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UN agriculture agencies to strengthen rural employment opportunities for Caribbean youth
Bridgetown, 7 September 2015 — The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD, or FIDA by its Spanish acronym) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have joined forces to tackle the growing level of youth unemployment in the Caribbean.
The US$2.7 million dollar programme “Strengthening decent rural employment opportunities for young women and men in the Caribbean” will be implemented in coordination with a number of Caribbean governments and key stakeholders in six countries: Belize, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana and Haiti. Other countries in the region, including Barbados, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, are also expected to benefit from the programme’s regional activities…