San Francisco Agricultural School, Paraguay
The San Francisco Agricultural High School in Cerrito, Paraguay has set up the Parador Cerrito, a roadside convenience store and cafe, where it sells fresh, organic produce and dairy products that students have produced on the school’s farm campus.
 From steaks to cakes, the Parador serves up tasty dishes made from ingredients produced at the school, thereby “adding value” to the school’s farm production and helping the school towards its goal of financial self-sufficiency.
Currently, the Parador takes in 14% of the school’s revenue, and aims to cover 30% of the school’s total operating costs in future years. |
Lwak Girls High School, Kenya
A nursery has been established by students at the school, which aims at extending the mango production season.
This is being achieved by teaching students how to graft and grow both earlier and later ripening mango tree varieties to sell locally.
 The income from the sale of young mango trees has been used to support school activities and students are advancing and diversifying their skill base at the same time.
The project also provides useful information to the local community on mango farming. |
In its first year the Nepal Polytechnic project trained 34 rural youth in the art of running a successful floriculture business. Students on the course learn about flower production & arrangement, nursery management, garden design, insect & pest management, marketing, and business skills. This is then reinforced with ‘on the job’ training in the local area.
In recent years students have led a maggot production program, where products from the school’s abattoir are used to cultivate over 500kg of maggots per day, which can then provide 75% of the feed required for the fish stock.