RMI: Increase Local Biodiversity the Cultivation of a Community Garden
The project is to create a community garden with a diverse of locally grown produce to reduce reliance on imported food, increase community awareness on the negative environmental impactof relying on packaged foods and environmental advantages to be gained from increasing the biodiversity on the island, integrating the locally grown, non-indigenous produce into the local diet to improve community residents health by educating residents through workshops on produce usages, increase self-sufficiency and sustainability of the community by educating modern agriculturall practices, and increase generation of income for residents through improved knowledge of business methods to market the produce and employment.
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Project Snapshot
Grantee:
Airok Community Growers, Inc.
Country:
Micronesia
Area Of Work:
Biodiversity
Grant Amount:
US$ 2,000.00
Co-Financing Cash:
US$ 110.00
Co-Financing in-Kind:
US$ 50.00
Project Number:
MSP/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/09/02
Status:
Satisfactorily Completed
SGP Country office contact
Ms. Lavernie Pretrick
Phone:
(691)320-4192
Fax:
(691)320-1276
Email:
Address
Kaselehlia Street, P.O. Box 2466, 2nd FloorJ&T Sonden Bldng,
Kolonia, Pohnpei, 96941
Kolonia, Pohnpei, 96941
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