By Nancy Baker | Communications Director
Since our last IACA project report, our agri-business consulting team has been hard at work coaching our aquaponics farmers in business modeling, stakeholder engagement, financing and other aspects of cultivating a successful start-up. Our demonstration systems at the College of Agriculture and Science Education (CASE) are near completion, and several of our aquaponics entrepreneurs have initiated their own operations.
Farmer Marcus Sewell organized a recent site visit for project stakeholders and others to see the new systems at CASE and tour IACA farmer Louis McLaren's aquaponics system. We’re thrilled with their progress!
Our team at INMED Caribbean also is partnering with the national Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC) in Clarendon, which has been hard hit by climate change events, including floods, landslides, droughts and wildfires. This parallel project supports the overall promotion of aquaponics for small-scale farmers across the island by building systems for farming groups in five communities to strengthen food security and income generation. We have held several introductory workshops on aquaponics in those communities, designed systems to accommodate the sites and have initiated construction on two systems.
Stay tuned for more updates as our aquaponics farmers go commercial.
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