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Participants of the special program on how to grow plants in greenhouses ongoing at Sh. Narudhoo has started profiting from the harvests.
The program is a Maldives Agribusiness Program (MAP) project by the Ministry of Fisheries, Marine Resources and Agriculture.
With a total of 16 participants, the program started on the island on October 31. The program includes theory classes and practical classes on how to prepare the greenhouse and seedling/planting process.
Narudhoo Council stated that as part of the program, plants grown in the greenhouse have already started producing fruits and in this regard cucumbers grown at the greenhouses are now being sold to customers. Council further stated that the melon products grown in the greenhouse will be out in the market in the next two to three weeks.
Speaking about the program, President of Narudhoo Council, Mohamed Mustharshid stated that even though planting and growing trees in the greenhouse is little new to the island, with this program there is a lot of interest from the participants to plant trees in the greenhouse.
He added that in the first quarter of this year, farmers in the island will be able to get permanent land for farming and once these lands are allotted, the process of planting trees in the greenhouse will be expanded in the island.
The program is being conducted in 26 islands in the three northernmost atolls of the Maldives and the program is conducted in agricultural islands and as Narudhoo is an agricultural island.
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