Karatara Hydroponics/Agriculture Initiative

The Karatara Hydroponics Community Farming and Development Project is a start-up, public-private community partnership on 21 hectares of land east of the village of Karatara. The aim is to farm as intensively as possible, producing vegetables and food crops from the open field and tunnel cultivation (high impact farming), fish production from aquaponics operations (water efficiency), essential oils distilled from cultivated crops as well as harvest concessions of indigenous plants in local timber plantations (high-value product beneficiation). The project plan has identified several phases of development which will result in the creation of numerous investment opportunities and job creation for the local community. The project is currently mid-way through start-up operations and open for investment partners going forward.