CenRID is committed to helping families and communities prevent and mitigate the impacts of food insecurity.
The Permagarden method is a climate smart strategy that combines permaculture and bio-intensive agriculture to create a highly productive garden. Our Permagardens Education and Management Taskforce (PEMT) train households on the establishment and proper management of their gardens.
In addition to subsistence agriculture, these high yield home gardens can also be utilized as ‘market gardens’ because of their intensive production. Cash crops, such as, wheat, corn, and other oil yielding crops like mustard seeds can be grown in these permagardens and later be sold at competitive prices in local markets. Depending on the size of the household and location, CenRID will help to set up at least one permagarden for each household in their program communities . Through these permagardens, CenRID aims to enhance the capacity of communities to better understand their environment and ultimately become more productive.