By Nancy Baker | Communications Director
Since our last report in September, more than 100 individuals have taken our INMED Aquaponics® training, reaching more than 300 future farmers trained in 2021. The training consisted of online and hands-on training at one of our INMED Aquaponics® systems in Clarendon.
INMED Caribbean has also forged several partnerships to provide additional support to the five Clarendon cooperatives to help them increase capacity and scale their impact for the future. Partners that are supporting the Clarendon aquaponics farmers include:
We’re happy to report that all of the INMED aquaponics systems in Clarendon are producing bountiful harvests. All have provided food security to their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially the donations of fresh produce to local hospitals and soup kitchens. And, despite a second round of devastating floods in Aneon Town, our INMED Aquaponics® system remained resilient.
Another exciting development is a new partnership with 4-H Clubs Jamaica, which is helping INMED Caribbean launch its new starter system and training program for residential farmers and youth. The partnership establishes a framework for mutual cooperation and implementation of INMED's residential aquaponics system at a 4-H facility in Kingston to serve as a model and teaching tool for training youth in climate-change awareness, adaptation, sustainable food production, entrepreneurship and agricultural innovation, and to serve as a model for demonstration of the technology.
Funded by the Government of Jamaica under the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Jamaica 4-H Clubs provide specialized training to mobilize, educate and equip youth to develop sustainable enterprises and become positive contributors to national development.
The 4-H mission dovetails perfectly with the INMED Aquaponics® goal of helping distressed communities strengthen food security, climate adaptation and sustainable livelihoods. INMED Caribbean has already held training workshops on the starter system. In a few weeks, it will be brimming with fresh produce to harvest.
Our team at INMED Caribbean is grateful for all the support and encouragement they have received from our GlobalGiving donors. You are truly part of the INMED family now, and we look forward to improving more lives in Jamaica with your support in the coming year.
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