​ Project to bring farming to Deacons Farm, support 600 families

Some 600 families, including 400 drawn from the government’s One Family Programme, are expected to receive livestock, crop materials and technical support under a relaunched project at Deacons Farm, St Michael, Minister of Agriculture Dr Shantal Munro-Knight has announced.

The Community Agriculture Response and Empowerment initiative, widely known as Project CARE, was launched on Tuesday to build household resilience, encourage agricultural entrepreneurship, and strengthen national food and nutritional security.

Global economic pressures and food-supply challenges made a return to domestic food production and community self-sufficiency necessary, she said. “The intent is to be able to benefit the most vulnerable, those that can least afford it, to make sure that they are able to have affordable and nutritious food.”