CARICOM Agriculture Ministers tour cutting-edge Bahamian agri-project

By Kendol Morgan Last updated Mar 2, 2015

Ministers of Agriculture of the Caribbean Community toured the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute just prior to CARICOM’s opening of the 26th Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean in Nassau, February 26-27.
The Ministers and representatives toured the aquaponics area where the marriage of aquaculture and hydroponics that grows fish and plants together in one integrated system will occur. The fish waste will provide an organic food source for the growing plants, and plants will provide a natural filter for the water the fish will live in.
They also saw the unfinished building where livestock will be housed at night. The building is designed in such a way that will allow the waste of the animals to be collected as organic matter for the farm. As such, the facility will develop systems of recycling.

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