The St. Kitts and Nevis Climate Smart Agriculture Project (SKN CSA-P)

The St. Kitts and Nevis Climate Smart Agriculture Project (SKN CSA-P) is a USD 21.645 million initiative aimed at addressing severe water scarcity and climate vulnerability in the federation's agriculture sector. The project focuses on four main outcomes: strengthening the enabling policy environment, enhancing decision support systems through agrometeorological data, mainstreaming low-carbon resilient practices (such as hurricane-resistant greenhouses and solar-powered irrigation), and improving knowledge management. It specifically targets smallholder farmers, women, youth, and disadvantaged groups, utilizing a CSA Matching Grant Fund to catalyze private investment. The project is implemented by the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).

• St. Kitts and Nevis is among the most water-scarce countries globally, with less than 1,000 m3 of freshwater resources per capita, and over 90% of its agriculture is rainfed and unprotected.
• The project has a total indicative cost of USD 21.645 million, with the Green Climate Fund providing USD 18.486 million (85.4%), the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis contributing USD 1.954 million in-kind, and the private sector providing USD 1.205 million in cash and in-kind co-financing.
• The project targets 18,261 direct beneficiaries, including 3,066 smallholder and backyard farmers, 910 students, 30 women's group members, and 255 incarcerated or disabled persons.
• A primary technological barrier is the lack of resilient infrastructure; less than 0.25% of cultivated land is protected by greenhouses or shadehouses, and existing structures are generally not hurricane-resistant.
• The project will implement a CSA Matching Grant Fund to de-risk micro-loans for farmers, requiring private sector beneficiaries to match funding up to USD 2,227.69 for non-greenhouse infrastructure.
• Planned infrastructure interventions include the construction of 10 new 1-million-gallon capacity earthen ponds and 22 new hurricane-resistant greenhouses (12 in St. Kitts and 10 in Nevis).
• The project aims to improve on-farm water and energy efficiency by installing solar pumps, panels, and battery packs for drip irrigation across 400 smallholder farmers (250 in St. Kitts and 150 in Nevis).
• The project addresses a critical data gap in the agricultural sector, as St. Kitts and Nevis does not currently track emissions from Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use (AFOLU).
• Climate projections for the federation indicate a general downward trend in rainfall, with expected declines of 2-3% by 2040 and 2-11% by 2080.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2022). The St. Kitts and Nevis Climate Smart Agriculture Project (SKN CSA-P). https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/28210-st-kitts-and-nevis-climate-smart-agriculture-project-skn-csa-p.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. The St. Kitts and Nevis Climate Smart Agriculture Project (SKN CSA-P). 2022. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/28210-st-kitts-and-nevis-climate-smart-agriculture-project-skn-csa-p.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2022kitts, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{The St. Kitts and Nevis Climate Smart Agriculture Project (SKN CSA-P)}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2022}, month = sep, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/28210-st-kitts-and-nevis-climate-smart-agriculture-project-skn-csa-p.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }