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Saint Lucia Annual Report 2005 Saint Lucia Annual Report 2 0 0 5 IICA‘s CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL COMMUNITIES IN SAINT LUCIA IICA OFFICE IN SAINT LUCIA JANUARY 2006 Saint Lucia Annual Report 2 0 0 5 IICA‘s VISION —To transform IICA into a development organization that promotes sustainable agricultural development, food security and prosperity in the rural communities of the Americas.“ Saint Lucia Annual Report 2 0 0 5 IICA‘s MISSION —To support the Member States in their pursuit of progress and prosperity in the hemisphere through the modernization of the rural sector, the promotion of food security, and the development of an agricultural sector that is competitive, technologically prepared, environmentally managed, and socially equitable for all the peoples of the Americas.“ Saint Lucia Annual Report 2 0 0 5 SAINT LUCIA AGRICULTURE POLICY The Vision: —To sustain a diversified national agricultural income base and enhance the integrity of rural livelihood system; by generating the capacity for efficiency and the competitive production and marketing of agricultural goods and services.“ Source: Repositioning St Lucia Agriculture through Policy Development and Implementation Saint Lucia Annual Report 2 0 0 5 i Table of Contents Page FOREWARD …………………………………………………………………77777777777,i ACRONYMS ……………………………7777777777777777777,,77777,, 8 E SUMMARY ………………7777777777777777,,77777777! 9, 1 ON…777,,777777777777777,,77777777779 , : AGRICULTURE AND RURAL LIFE IN SAINT LUCIA IN 2005 2 2.1 Recent Performance in the Expanded Agriculture Sector ……….…… 2 2.2 Critical Issues in the international and National Context that Impact Agriculture and Rural Life .…………………………….………….... 5 2.3 The Status of Living Conditions in Rural Communities in Saint Lucia in 2005…………………………….…………………………………………………..… 7 3. SUMMARY OF NATIONAL AGENDA ………………..…………………………………... 7 4. RESULTS OF TECHNICAL COOPERATION ………………………………………….... 9 4.1 Facilitating Competitiveness and Global Trade …………..………………. 9 4.2 Promoting Agricultural Health and Food Safety …………..……………… 12 4.3 Strengthening Rural Communities …………………………………………….. 14 4.4 Hemispheric Integration …………………………………………………………… 15 4.5 Developing Human Capital ……………………………………………………….. 16 4.6 Environmental Management ……………………………………………………… 17 4.7 Institutional Modernisation ………………………………………………………… 18 5. INTER-AGENCY COOPERATION ……………………………………………………………. 18 6. SUPPORT PROVIDED IN DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL PLANS AND STRATEGIES …………………………………………………………………………………...… 19 7. OTHER ACTIVITIES ……………………………………………………………………….…... 21 7.1 The IICA Awards ………………………………………………………………..…… 21 7.2 Meeting of ECS Staff ……………………………….………………………………. 22 8. FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COOPERATION …………………………….………. 23 9. APPENDICES……………………………………………………………………………….…….. 24 9.1 Organisational Chart œ IICA Office in Saint Lucia ……………………….. 24 9.2 Five Most Important Events Organised by the IICA Office in Saint Lucia ………………………………………………………………………….. 25 Saint Lucia Annual Report 2 0 0 5 i i Foreward The IICA Office in Saint Lucia is pleased to present this report as a record of its contribution to the development of agriculture and rural communities in Saint Lucia during the year 2005. In presenting this report we wish to recognize the efforts and contributions of our former representative Dr. Lyle Barbara Graham who served the Representation with distinction for the past 8 years. We wish to underscore the efforts of the Minister and his staff in the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and all the stakeholders in the community of agriculture and rural life who collaborated and cooperated so willingly with us in the execution of our programme of work and the achievements herein reported. As the Institute positions itself to continue serving its member states throughout the hemisphere, the Office in Saint Lucia is repositioning itself to continue its service to the community in Saint Lucia. I wish to take the opportunity to wholeheartedly thank the staff in the Office in Saint Lucia for their contributions to the seamless execution of the transition process which contributed tremendously to achievements of the office in 2005. ……………………………………….. UNA MAY GORDON IICA REPRESENTATIVE IN SAINT LUCIA AND THE ECS Saint Lucia Annual Report 2 0 0 5 ii i List of Acronyms ACP African Caribbean Pacific AHFS Agricultural Health and Food Safety APHIS Animal and Plant Health Inspection Unit BPTDC Banana Pest and Disease Technical Committee CAFY Caribbean Agricultural Forum for Youth CARAPA Caribbean Association of Research and Herbal Practitioners CARDI Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute CDB Caribbean Development Bank CDE Centre for Development and Enterprise CFNI Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute CGPC Coordinating Group of