ANNUAL

TECHNICAL

REPORT

2015

Development challenges common to Small Island Developing States

which Impact on & are affected by Agriculture

Development challenges common to Small Island Developing States

which Impact on & are affected by Agriculture

Food & Nutrition Security

Productivity & Competitiveness

Development of Rural Areas & Rural Well-being

Climate Change & Natural Resource Management

“Agriculture thrives in a crisis.”

Keeley Holder, Agriculture Solutions

Professional, 2012

“Smallholder sustainable agriculture is

the most efficient and socially just way

to increase productivity, resilience to

climate change…and improve

household food security.”

ActionAid, 2011

“Agriculture is a major employer and

driver of economic growth, and where

growth has the most poverty-reducing

impact”.

IFAD 2014

THE RESULTS OF IICA’S

TECHNICAL COOPERATION AGENDA

2015

Productivity and Competitiveness

Profile of value chain actors-

inform VCD interventions

Compilation of primary &

secondary data on the industry

In collaboration with

Funded via

7 local technicians trained on inputting

data and managing the NAMIS

Actions for improving the functioning of the

NAMIS in St Lucia identified

In collaboration with

Funded via

Supported development of

approved project proposal

On-going support to

development of training

programme and retrofitting of

greenhouses

In collaboration with

Funded via

Access to LYD-resistant

coconut germplasm

Development of Rural Areas

&

Rural Well being

Developed self-learning

guides/resources for enterprise

planning, market research, product

improvement

In collaboration with

Training in small business financial

record-keeping Funded via

Capacity of 35

beekeepers built in

constructing Perone

hives & permapiculture

management

In collaboration with

Improved

understanding of

available options for

product differentiation

Mille Fleur Honey

Producers

Cooperative

Funded via

Capacity to improve

hive management &

honey production

strengthened

Capacity of farmers to improve

herd management and forage

production strengthened

In collaboration with

Portfolio of actions supporting

herd improvement and

enhanced forage

management developed

St Lucia Ruminant

Cooperative

Society Limited

Funded via

Enhanced capacities of 20 technicians in

thematic and subject disciplines of importance to

agriculture and rural development

Funding & Collaboration

5: Biotechnology, Rainwater harvesting, In

vitro propagation

1: Integrated management of water resources

14: Food safety modernisation, plantquarantine, animal health surveillance,

Codex, SPS

Climate Change and Natural

Resource Management

In collaboration with More than 30 agriculture & non-agriculture PS’s,

planners and technicians trained in climate-

Funded via

Increased awareness of farmers on

climate change related threats to

their value chain

Funded via

Enhanced capacity of local

technicians in incorporating climate

resilience in planning

Produced technical report on

adaptation needs & options for

climate-proofing the value chain

In collaboration with

St Lucia Ruminant

Cooperative

Society Limited

Produced climate-smart strategic

plan (draft) for small ruminant value

chain

Support (on-going) to development of

forage bank

In collaboration with Awareness and understanding of climate change

adaptation & mitigation principles enhanced for a

cadre of 40 local agriculture & non-agriculture

stakeholders

Funded via

In collaboration with Developed Agriculture Disaster Risk Management

(ADRM) Guidelines for Agriculture in Saint Lucia

Funded via

Food & Nutrition Security

Awareness and understanding of

producers raised on the importance

of quality management to

agriculture and value chain

development

In collaboration with

Produced report on prioritized quality

infrastructure services and

framework for action for developing

QI services to agricultureFunded via

Planning and Coordination:- better leverage synergies and

improve quality of implementation process

Resource limitations:- build capacity and governance systems of

CSOs and other partners to manage operations and to better

access and use development resources

Cooperation and Networking :- improve quality of interventions

and expand scope of benefit from technical support services and

products

TECHNICAL COOPERATION AGENDA

2016

Productivity and Competitiveness

Improve the socio-organizational and agribusiness

management capacities

Product Differentiation and Value-added strategies for Honey

Training of local technicians in important thematic/subject

areas

Stakeholder participation (especially women and youth) in

agriculture dialogue/development fora

Support enterprise development of stakeholder groups

(SLNRWP, SLAFY, Chief Tree, SRCSL)

Support agro-tourism development

Experience capitalization (knowledge leveraging)

Support small producer linkages with markets

Development of Rural Areas & Rural Well-being

Climate Change and Natural Resource Management

Climate Smart Agriculture Forum

Climate Smart Agriculture Competition

Agriculture Risk Mapping

Full operationalizing of Small ruminant forage bank

Food and Nutrition Security

Helping Out Our Primary and Secondary Schools

(HOOPSS Phase 5)

- Focused on people -

Promoting competitiveness and

sustainable agriculture in Saint Lucia

Thank

You