View source for Fund Jamaican Farmers in Climate-Smart Aquaponics

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|Description=Climate change in Jamaica is forcing small-scale food producers out of business, leading to rising unemployment, poverty and food insecurity. INMED's Financing for Climate-Smart Agriculture program helps resolve this crisis by empowering struggling farmers, women, youth and people with disabilities to start aquaponics (hydroponics/fish farming) enterprises. This program is providing access to financing, aquaponics technology, training, technical assistance and secure markets.


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=Challenge=
Jamaica's agricultural sector and local economies have been hit hard by severe climate events, with unemployed food producers lacking business opportunities, youth uninterested in pursuing traditional farming, and insufficient production to provide food security. INMED Aquaponics is equipping small-scale farmers to grow and sell more food locally, earn sustainable livelihoods and provide economic development opportunities for their communities while adapting to climate-change realities.

=Long-Term Impact=
Your donation will help deliver training/resources to 130 small-scale  Jamaican producers over 4 years to start climate-smart agriculture (aquaponics) farming businesses. You will enable INMED to provide farmers with technical training, help finding markets for their produce, and access to financing to grow their enterprises. Together, we will empower small farmers, women, youth and people with disabilities to develop climate change-resilient enterprises to transform their lives and the economy.

=References=

# http://inmed.org/
# http://www.televisionjamaica.com/news/primetimenews/video/3614-knockalva-agricultural-school-aquaponics-part-1
# http://www.televisionjamaica.com/news/primetimenews/video/3615-knockalva-agricultural-school-aquaponics-part-2
# https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSIS0gOVd18&t=13s
# http://inmed.org/where-we-work/jamaica/


=Additional Documentation=
https://www.globalgiving.org//pfil/27051/projdoc.pdf

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|Problems=204641,201304
|Solutions=201306
|organization_id=46309
|Region=Jamaica
|Resources=['http://inmed.org/', 'http://www.televisionjamaica.com/news/primetimenews/video/3614-knockalva-agricultural-school-aquaponics-part-1', 'http://www.televisionjamaica.com/news/primetimenews/video/3615-knockalva-agricultural-school-aquaponics-part-2', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSIS0gOVd18&t=13s', 'http://inmed.org/where-we-work/jamaica/']
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|scraped_from=GlobalGiving
|feature_image=File:ph_27051_97439.jpg|Invest in the future of Jamaica!
|images=[[File:ph_27051_97429.jpg|INMED workshops provide technical training,File:ph_27051_97430.jpg|Aquaponic system installation,File:ph_27051_97431.jpg|Crop selection and planting,File:ph_27051_97432.jpg|Regular maintenance is critical,File:ph_27051_97433.jpg|Climate-smart environmentally friendly farming,File:ph_27051_97434.jpg|No chemicals or fertilizers needed,File:ph_27051_97435.jpg|Attracting youth back into farming,File:ph_27051_97436.jpg|Careers for women and youth,File:ph_27051_97437.jpg|A viable income for people with disabilities,File:ph_27051_97438.jpg|Marketing assistance]]
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|geo_id=3489941}}