As part of the government’s continued focus on agriculture, residents and farmers of Karrau Village Region Seven, are to benefit from a $5 million food hub which will consolidate all the agricultural produce from the community at a central location, and provide a ‘ready market’ for the farmers, according to a release from the Department of Public Information.
It explained that a major feature of the hub would be a cold storage facility to store meat and cash crops. It is anticipated that the hub, which will run on solar energy, would be completed by the end of the month and be operational by December, the release said.
The primary focus of this project, the release stated, is to promote village economies by offering small incentives to businesses and community development. Further, the project, which first unfolded in regions One and Nine, had its scope increased last year to include funding for initiatives in Karrau and Agatash in Region Seven and Kato and Paramakatoi in Region Eight.