Farmers from the Essequibo coast and Pomeroon River have secured ‘high marks’ from international donors and visiting specialists for the progress which they have made in ‘taking forward’ a Shade House Vegetable Production Project launched in several parts of the country with the support of several multilateral agencies including Partners for the Americas, Caribbean Self-Reliance International (CASRI) and the Inter American Development Bank through its Multilateral Investment Fund.
Designed to help popularise the hydroponics technology that removes the application of soil in the planting of vegetables, the Shadehouse Project has been embraced by farmers in several of the country’s administrative regions
