By Mark Kinver Environment reporter, BBC News Ash, a common sight throughout most of the UK, is one of the tree seed collection’s priority species The UK’s first national collection of tree seeds has been established, which scientists say is crucial as a growing array of pests threaten native species. Co-ordinated by Kew’s Millennium...
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Célébration officielle de la Fête du Travail et de l’Agriculture et lancement de la Foire Agro-artisanale à Damien. Le couple présidentiel, le Premier Ministre Laurent Salvador Lamothe et des membres du Gouvernement en position pour l’hymne national. La Ministre à la Promotion de la Paysannerie et Ministre a.i. du MARNDR, Mme Marie Mimose Félix,...
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BY- buildingaschool Haiti has launched a vaccination campaign against tetanus and the rotavirus that causes severe, fatal diarrhea in children under the age of 5. The campaign comes a year after the Michel Martelly administration launched a similar campaign against several childhood diseases, including measles and polio. Newly appointed director of the Pan American...
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The big dig is planned for May 1. It’s part of an ambitious government effort to reforest the country after suffering from landslides and desertification. By Rashmee Roshan Lall | Christian Science Monitor – Haiti, one of the world’s most deforested countries, launches its first national tree-planting program next month. President Michel Martelly’s government calls...
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Image Caption: Bedbug on bean leaf (left); bedbug leg trapped by tiny, hair-like trichomes on leaf surface (right). Credit: M. Szyndler and C. Loudon / UC Irvine Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Bedbug infestations have been on the rise in recent years, and a remedy of yore may just be the...
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Above: Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s economy is projected to grow by 6.5 percent in 2013, according to the International Monetary Fund’s latest World Economic Outlook. That number is in line with a projection made by the IMF in late 2012. Haiti’s economy grew 2.8 percent last year, although it...
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Rose Anne Auguste, the Minister Delegate in Charge of Human Rights and the Fight against Poverty Extreme, recently met with a delegation from the Lifestyle Ministries (LMI) International and of the Community of British Columbia (Canada). During this meeting, the delegation was able to establish with the Office of the Minister various cooperation frameworks....
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According to figures released by the National Mango Board (NMB) in its latest harvest report, mango shipments to the US in the week ended on March 30, 2013 totalled approximately 2,031,950 boxes, a 15% increase in relation to the previous week. Of the total, about 1,490,148 boxes came from Mexico, 8% more than the...
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The United Nations and the Government of Haiti both issued warnings last week about a pending food crisis in rural Haiti. The U.N. number is 1.5 million, while the Haitian Government indicated 1.3 million people — mostly farmers and their families — are at risk of serious malnutrition because of crop losses due to...
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Recently several people have written to me about agricultural practices, particularly as regards rice, in Haiti. One person made these particular points: 1) It would be nice for Haitians to have an export crop. 2) They have lots of water (I assume good for growing rice) 3) I hope it’s not GMO rice, and...
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