Improving the Nutrition and Health of CARICOM Populations : final technical report (March 2011 - August 2014)
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2014-11
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The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning, McGill University, Montreal, QC, CA
Abstract
Farmers were equipped with technologies to enhance agricultural productivity and diversity to meet the produce needs for healthy lunch meals towards reducing childhood obesity. Technologies introduced and strengthened by the project in St. Kitts and Trinidad, and replicated and validated with additional studies in Guyana and St. Lucia, included drip irrigation, protected agriculture (green house), post-harvest-technology, and forage silage conservation. The school lunch programmes in St. Kitts and Trinidad were used as vehicles for improving the nutritional quality of lunch meals for over 1000 children who were offered enhanced portions of vegetables and fruits produced locally.
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Final Technical Report
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CARIBBEAN, NUTRITION, AGRICULTURAL INNOVATIONS, CHILD HEALTH, SCHOOL MEALS, CAPACITY BUILDING, FOOD SECURITY