CTA's director Michael Hailu gave a presentation at the P3a Conference (22-24 March 2016) in Aruba. " Through support to sustainable value chains, CTA is closely collaborating with farmers groups, private sector actors, knowledge institutions and policy makers across several SIDS targeting the domestic tourism industry, export markets and offsetting of the large food import bills in these countries.", says Michael Hailu, CTA Director.

1. Promoting sustainable
agriculture through
private-public
partnerships in SIDS

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Obesity and
prevalence of
NCDs
Large food
import bills
Young
people see no
future in
agriculture
Ageing
farmers
55-60 years
old
Climate
change and
extreme weather
events
Challenges facing agriculture in SIDS
Small,
isolated from
major
markets

3. Opportunities for agricultural
transformation in SIDS
Renewed interest
in agriculture
largest share of
investments
from the
Diaspora
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Niche
markets in
Europe, USA,
Australia and New
Zealand
Tourism-
related
markets
Reduce food
imports –
opportunity for
local producers
Health crisis
raising awareness
of importance
of local foods

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Promoting profitable and
sustainable value chains
Enhancing access
to finance and
seed funding
for women and
youth
Supporting farmers through public-
private partnerships
Improving farm
management
and
production
increasing value
added and
marketing of
local products
Improving the
supply of
business
development
services
Enhancing
capacity of
farmers’
organisations
Promoting
climate-resilient,
nutrition-sensitive
value chains (CSA)

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Caribbean Value Chain
Alliance ( Antigua & Barbuda,
Barbados, DR, Grenada, Haiti,
Jamaica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the
Grenadines)
Finance
Promoting profitable and sustainable value
chains in the Caribbean through PPPs
Sustainable
sourcing and
private sector
linkages
Technology
transfer and
training
Business
development
services
Organisational
capacity and
policy
advocacy
ICT
development
and adoption

6. Strengthening value chain and agri-
business development in the Pacific
Photo credit: CIFOR
Establish
regional VC
platforms
Improve local
food supply,
income and
nutrition
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Innovation credits to facilitate
MSME’s access to technical
expertise and business
development assistance
Link
enterprises
and technical
support
services
Public-
private
partnerships

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Key issues Limited
capacity and
skills
Strengthening small-scale fisheries
value chain in Indian Ocean Countries
Limited
coordination
and dialogue
among
stakeholders
Building
capacities of
IOC Regional
Fisheries Network
Integrating
ICTs into the
fisheries sector
Facilitating
consensus
building and
multi-stakeholder
dialogue
Poor
information
sharing,
communication
and KM
Project

8. Results
E-platform to help farm communities boost productivity
E-platform informing on improving local food industry
and agricultural practices
Platform of Chefs linked with technology established to
share and develop common approach towards local and
healthy nutrients
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Promoting the use of locally sourced
products in the tourism industry
Chefs for
Development
(Chefs4Dev)
Establishment of
an online
community for
Chefs
An online platform
to advocate for
enhanced food
security and access
to nutritious food
Consumers
sensitised towards
local& healthy food
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9. Results
Funding support from CARICOM for youth engagement
Development of national chapters e.g. BAHMROP
New reputation #WeAreCANROP
New experience sharing and networking established
and new markets for products
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Strengthening women farmers’ voices
in ARD policy-making
Caribbean
Network of Rural
Women
Producers
(CANROP)
Three steps to transform CANROP
Assess needs
through KM Scan
Training in
communications
Presence
at Caribbean Week
of Agriculture
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Introducing new tools and approaches
Youth entrepreneurs in ICTs for agriculture
• Crop Guard (Barbados)
• Node420 (Jamaica)
• Unicode (Suriname)
Business applications
o ICT-enabled markets
 E.g. WIBDI Farm to Table initiative (Fiji)
 Linking producers to restaurants
 Helping producers manage their farms and their
business
 Helping restaurateurs plan their menus and healthy,
nutritious dishes
 New markets, reliable income
Environmental planning and management
 PGIS

11. • Caribbean Agri-business Forum,
Grenada, 2014
• Pacific Agribusiness Forum, Fiji, 2015
• Caribbean-Pacific Agri-Food Forum,
Barbados, 2015
• Participants from across SIDS
• Multi-stakeholder discussions
• Specific agreements, deal making
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Connecting public-private actors in the
agri-Food sector

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Promoting south-south collaboration
across SIDS
Intra-ACP APP:
Fostering learning and
exchanges
- Enhanced policies and strategies
- Dissemination and adoption or research and technology
- Better market linkages and enterprises developed
Enhancing capacities of
regional and interregional
organisations

13. Thank you
CTA operates under the framework of the
Cotonou Agreement and is funded by the EU.
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