FAO equips Jamaican farmers with adapted greenhouse technologies

SEVERAL vegetable farmers across Jamaica are now combining adapted greenhouse covering materials and digital sensors to improve growing conditions and support more efficient crop production.

These efforts are supported by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) project “Digital Solutions to Improve Horticultural Crop Management in the Caribbean”, which is nearing completion.

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In a media release on Friday the FAO said, the project was implemented in collaboration with Jamaica’s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, the project has provided beneficiary farmers with adapted greenhouse covering materials and environmental, soil and water sensors, together with technical guidance on their installation, use and application in crop management under protected cultivation systems.