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Decline in RIP agriculture in LAC
In 2023, the relative internal productivity of the Agriculture sector in Latin America and the Caribbean was 44 (with total productivity coefficient = 100), showing its lag compared to sectors with higher productivity, according to the sectoral graph... -
St. Lucia: Agricultural units
83.1% of the farms in St. Lucia are family farms (8,287 units) with an average area of 0.48 ha.
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Decline in RIP agriculture in LAC
In 2023, the relative internal productivity of the Agriculture sector in Latin America and the Caribbean was 44 (with total productivity coefficient = 100), showing its lag compared to sectors with higher productivity, according to the sectoral graph of the report (ECLAC, 2025).
St. Lucia: Agricultural units
83.1% of the farms in St. Lucia are family farms (8,287 units) with an average area of 0.48 ha.
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Investments and Public Expenditure
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USAID Caribbean Agricultural Productivity Improvement Activity (CAPA)
Initiative aimed at improving food security and promoting sustainable farming practices through increased fruit and vegetable productivity of smallholder farmers. It articulates interventions in productive technical assistance, strengthening commercial linkages with buyers and agro-input suppliers, modernization of rural extension systems, and climate data management for decision-making. Its objective is to increase market-led agricultural production, improve smallholder connectivity with regional value chains, and strengthen climate resilience of the Caribbean agri-food sector.
Strengthening private sector development through innovation in OECS Eastern Caribbean member countries.
Program aimed at strengthening agro-productive private sector development in OECS member countries through technological and business innovation as a driver of competitiveness. It supports capacity building across local agrifood value chains, market access, and productive diversification, contributing to the resilience of food production systems against the structural vulnerabilities of the Eastern Caribbean.
Next Generation Sweet Potato Production in the Caribbean (NextGenSP)
A regional project focused on the conservation and sustainable use of sweet potato plant genetic resources across Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and Antigua & Barbuda. Key pillars include: expanding farmer access to clean planting material of priority varieties; building productive resilience against drought, salinity, and the sweet potato weevil (Cylas formicarius); strengthening local value chains through public–private partnerships and processed product development (flour, animal feed); and integrating local varieties into the ITPGRFA Multilateral System, including safe duplication at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
Policy frameworks
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Saint Lucia’s Sectoral Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan for the Agriculture Sector (Agriculture SASAP) 2018-2028
The Agriculture SASAP, here presented, is one of the first three of the NAP’s SASAPs targeted in 2017*and has been designed on a similar ten-year framework for action to overcome barriers and facilitate the adoption and scaling up of climate-resilient agriculture in Saint Lucia. The Agriculture SASAP, funded with the support of the United States In-Country NAP Support Program, through the NAP Global Network, builds on previous efforts and projects, and is the product of an in-depth contextual analysis and search for potential effective solutions to the country’s agriculture-related challenges with climate change, supported by a multi-stakeholder consultative process which started in 2017.
Saint Lucia’s Sectoral Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan for the Water Sector (Water SASAP) 2018-2028
Saint Lucia’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP) has been defined as a ten (10)‐year process (2018‐2028), consisting of priority cross‐sectoral and sectoral adaptation measures for eight key sectors/areas and a segment on the ‘limits to adaptation’, complemented, incrementally, with Sectoral Adaptation Strategies & Action Plans (SASAPs). Priority sectors for adaptation action include: Tourism; Water; Agriculture; Fisheries; Infrastructure and spatial planning; Natural resource management (terrestrial, coastal and marine); Education; and Health. Other key sectors will be identified through a cyclical, iterative NAP process
Plant Protection Act, No. 21 of 1988 - Saint Lucia
This law provides the legal framework for preventing the introduction, establishment and spread of plant pests and diseases in Saint Lucia. It authorizes the Ministry of Agriculture to regulate the importation and movement of planting material, plant products, soil and other regulated articles; establishes the Plant Protection and Plant Quarantine Services; requires import permits and phytosanitary certification; allows inspections, seizures and destruction of prohibited or contaminated materials; provides quarantine procedures, pest reporting obligations and emergency measures; and empowers designated officers to enforce phytosanitary controls to safeguard the nation’s agricultural resources.
Good practices
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Development of sustainable sea moss farming methods in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia Sea Moss Value Chain Strengthening Project through the implementation of sustainable cultivation frameworks. It focuses on technology transfer, the recovery of local ecological knowledge, and the creation of governance mechanisms to balance the economic livelihoods of coastal communities with the conservation of marine ecosystems
ESP: Caricom Agready - GCF Readiness Project
El proyecto CARICOM AgReady - GCF Readiness Support Project busca elevar el perfil del sector agrícola involucrado en el financiamento climático del Fondo Verde del Clima. Los planes generales involucran la implementación de estrategias basadas en evidencia para desarrollar y fortalecer la agricultura del Caribe para un sistema de bajas emisiones, mejorar las oportunidades de mercado y atraer inversiones del sector privado.
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