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Stakeholders in agricultural sector to benefit from upcoming project

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The lives of up to 600 stakeholders in the agricultural sector are expected to be impacted by the Gender Responsive Climate-Smart Agriculture and Food Systems in the Caribbean (GCAF) Project, by 2028. Funded by the Government of Canada, work will be done in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining. The National Inception Workshop, which will serve as the national launch of the project in Jamaica, is slated to take place on Thursday, at the S Hotel on St Lucia Avenue in Kingston, beginning at 9 a.m. The project will be implemented in eight Caribbean countries – Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Suriname –with a focus on ‘Empowering Women and Youth for Climate Resilience in Agriculture’. International Value Chain Expert and Project Coordinator at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Vermaran Extavour, told JIS News that the project is valued at Can$10.5 million.
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