P127 - BAHAMAS
Market Access and Quality Management for Ruminant Farmers in the Bahamas
BENEFICIARIES
The small ruminant farmers of Long Island (Bahamas);
Local business community;
The Bahamas Development Bank;
The Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI)
PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS
Caribbean Agricultural Research & Development Institute (CARDI);
Services providers;
Women and youth
DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS
Delegation of the European Union in the Bahamas/Jamaica
PROJECT COVERAGE
Two-fold purposes: Develop an agri-business model to modernise the small ruminants farming ensuring productivity and trade expansion; Identify appropriate quality management techniques and train farmers in standard compliance, labelling and competitiveness of farm products.
Two-fold project outputs:
- An agri-business model building on the work done by CARDI in particular the input/output model for trade expansion is developed and the farmers are trained;
- Provide technical assistance to small ruminant farmers on quality management and labelling to address standard compliance and traceability to be able to compete in national and international markets.
Intervention areas:
- Agri-business model;
- Quality management and labelling;
- Competitiveness;
- Regional trade expansion;
- Capacity building on sustainable agriculture.
RESULTS ACHIEVED
Purpose1: To develop an agri-business model to modernise the small ruminants farming in the Bahamas and ensure sustainability of productivity and trade expansion
An agri-business model building on the work done by CARDI in particular the input/output model for trade expansion is developed and the farmers are trained;
Purpose 2: To identify appropriate product quality management techniques and train small ruminant farmers in standard compliance, labelling and competitiveness of farm products
Technical assistance to ruminant farmers on quality management and labelling to address standard compliance and traceability to be able to compete in national and international markets.
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