The “Strengthening the foundation for a climate responsive agricultural sector in the Caribbean” (CARICOM AgREADY project) readiness project, financed by the Green Climate Fund, targets nine countries in the CARICOM region with the Ministry of Environment and Housing of The Bahamas as the lead National Designated Authority (NDA) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) as the delivery partner.

The AgREADY project seeks to raise the profile of the agriculture sector in GCF’s climate financing prioritisation processes by implementing an evidence-based and intersectoral strategy for developing and rebranding Caribbean agriculture as “low emissions”, to enhance market opportunities and attract private sector investments. The project logic is premised on a vision of developing “a climate responsive agriculture sector in the Caribbean that supports food security, livelihoods and uses natural resources sustainably” by addressing barriers of ineffective mechanisms and engagement with agricultural experts and stakeholders in GCF climate programming processes, policy gaps, and limited or fragmented data/information to inform climate risks planning, programming, and action in the sector.

The project coveredThe Bahamas, Belize, Dominica, Haiti, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.