Bridgetown, Barbados November 19th, 2020 – On November 9th, 2020, a virtual orientation & training session was facilitated by representatives from Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) Coordinating Unit within the REACH project.
Over the following weeks, extension officers of the Ministries of Agriculture Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent & the Grenadines will serve as enumerators for a survey, collecting information from small farmers across the 2 countries as part of a communication audit. The survey is designed to capture the impact of the project on small farming communities, current practices of small farmers in reducing their risks to hazards and suggestions on future work which can be undertaken to help farmers build resilience.
The session featured the enumerators, national project coordinators, national focal points and representatives from the CIMA Research Foundation. One of the main strategies discussed was the methods of delivering the survey, given the varying COVID-19 environments prevailing in both Caribbean states.
The data collected will serve to inform future improvements which can be made to enhance communication between small farmers and relevant national government & regional agencies.
For further information, please contact:
Clive Murray
Communication and Education Specialist
CARIBBEAN DISASTER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (CDEMA)
Resilience Way, Lower Estate
St. Michael
BARBADOS
Tel #: (246) 434-4880
Fax #: (246) 271-3660
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