Environmental research

This project grew out of a planning grant where a series of workshops were conducted to in several communities to find out how climate change conditions were affecting the livelihoods of the rural people in farming. The drought condition prevented them from engaging in year round production and the high and increased temperatures make farming conditions very difficult. This project will teach and demonstrate climate smart agricultural techniques in 4 strategic communities to include mainly women and young farmers. The techniques will include propagation, conservation and preservation of local seeds, local materials for pest and insect control, dry farming techniques to include mulching with local materials, water harvesting techniques and methods on site to include a back up water line from the APUA. The introduction of these climate smart agricultural techniques will improve the livelihoods of the farmers and ensure year round production supporting efforts at local Food Security

Antigua and Barbuda