A €8.6 million programme to boost the region’s agriculture sector, particularly small producers, was inked yesterday between the European Union (EU) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA).
The four-year Intra ACP Agriculture Policy Project is aimed at increasing the capabilities of agricultural development organizations within the Caribbean to address the development needs of agricultural “smallholders.” It is expected that by the end of the implementation period, all involved will experience improved policies and incentive regimes and strengthened institutional and development capacity to support productivity and profitability of the region’s small agri-based producers/entrepreneurs. This in turn is expected