Jamaica: Greenhouse boost for St Catherine High School
Source: HD.com
Jamaica: Greenhouse boost for St Catherine High School Students and staff at St Catherine High School are a step closer to achieving food security, following the handover of a greenhouse by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The facility is expected to reduce the school's reliance on purchased produce by enabling the cultivation of fresh vegetables on campus for its population of roughly 2,000 students.
Interest among older students has risen since the installation of the greenhouse, which forms part of a wider FAO-backed project aimed at improving rural livelihoods through resilient agri-food systems. It can house approximately 1,800 plants, so with this number of plants it is definitely geared towards food security," said Sherene Smith, head of the agricultural science department.
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