Caribbean AgTech Investment Opportunities

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Caribbean AgTech Investment Summit, 2021

Habitat For Humanity Trinidad And Tobago Climate and Resource Smart Hydroponics Greenhouse System Private Sector The project will implement a climate and resource smart hydroponics greenhouse system within a community that is aimed at demonstrating scalable capacities and convincingly showcase that several needs can be simultaneously addressed in an economically viable, environmentally friendly and synergistic way through this climate smart agricultural approach. This project is aimed at delivering a multitude of benefits, such as the producing of vegetables for sale as a viable business operation that will then in turn stimulate community based economic activity, create employment opportunities for both women and men within remote communities, engage youth involvement during the implementation and the subsequent management; serve as an income generation avenue for the funding of community developmental initiatives such as homework centers, play parks and establishing a community disaster based resilience fund in order to attend to vulnerabilities within the community, etc. All while contributing towards the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals 1, 5, 11 and 13. The system is proposed to utilize a few simple, effect and sustainable measures to gather, manage and

conserve natural resources during the operation of the greenhouse. A rainwater harvesting system will be utilized to both provide water to the greenhouse in addition to the reduction in soil saturation in the surrounding area by channeling the rainwater away from the soil and into storage tanks; it will harvest and convert solar and or wind energy into electricity for use in powering the greenhouse security and sub- systems and will utilize a water management system optimized for the type of crops grown in an attempt to drastically reduce the amount of water needed to run the hydroponic system when compared to the amount used in conventional farming. Estimated Investment Cost: US$62,000 Mode of Investment: Partnership/joint venture

Email: jmassiah@habitat-tt.org Website: www.habitat-tt.org

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