Canada, FAO unveil gender-responsive, climate-smart agriculture program for Caribbean
FAO Representative in Guyana, Dr. Gillian Smith
Dr. Smith further emphasised the necessity of working through partnerships to follow the lead of the country’s development agenda, “save time and energy,” and “leave no gaps.”
Deputy Director and Head of Cooperation at the High Commission of Canada in Guyana, Adam Loyer acknowledged “the significant damage observed to agriculture, food security, and livelihoods of many farmers across the region” in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl.
Deputy Director and Head of Cooperation at the High Commission of Canada in Guyana, Adam LoyerLoyer commended President Irfaan Ali’s “swift efforts to bring together relevant CARICOM stakeholders following the damage caused by Hurricane Beryl to chart the way forward for the agriculture sector in the region and to address setbacks to the 25 by 2025 initiative.”
He further highlighted the Canadian Government’s support for “CARICOM’s ambitions to increase resilience of their food systems to disasters and to other shocks by augmenting domestic food production through climate smart agricultural practices and reduce dependency on food imports.”
Director of Planning at Guyana’s Ministry of Agriculture, Natasha Deonarine said the Ministry “identified fisheries and aquaculture industry to be the main focus of this project.”
Director of Planning at Guyana’s Ministry of Agriculture, Natasha DeonarineShe also mentioned, “In 2024, $1.2B has been allocated to enhance fisheries and aquaculture productivity.”
Deonarine further noted that Guyana is working to improve the condition of women and close the existing gender-gap reflected by the Global Gender Gap Index. In 2024, Guyana scored 35th with 76.5% as reported by the World Economic Forum, the highest gender gap score for Guyana.
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