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Jamaica Bauxite Institute contributes towards green project
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One hundred and sixty farmers from eight communities in St. Ann and Manchester are set to benefit from a $192 million Water Catchment and Greenhouse Cluster Project, being undertaken by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI).
A total of 20 greenhouses are being constructed in each of the eight targeted communities, with a mined-out pit at each site to be converted into a surface water reservoir to be used for irrigation purposes.
The project, which involves collaboration with Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners, is geared at placing formerly small scale subsistence farmers on mined-out bauxite lands, and providing the necessary infrastructure and equipment for them to do greenhouse farming on a larger scale.
JSIF is providing $160 million through the World Bank-sponsored Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI), with the JBI contributing $32 million.
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, in his remarks, stated that the project is consistent with the Government’s position on the restoration of mined-out lands.
He said that as at the end of 2013 some 8, 983 hectares of land had been mined with 6, 889 hectares certified rehabilitated by the Commissioner of Mines.
A total of 20 greenhouses are being constructed in each of the eight targeted communities, with a mined-out pit at each site to be converted into a surface water reservoir to be used for irrigation purposes.
The project, which involves collaboration with Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners, is geared at placing formerly small scale subsistence farmers on mined-out bauxite lands, and providing the necessary infrastructure and equipment for them to do greenhouse farming on a larger scale.
JSIF is providing $160 million through the World Bank-sponsored Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI), with the JBI contributing $32 million.
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, in his remarks, stated that the project is consistent with the Government’s position on the restoration of mined-out lands.
He said that as at the end of 2013 some 8, 983 hectares of land had been mined with 6, 889 hectares certified rehabilitated by the Commissioner of Mines.
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