The Municipality of Concordia, through the Employment Commission of the Local Human Development Board, is conducting a greenhouse construction course. It is an intensive program designed for interested parties to create their own protected cultivation environment in an efficient and profitable manner.
The course has a duration of 30 hours, divided into four theoretical-practical sessions. Participants include individuals requiring knowledge in protected infrastructure and/or entrepreneurs interested in building their own greenhouse, calculating dimensions, the ideal orientation, and selecting the most suitable materials for the structure and covering, such as plastic, glass, or polycarbonate.
In this regard, Mayor Francisco Azcué pointed out that “this is the paradigm shift: moving from welfare to training, to capacity building, and to education. The idea is to foster a culture of work, effort, and merit,” stressing that “we see many people who want to work, who want to get ahead; we just have to give them opportunities, and that is what we are doing in this administration.”
PRODUCTIVE PROFILE
For his part, the Secretary of Human Development, Sebastián Arístide, explained that the intention is “to train and educate people with a productive profile, generating knowledge so that people can recover their skills, learning a trade highly demanded by the local fruit sector.”
The official highlighted that for the challenging current labor market, “training in high-demand trades is the way forward,” and therefore invited residents to “get involved with this initiative and even use this tool to transform the neighborhoods of Concordia.”
For his part, engineer Carlos Barreto, from INTA Concordia, reported that “it is a theoretical-practical course so that people can develop it as an activity or so that they can build their own greenhouse in their homes. From there, they can have a covered vegetable garden and finally be able to produce their own food.”
The course has a duration of 30 hours, divided into four theoretical-practical sessions. Participants include individuals requiring knowledge in protected infrastructure and/or entrepreneurs interested in building their own greenhouse, calculating dimensions, the ideal orientation, and selecting the most suitable materials for the structure and covering, such as plastic, glass, or polycarbonate.
In this regard, Mayor Francisco Azcué pointed out that “this is the paradigm shift: moving from welfare to training, to capacity building, and to education. The idea is to foster a culture of work, effort, and merit,” stressing that “we see many people who want to work, who want to get ahead; we just have to give them opportunities, and that is what we are doing in this administration.”
PRODUCTIVE PROFILE
For his part, the Secretary of Human Development, Sebastián Arístide, explained that the intention is “to train and educate people with a productive profile, generating knowledge so that people can recover their skills, learning a trade highly demanded by the local fruit sector.”
The official highlighted that for the challenging current labor market, “training in high-demand trades is the way forward,” and therefore invited residents to “get involved with this initiative and even use this tool to transform the neighborhoods of Concordia.”
For his part, engineer Carlos Barreto, from INTA Concordia, reported that “it is a theoretical-practical course so that people can develop it as an activity or so that they can build their own greenhouse in their homes. From there, they can have a covered vegetable garden and finally be able to produce their own food.”