IICA is a strategic partner for the strengthening and diversification of agriculture. In the area of agritourism IICA provides support for:
Engaging chefs to create menus around local food
and serve as ambassadors of local cuisine and food culture, via creation of Caribbean Culinary Alliance and Chefs for Development.
Elaborating policy, strategy initiatives and development plans
at the regional and national levels to foster consultation, coordination and collective action to address agritourism linkage gaps, evaluate tourism supply and demand, and promote investment.
Fostering to hotelier-farmers linkages
through hotel procurement-chef-farmer exchanges; facilitating supplier-buyer arrangements; building capacity of farmers to meet hotel food specifications.
Development of rural tourism enterprises
that package rural communities’ heritage, agricultural production and nature into visitor attractions, via assessment of territories for identification of tourist attractions and assets and support to project formulation, implementation and management of tourism products and services.
If you have an initiative or wish to collaborate with us, we invite you to fill out our collaboration form and browse through our Project Proposals to discover exciting partnership opportunities. Together, we can turn concepts into reality and achieve meaningful impact in the Caribbean.