Environment in Trinidad and Tobago
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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2014/03/05
Industrial engineer Ancel Bhagwandeen thinks that growing your food indoors is a great way to protect crops from the stresses of climate change. So he developed a hydroponic system that "leverages the nanoclimates in houses so that the home entirely protects the produce the same way it protects us," he says. Bhagwandeen told IPS that his hydroponic project was as well developed "to leverage the increase of the urban landscape and high-density housing, so that by growing your own food at home, you mitigate the cost of food prices."
Hydroponics, a method of growing plants without soil using mineral nutrients in water, is increasingly considered a viable means to ensure food security in light of climate change.
His project is one of several being considered for further development by the Caribbean Climate Innovation Centre (CCIC), headquartered in Jamaica.
