Strengthening resilience of agricultural lands and forests in Dominica in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria

Promotion of sustainable agriculture in areas around Morne Trois Pitons

This component seeks to promote behavioral change through the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices by users of land bounding with the Morne Trois Piton National Park. This will reduce occurrences of land degradation, increase the positives of soil carbon sequestration and the production of sustainable produced crops that meet market standards. Advancement of this component is supported by IICA, the Division of Agriculture another other relevant parties. The following are the anticipated outputs:

• Technical and market-based mechanisms are in place to support sustainable agriculture
• Conversion of 250 ha degraded agricultural lands located into farms that employ resilient and sustainable farming practices

COMPONENT 3

Institutional strengthening, education and training to address land degradation

The project will develop and promote new policies/regulations that can address land management practices in Dominica that have been identified in the wake of Hurricane Maria as contributing to the severity of the negative impacts of storms on ecological functioning, livelihoods, and human health and security. This will take the form of the preparation of a Climate Resilient Sustainable Land and Forest Resource Management Plan and accompanying regulations based on the anticipated specific outputs:

• Policy and Regulatory Framework is in place to support sustainable approaches to forest and agricultural management
• Support is established for Sustainable Approaches to Forest and Agricultural Management
• National public awareness and education program on Land degradation Processes and Vulnerability Implemented
• In addition, a national policy on food security will be developed that will highlight the necessity of increasing Dominica’s food self-sufficiency and of promoting more climate resilient agriculture”