The CDB’s Social Sector Division Chief highlights the region’s ability to make use of this Platform. “The Caribbean is well-positioned to effectively enhance the output of its agriculture sector while fostering sustainable practices and reinforcing market linkages. A knowledge and information platform can increase stakeholders’ access to climate-smart agriculture technologies, data, and practices, which is particularly important as the region remains heavily reliant on food imports, leading to global supply and price shock vulnerabilities,”. 

He continued, “the project will seek to determine the feasibility of such a platform and its potential to enhance agriculture human capital, by, among other things, serving as a teaching tool and a mechanism for the multidirectional flow of vital information.” 

Staying true to CDB’s inclusive approach to development, the project will take a gender-responsive approach ensuring that women are beneficiaries of the project. Notably, women have a significant presence in the agriculture industry and are primarily responsible for meeting the dietary and nutritional needs of households. This approach mirrors Saint Lucia’s own “Helen’s Daughters”, where women are given their own economic space to engage in agriculture.