United Nations Development Programme Jamaica

Thematic Area

Energy and Environment

Location

Jamaica

Start Date

May 2007

Duration

2007-2009

Funding Amount

US$12,000

Source of Funding

UNDP Target for Resource Assignment from the Core (TRAC)

Executing Agency

Planning Institute of Jamaica

Implementing Agencies

Jamaica Association on Mental Retardation

Status

Operationally Closed

Objectives

The development of appropriate land management systems to reduce the loss of arable land

Expected Results

The provision of adequate land coverage and improvement in the farming techniques currently being used.

Profile:

This project is aimed at capacity building of the four schools within the island wide network of 28 schools, it seeks to explore ways of improving the environment by reducing the exposure of the School of Hope and other Schools including those operated by the Jamaica Association on Mental Retardation (JAMR), but, not limited to those schools providing education and training for students with intellectual disabilities, as well as the surrounding communities to the threat of flooding caused by soil erosion. The project will aim to provide adequate land coverage and improve the farming techniques currently being used to improve the project’s sustainability over the long term.

Delivery in:

Allocation 2008: US$

Expenditures 2008: US$

Allocations 2009:US$

Expenditures 2009: US$

Contact:

Margaret Jones Williams
Progamme Advisor - Environment and Energy
United Nations Development Programme
1-3 Lady Musgrave Road
Kingston 5, Jamaica
Tel: 876-978-2390 ext. 2035
Fax: 876-946-2163

Documents:

Project Document []

Field Report [] 

Additional available information:

News Items posted on UNDP Jamaica website:

March 31, 2011

Woodford Residents pursue Sustainable Agriculture

March 25, 2011 

Five Jamaican Communities Adapting to Climate Change

Useful Links:

Global Environment Facility

Small Grant Programme

Jamaica Association on Mental Retardation