The Jamaica Social Investment Fund, through funding from the second cycle of the Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI – II) invested a total of J$37,135,912.42 to supply and install a 79.2 kW grid-tied photovoltaic system at the National Irrigation Commission’s Plumwood Pumping Station in Southern Manchester.

The project will benefit approximately 1,943 farmers who farm at the New Forest/Duff House Agro-Parks in South Manchester and South St. Elizabeth. These farmers benefit from water extracted by the National Irrigation Commission (NIC) for agriculture, provided by truckers who supply water to the farmers.