Guyana to benefit from FAO/Canada agri project for women, youth

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From left to right are: ThuTrang Nguyen, International Assistance Program Officer, Global Affairs Canada; Abebech Assefa, Head of Cooperation for the Eastern Caribbean, Global Affairs Canada; Dr. Renata Clarke, FAO’s Sub-Regional Coordinator for the Caribbean; Vermaran Extavour, Value Chain Expert & Project Coordinator, FAO’s Subregional Office for the Caribbean; and Roberto Sandoval, Disaster Risk Management Specialist, FAO’s Subregional Office for the Caribbean at the project launch at UN House in Barbados.
From left to right are: ThuTrang Nguyen, International Assistance Program Officer, Global Affairs Canada; Abebech Assefa, Head of Cooperation for the Eastern Caribbean, Global Affairs Canada; Dr. Renata Clarke, FAO’s Sub-Regional Coordinator for the Caribbean; Vermaran Extavour, Value Chain Expert & Project Coordinator, FAO’s Subregional Office for the Caribbean; and Roberto Sandoval, Disaster Risk Management Specialist, FAO’s Subregional Office for the Caribbean at the project launch at UN House in Barbados.

Farmers from Guyana and seven other Caribbean countries are to benefit from the new CA$10 million Regional Gender-Responsive Climate-Smart Agriculture and Food Systems in the Caribbean project which was officially launched on June 3 at United Nations House in Barbados.

Financed  by the Government of Canada, the four-year project (2024-2028) will be implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Belize, the Com-monwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Suriname.

A release yesterday from the Canadian High Commission here said that the collaborative effort involving Canada, the FAO, and local government and civil society partners will enhance Carib-bean farmers’ resilience to climate change and contribute to economic growth in the region.