National Adaptation Strategy To Address Climate Change In The Agriculture Sector Of Guyana Strategy And Action Plan
The overall goal of the strategy is to reduce the risks posed by climate change and position the agricultural sector. It seeks to allow the sector to adapt through technical innovation and diversification, and further to increase its competitiveness and sustainability by 2018.
Its aims are:
• To enhance the capacity within the agricultural sector to adapt to climate change and position this Strategy to foster a nationally consistent policy framework.
• To build resilience and adaptive capacity within the sector.
• To assist the government in providing primary producers with a policy framework that embraces research and development and promotes climate change adaptation techniques in agriculture.
• To build greater awareness about adaptive techniques.
