opportunities depending on context, wants and needs eg:
COMMERCIAL
• Explore interest and potential to expand goat bi-products into supermarket eg Loushushan
Supermarket (bi-
• Explore production of chilli mash, sauces, dried herbs and spices for teas, cosmetics etc • Loushushan
products)
CLIMATE Engage with women and youth to understand existing and sustainable practices eg : • CIAT (rapid)
(‘SMART’) • Local production of pens and fodder for goats to control and manage close to home • MoA, IICA, FAO
RESILIENCE • Water and soil management for herbs and spices • Local techniques
• Climate resilient varietals eg ginger and breeding stock eg Anglo-Nubian
• Eg. Gender Focal
Points. Ministry of
SECURITY
(‘SAFE’) • Include GBV and psychosocial support referral information in all project activities (see referral services doc) Agriculture/ RADA
• Considerations around goat pens, tagging, intensive feeding and/ or community schemes to prevent theft
Sustainable Agriculture in the Caribbean (SAC) Project
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