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Mr. Omar Sweeney, Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund, presents a copy of the signed agreement for the provision of greenhouses for use by some 160 farmers in Manchester, St Ann and St Elizabeth, to Mr. Parris Lyew-Ayee, Executive Director of the Jamaica Bauxite Institute. Sharing in the moment (L-R), Hon Julian Robinson, Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining; Dr. Richard Harrison, Chairman RADA, and Hon., Michael Peart, Member of Parliament, South Manchester.
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The Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) and the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the provision of greenhouses for use by some 160 farmers in Manchester, St Ann and St Elizabeth.
The project is aimed at supporting sustainable livelihoods in recipient communities and to also contribute to higher levels of farm production.
Under the JSIF/JBI Water Harvesting Cluster Greenhouse Project, farmers will be provided with greenhouses at a total cost of $208 million, of which $153.27 million has been provided by JSIF under the Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI) programme; while the JBI has contributed $54.78 million.