For five years farmers in the District of Saramacca, Suriname, have been involved in an initiative supported by the Global Environmental Facility/ Small Grants Programme and promoted by The Caribbean Institute, a community based foundation that pursues promoting organic agriculture as an answer to land degradation and the use of persistent organic pollutants.

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