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The Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Welfare has handed over a vertical farming pilot project at Hanimaadhoo Agriculture Center to contractor.
At a ceremony held at the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Welfare, the project was handed over to VC Group Private Limited to explore whether vertical farming could be carried out in the Maldives on a large scale.
The agreement between the Ministry of Agriculture and the company is aimed at introducing state-of-the-art facilities and ensuring food security in a land scarce country like the Maldives.
Three types of hydroponics setups will be set up at Hanimaadhoo Agriculture Centre under the project and within 34 days from today, necessary set-ups will have to be assembled and crops will have to be planted in the systems.
Under the project, information collected by the team of employees working at Hanimaadhoo Agriculture Center will help identify the most suitable vertical farming system for the Maldives. These systems will be taught to farmers in future programs, as per Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Welfare.
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