3. In the Caribbean a family is the village, community,
district one lives. That's why in the Caribbean we
always say it takes a village to raise a child.
FAMILY FARMING is
A Right
A Covenant
A Commitment
4. During the early days of sugar plantation
Rice field and sugar plantation in Guyana
Livestock family farming in Jamaica
Banana plantation in the Windward Islands
Vegetable Production in Eastern Caribbean
Fishing industry across the Caribbean
Agro-Industry across the Caribbean
5. Nucleus farming family ( father, mother and the
children
Extended family farming ( father , mother, children ,
uncle, aunty etc
Community family farming
6. The family farming in the Caribbean have not been
well documented therefore, their contributions can
not be quantify.
Lack of documentation is hindering the
development of the operators of family farming
Lack of documentation scaling down the
contribution of family farming in the Agricultural
sector
7. Geat potential to contribute to the GDP of the
region.
By reducing the food import bill which is now
estimated at $4.5Billion
By improving the Food and Nutrition Security
By improving and increasing utilization
By increasing the rate of employment
By generating the needed foreign exchange
Also, modernizing the tourist industry
Innovations across the food chain
Conservation of indigeneous biodiversity
8. Livestock production
Agro-forestry
Fishing
Agro-Industry
Vegetable / Crop Production
Fruit Tree Orchard
Agricultural Marketing
Agro - processing
9. Lack of land title deeds / certificate
Using of land as collateral to access funds for
development
Lack of Insurance policy for the farm and the family
Poor infrastructure e.g. farm roads , water supply ,
Poor marketing structure
Poor transportation within the region
Poor land zoning system for Agriculture
10. Food and Nutrition Security program
Zero Hunger Challenge program
Climate adaptation in Agriculture
Backyard garden programmes run by National
Ministries of Agriculture
Buy Local , Eat Local Campaign which is run across
the Caribbean
11. Family Farming : Achieving Food Security and Sustainable Development
in the Caribbean
Production/ivity
Nutrition
Governance
Availability
Social
Protection
Resilience
Accessibility
Grow
Crops - Cassava
Livestock –
Small
Ruminants
Share
Food Based Dietary
Guidelines
Eat Fresh and local
Obesity
Fisheries
Undernourishment
Forestry
Pre School Nutrition
Food Quality
School Feeding
Wasteage
Income support
Sustainability
Protect
Coordination
Financing
Parliamentary
Councils
Private S/Civil Society
Praedial Larceny
Land Zoning
Natural Resource
protection
13. o Good Governance
oCreating a forum for family farming in the Caribbean
and the Latin America
o Open direct opportunity for family farming in the
value chain
o Support the small Island states in the Caribbean
through grants and projects to improve economic of
scale for / of production.