Strengthening Institutional Capacity and Market Systems for Climate-Resilient Agriculture

Counterpart / Lead agency

Climate Change and Environmental Advisory Unit, Office of the Prime Minister

Objective

To strengthen the institutional, market and policy systems that enable the Government of The Bahamas to mainstream climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and build inclusive, market-driven resilience across the food system. The project is designed to combine institutional strengthening, practical learning, digital knowledge-sharing and policy reform, equipping public agencies to provide coordinated, business-oriented agricultural extension and supporting private-sector engagement, investment and inclusion throughout CSA value chains, with particular emphasis on women and young people.

Expected results

Expected outputs are intended to strengthen public extension services, equip officers to connect producers with markets, establish applied learning and knowledge-sharing platforms, and advance an enabling policy framework for inclusive climate-smart agriculture.

1. Integrated extension model. A standardized climate-smart agriculture and business-to-business extension model, curriculum and toolkit are expected to help public agencies deliver coordinated technical, business-management and market-facilitation support to producers.
2. Applied learning and knowledge hub. School-based demonstration farms are expected to provide hands-on training and showcase resilient, market-linked practices, while an online knowledge hub would share training materials, templates and value-chain information.
3. Policy dialogue and incentive framework. Policy analysis, stakeholder consultations and drafting are expected to produce a validated national climate-smart agriculture incentive policy, coordination arrangements and an implementation roadmap for Cabinet consideration.

Beneficiaries

Direct beneficiaries are government agriculture and education agencies and at least 50 extension officers expected to receive training, with at least half targeted to be women or members of vulnerable groups. Producers, value-chain actors and the wider public may benefit indirectly.