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RELEVANT AGENCIES/RESOURCES TO CONTACT
FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE (CONTINUED)
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Caribbean Agricultural Research Development Institute (CARDI)
Caribbean Broilers Group
Cattle Breeders Society
College of Agriculture, Science & Education (CASE)
Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ)
Ebony Park HEART Academy
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Forestry Department
Goat Breeders Association
HiPro Farm Supplies
Institute for International Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS)
Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI)
Jamaica Broilers Group
Jamaica Livestock Association (JLA)
Knockalva Agricultural School
National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA)
National Screwworm Eradication Programme
National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA)
Orange River Research Station
Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA)
Scientific Research Council (SRC)
Sydney Pagan Agricultural School
“Executive Director, Jamaica
4-H Clubs, Lenworth Fulton
& former FAO Representative,
Dr. Dunstan Campbell working
with Clubites in their Garden”
For further information, contact:
JAMAICA 4-H CLUBS
95 Old Hope Road, Kingston 6
Tel: 876-927-4050-2 • Fax: 876-978-3209
Email: [email protected] • Website: www.jamaica4hclubs.com
Or the nearest 4H Clubs Parish Office
©2011
CLUBITES
PREPARING THEIR
SCHOOL GARDEN
“Youth Response to Food Security”
A programme of the Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries
WHAT IS THE NATIONAL SCHOOL GARDEN PROGRAMME?
HOW IS THE PROGRAMME MANAGED
This programme is synonymous with the mandate of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs. In
his annual Budget Presentation (2008), then Minister of Agriculture & Fisheries,
Dr. The Honourable Christopher Tufton announced a policy initiative to create the
National School Garden Programme which focuses on the contribution of youth
to food security.
The Jamaica 4-H Clubs executes the programme through the following structure.
Initially, the programme sought to establish and/or resuscitate gardens in schools
over a three-year period. In the first year, some 322 schools were involved on a
phased basis. Up to early 2011, some 588 gardens were established.
The programme’s strategy is to ensure timely implementation, employment of
modern agricultural techniques and equipment while encouraging practical handson experience leading into the formal education system.
GOAL
To equip all public
educational institutions
with technologicallydriven school gardens,
aimed at providing
young persons with the
necessary skills and
knowledge that will
foster the development
of agriculture as an
alternative career choice
while promoting entrepreneurship with the
field.
OBJECTIVES
• To encourage practical
agricultural training in schools
• To introduce modern
agricultural technologies
• To improve self efficacy
(entrepreneurship) among the
nation’s youth
• To involve youth in contributing
to food security
• To provide healthy fresh food
for school canteens
• To stimulate young people
towards agriculture as a viable
career
• To encourage young people to
eat Jamaican and develop the
taste and preference for local
dishes
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Policy oversight by the 4-H Board of Management
National School Garden Committee
Daily operation managed by the Project Manager, 4-H Clubs
Regional Coordinators, School Garden Officers and Parish Development
Officers, (PDOs)
• Administrative support will also be offered by the Project Secretary and the
4-H Clubs Parish Secretaries
HOW DOES THE PROGRAMME WORK?
On visiting the schools, the School Garden Officers/Parish Development Officers
will assess the school’s agricultural programmes. Upon satisfactory assessment,
schools will be assisted with the necessary inputs and/or technical support to
establish or resuscitate their gardens.
The Project Officer/PDO with support from the Rural Agricultural Development
Agency (RADA), the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) and Community Volunteers (to include P.T.A members), will work closely with the schools to ensure
proper implementation. Each garden should be registered and appropriate
signage erected.
Gardens will be monitored by the Project Officers/PDOs and should form part of
the schools’ Boards and P.T.A agenda items for update and support. The 4-H
Clubs will offer assistance and support in marketing gardening outputs.
REPORTING
Institutions are expected to give monthly reports on all agricultural activities. This
is necessary to follow progress and to supply information to the Ministry of
Agriculture & Fisheries on youth involvement in agriculture relevant to contribution to Gross Domestic Product, (GDP).
RELEVANT AGENCIES/RESOURCES TO CONTACT
FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE
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Agro Grace
Bee Keepers Association
Bodles Research Station
Bureau of Standards of Jamaica