The United States Agency for International Development-funded Jamaica Rural Economy and Ecosystems Adapting to Climate Change II (Ja REEACH II) project has partnered with the College of Agriculture, Science and Education to establish a climate-smart agriculture (CSA) learning plot on it 254-hectare campus.

The two-acre tutorial farm will serve both the project team and the college in complementary efforts to widely disseminate information on the best practices that not only protect watersheds and communities from climate change and disaster impacts, but also create income from the resulting produce. Approximately 50 students at the college are already utilising the site as a research and learning centre. Farmers from the neighbouring watersheds where Ja REEACH II works, such as Swift River in Portland, will be brought to the site to view the innovations and receive training at the tutorial farm. This supports the institution’s vision to establish a CSA Centre of Excellence.