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September 10 (JIS)

The Buff Bay Primary School in Portland is using farming technologies to generate the interest of students in agriculture and to boost food production for their canteen and for the market.

Vice Principal at the institution, Keisha Braimbridge, told JIS News that last year they won a school garden prize at a 4-H Clubs event in the parish, and from that they upgraded their semi-greenhouse with the installation of tanks and irrigation drippers, to automate the operation.

“We are promoting sustainable agriculture, using hydroponic and aeroponic methods,...