The targeted communities are traditional farming and fishing communities which are the main income for men, women and youths. There are over 2,000 registered farmers and fishers however there is a greater number of males who fish and farm than females. The involvement of the women is very noteworthy as they continue to farm given the extreme challenges, they face with accessing resources to undertake the farming activities. Men: The men are amongst the marginalized group and have no other feasible alternative to their current livelihood of farming and fishing. Incomplete educational training limited or no access to more ideal lands, inadequate capital to invest in other income generating programmes are some of the vulnerabilities associated with the male gender. With the reduction of the impact of pollution from farming on the coral reefs, fishermen will be able to benefit from increased fish catch. Women: The vulnerabilities associated with this gender includes inability to perform all tasks connected with the cultivation process. Tasks such as land clearing, plowing, transporting harvest from the field to storage. Women have to pay for these tasks to be done which increases their cost of production and they are more likely to earn less than males who are farming similar crops. The aged females are unable to farm on a large scale hence their income stream from farming is more limited than the males.

The targeted communities are traditional farming and fishing communities which are the main income for men, women and youths.The youths involved in farming and fishing are demonstrating interest in new farming techniques, however they face the challenge of having no access to the required resources. The vulnerabilities of the youths include inability to invest needed time in the farming process as their time is split between other efforts to earn an income. This increases certain malpractices such as slash and burn to clear large areas in a short period of time. They also have limited resources and experience. The on-site farm training will also benefit youths as their capacity will be built to apply new farming techniques that will improve their farming experience, income earning capability as well as to discontinue the traditional farming methods that have negative impacts on the very resource which supports their livelihood.

This project will establish a climate smart agricultural demonstration site that will operate on the premise of a ?show and tell? that will give farmers a better understanding on the various approaches they can adopt to ensure better use of the land while improving their livelihoods. The Field School concept which will be utilised, will compose of a 1500sq.ft green house (50ft x30 ft.) to produce vegetables, a 60sq.ft hydroponics unit and a plot demonstrating the use of row covers for demonstrating good land husbandry methods. To support the climate farming activities, water will be harvested from the greenhouse which will be guttered, using 10,000-gallon tanks.