Sustainable Agriculture South Africa Project #54737

Food Security & Income for People in Poverty

by INMED Partnerships for Children, Inc.

Food Security & Income for People in Poverty

Project Report | Jul 25, 2022
Expanding the INMED ASE to 2 More Countries

By Nancy Baker | Communications Director

INMED Caribbean PM Sherica on Smile Jamaica TV

Since our last report, we are pleased to announce that INMED has implemented the INMED Aquaponics® Social Enterprise in Jamaica and Peru--in addition to expanding the impact in South Africa.

INMED Caribbean, in partnership with the Jamaica 4-H Clubs and INMED Partnerships for Children, launched the first INMED Aquaponics^® Social Enterprise (INMED ASE) hub farm and training center in the Caribbean. Located at the Jamaica 4-H Clubs' Training and Production Centre in Vernamfield, Clarendon, the INMED ASE will provide training and support to help smallholder farmers and emerging entrepreneurs establish agro-enterprises throughout the island for food security, climate adaptation and sustainable livelihoods. The INMED ASE hub farm will also help support aquaponics farmers in five communities of Clarendon, where INMED implemented systems to foster climate change adaptation.

The INMED ASE hub farm includes a commercial-size aquaponics system with 93 m² of grow space for fresh vegetables and fruits and nearly 20,000 liters of tank space for fish. It also has the capacity to generate and process approximately 10 tons of ready-for-market produce annually while operating on solar power. A second “starter” (residential size) system at the Jamaica 4-H Clubs Duke Street office in Kingston is focusing on urban farming and adaptive agriculture training.

In Peru, our INMED Aquaponics^® system at the Instituto Superior Pedagógico Bilingüe de Yarinacocha (Bilingüe) is back in operation and better than ever after a fire in late 2020. And it's now the site of INMED Andes' first INMED ASE in Peru.

Located deep in the Peruvian Amazon, the commercial-scale facility has increased production capacity with upgraded growbeds, fish tanks and solar power. Members of the surrounding indigenous community as well as students of the indigenous teacher training institute are receiving classroom and hands-on training in climate-smart agriculture, aquaponics and entrepreneurship. The teachers who return to their indigenous communities will provide aquaponics training and implementation to scale the impact.

Our INMED field teams and program participants around the world are grateful for your support and ongoing interest. If you haven't done so already, please consider becoming a sustaining donor to help us expand our impact.

4-H & INMED celebrate their INMED ASE partnership

Students in Peru are learning aquaponic farming

INMED team meets Jamaica Chamber of Commerce CEO

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Mar 29, 2022
A Banner Inaugural Year for the INMED ASE

By Nancy Baker | Communications Director

Bountiful all-natural crops from the INMED ASE

We are pleased to announce that we have hired a Sales Manager to market the bountiful harvests produced by the INMED Aquaponics Social Enterprise. He has an extensive track record and experience in sales of perishables as well as reliable knowledge in food certification in the agricultural sector.

Pontsho joins us at the end of a very successful inaugural year. Here are some of the highlights:

204 people were trained at INMED Aquaponics® facilities (this total does not include other individuals receiving ongoing training through other INMED Aquaponics® projects being prepared for designation as satellite sites).

The INMED ASE staff provided aquaponics education to 5,166 people in schools, agricultural cooperatives and communities. With COVID-19 regulations now easing, we plan to continue to exceed our target in the next reporting cycle, especially following the formal launch of aquaponics as a subject in the South Africa public school curriculum this year.

35 small-scale farmers, including hearing-impaired youth, received extensive training on aquaponics production and management, launching our first training intake through the INMED ASE hub.

Our online aquaponics training portal (with AgriSETA certification) is completed and ready for the first intake of trainees.

We began selling high-quality produce from three aquaponics units, traditional agriculture area and urban cultivator for microgreens to wholesalers in Gauteng.

We are partnering with the Eastern Cape Department of Rural Development for 2 aquaponics systems plus training to expand the INMED ASE hub-and-spokes model in low-resourced communities of Eastern Cape.

1 satellite training site was established at an existing INMED Aquaponics® project location (the Pella Food Garden Cooperative, an all-women’s farming cooperative in Northern Cape province). CLICK HERE to learn more about this project. 82 small-scale farmers received aquaponics training from this site during this reporting period. In addition to the Pella Food Garden Cooperative, which has leveraged its INMED Aquaponics® system to generate consistent income for all 5 members, the Ndofaya Agricultural Cooperative in Soweto also started generating consistent income for its 7 members from its aquaponics enterprise.

Plans are underway to establish additional satellite sites in North West and Eastern Cape provinces.

A total of 15,936 individuals were directly impacted by the INMED ASE, as follows:

– 7,888 people gained increased access to fresh food through donations of produce from INMED Aquaponics® systems.

– 205 people earned increased income as a result of jobs created through INMED Aquaponics® and the IASE.

– 777 household members benefited from increased household income as a result of jobs related to INMED Aquaponics®.

– 7,066 students received educational enrichment through hands-on experience with INMED Aquaponics® systems.

As always, thank you for supporting our impactful work to transition historically marginalized populations from subsistence to self-reliance. Please follow, like and share our posts on Facebook and Instagram.

Training climate-smart farmers of the future

The INMED ASE is already having a big impact

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