Our income generating projects provide training, employment and income earning opportunities for farmers, rural women and youth. They also bring the consuming public closer to the production aspect of RADA's operations by adding value to primary produce.

RADA Operated Projects :-

Twickenham Industries located at the Farmers Training Centre, Twickenham Park, producers of cassava and fruit based products such as: Bammies, Pancake mixes, Gari, Cassava Flour and Pancake Syrups. This project was established as a model to demonstrate the viability of small enterprises of this nature, through the application of sound management and manufacturing practices. Hanover Chips located at the Hanover Parish Office, and providing chips from cassava, breadfruit, and dasheen.

AgriMart located at 191 Old Hope Road, Kingston 6, which was set up as a marketing and distribution outlet for the sale of assorted household items, craft, and value-added products (spices, jams and jellies, bammies, tamarind balls, etc) manufactured by the women in our cottage industry island wide. The outlet also sells horticultural and agricultural plant seedlings, farming implements and materials.

In addition, RADA gives technical support to the formulation and implementation of several community based projects aimed at providing incomes for farmers and rural women folk. Some of these are:

» Reaches Chips — Portland
» Hanover Dasheen Chips — Hanover
» Lime Tree Garden Peanut Processing — St. Mary
» Flower Hill Bammy Project — St. James
» Sue's Tamarind Balls — St. Thomas

Other income earning opportunities for rural families include chicken, pig and goat rearing.