Pesticides Control Boards of the Caribbean CHA Caribbean Hotel Association CHBA Caribbean Herbal Business Association CIRAD International Centre for Cooperation in Agricultural Research for Development CRISP Caribbean Regional Intern Scholarship Programme CSME Caribbean Single Market and Economy CTA Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation CWA Caribbean Week of Agriculture CWC Cricket World Cup ECS Eastern Caribbean States EU European Union FAO Food and Agricultural Organisation GDP Gross Domestic Product GEF/SGP Global Environment Facility/Small Grant Project GRICA Group for the Implementation and Coordination of the Agreements on Agriculture and Rural Life of the Summit Process IABA Inter American Board on Agriculture IICA Inter American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture MFN Most Favoured Nations MAFF Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries MoST Ministry of Social Transformation MOU Memorandum of Understanding NAHFS National Agricultural Health and Food Safety NAHFSC National Agricultural Health and Food Safety Committee NAHFSS National Agricultural Health and Food Safety and Standards OECS Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States PCB Pesticides Control Board PCBs Pesticides Control Boards RTP Regional Transformation Programme SLMB Saint Lucia Marketing Board SPS Sanitary and Phytosanitary SRI Sandals Resort International UNDP United Nations Development Programme USDA United States Department of Agriculture WIBDECO Windward Islands Banana Development Company WTO World Trade Organisation Saint Lucia Annual Report 2 0 0 5 iv Executive Summary Introduction The IICA Office in Saint Lucia is the Management Unit responsible for the Institute‘s collective action to its Members in the Eastern Caribbean States (ECS). During 2005 the activities of the Office in Saint Lucia were executed against a fundamental administrative transition process; that of changing from the Representative of the past eight years to a new Representative. Notwithstanding the process of transition, credible results have been recorded and the Office with some flexibility implemented its agreed National Technical Cooperation Agenda. The results obtained in 2005 must be viewed in line with the wider regional initiative being undertaken to reposition the agricultural sector and promote prosperity in the rural communities of Saint Lucia and the wider Caribbean. The State of Agriculture and Rural Life in Saint Lucia Recent performance in the expanded agricultural sector The economic performance of Saint Lucia in the recent past (2001-2005) may be characterized as good and gaining momentum, with real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rising to 4.04% in 2004 from a negative rate of 4.05% in 2001. However, during the same period 2001-2005, there was real negative growth of the agricultural sector in every year, with the exception of 2004 when value added by the sector to the Saint Lucian economy expanded by 5.08%. The good performance achieved by the sector in 2004 was the result of a 17.69% expansion in value added by the banana sub-sector which accounted for 47.3% of total value added in the agricultural sector. The cultivation of non-traditional crops which contributed 24.4% to value added, experienced a decline of 2.4%, fisheries grew marginally by 0.3%, but the livestock sub-sector contracted by 14.2%. Banana exported in the first 6 months of 2005 reported 35.5 % contraction of tonnage compared to a similar period in 2004. Critical Issues in the International and national context that impact agriculture and rural life Economic growth was projected to reach 5.95% in 2005 based on actual data as at September 2005 and historical patterns. This economic growth is expected to accelerate further in the run-up to the Cricket World Cup (CWC) in 2007, based on projected increases in public and private investment. Despite this buoyant outlook, the Saint Lucian economy remains highly vulnerable to declining European Union (EU) banana preferential treatments, oil price shocks, and high exposure to natural disasters such as floods, droughts and hurricanes. Saint Lucia Annual Report 2 0 0 5 v Access to credit by the agricultural sector for investment and working capital continues to be a major national issue, with financing to the sector in 2003 accounting for only 2.0% of commercial bank credit. During 2004, the credit crunch continued as there was a 3.1% contraction in credit issued by the commercial banks to EC$33.4 million. Indications are that the contractions in credit to the sector continued into 2005. The status of living conditions in rural communities In 2005 assessing the status of living conditions in the rural milieu in Saint Lucia remained very complex. The Government rationalizes strategies to enable them to prevent the continued erosion
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