Category: Ag/Farming
The IDIAF and Taiwanese cooperation support Haitian agriculture
The Dominican Institute of Agriculture and Forestry (IDIAF) and the Taiwan Technical Mission in Haiti, have signed a tripartite agreement on technical cooperation, by which…
Haiti Originale, LLC Launching Haitian Banana Program-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
CORAL GABLES, Fla., Aug. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Agri-Success, SA, a majority owned Haitian subsidiary of Florida-based Haiti Originale, LLC, is launching an intensive program to…
Haiti trade mission a success
DELEGATES from the recent trade mission to Haiti have touted it a success and have promised to explore options for trade and investment in the…
Aqua-based gardening method to help Haiti
TODD SUMLIN Out of the soil Instructor Gregg Alford works in the greenhouse at the Stonewall Jackson Training School in Concord, North Carolina, on August…
Haiti police raid warehouses in plastics ban crackdown-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Rashmee Roshan Lall in Port-au-Prince theguardian.com, Thursday 15 August 2013 15.09 EDT A boy searches through plastic rubbish in a sewage canal for items to…
Two USAID awards for innovative projects in Haiti
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) recently announced the granting of two Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) awards in Haiti. USAID’s DIV is an investment…
Way Clear for Dominincan Poultry Exports to Haiti-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
HAITI – The ban on the import of Dominican poultry products looks likely soon to be lifted. Michel Chancy, Secretary of State of Haiti to…
Ron Morgan’s quest to feed Haiti
By Elizabeth Leland eleland@charlotteobserver.com Posted: Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013 TODD SUMLIN – tsumlin@charlotteobserver.com Ron Morgan works outside the greenhouse at the Stonewall Jackson Training School…
How should the US deliver food aid?
By David Loyn International development correspondent, BBC News BBC News: Food shipped from America has saved the lives of millions of people since the Food…
Malaria vaccine shows early promise in clinical trials
By Rebecca Morelle Science reporter, BBC World Service Living but weakened forms of the parasites were used in the new vaccine A malaria vaccine has…
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN FOCUS ON HAITI’S TREASURE-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
globalresearch.ca As the government works on preparing “an attractive law that will entice investors,” Haitian popular organizations are mobilizing and forming networks to resist mining…
CNN Coverage of Tree Planting With Farmers in Haiti
Watch CNN International’s recent coverage of our work in Haiti on YouTube. It includes some truly amazing images of hope for our country! The broadcast follows the Smallholder…
World Bank: Mining Can Help Haiti Reduce Poverty
Mining is one way to reduce poverty and promote economic growth in Haiti. This is according to the World Bank that states that while mining…
Smart Water: Tech guarding our most precious resource
By Matthew Wall Business reporter, BBC News Constant craving: Global water demand is projected to increase by 55% between 2000 and 2050 – without new…
NGO warns upcoming mining law in Haiti will leave $20bn of mineral wealth in foreign hands
Over three years after an earthquake devastated Haiti, killing more than 300,000, the country is banking on its mineral wealth to help take it off…
Travel Diary | Aaron Sanchez and John Besh Discover Haiti’s Evolving Food Culture
Shiloh Strong/OxfamAn urban farmer in Haiti. Earlier this week, the TV personalities and James Beard Award-winning chefs Aarón Sánchez and John Besh headed to Haiti…
Huge crowds for Haitian Project sale in Portland
Posted on August 2, 2013 at 3:14 PM Updated yesterday at 7:15 PM PORTLAND – People lined up all the way around the block Friday…
Alba alliance ambitions lay bare Latin trade confusion
By Robert Plummer Business reporter, BBC News The Alba group of nations has ambitious economic plans that it may find hard to fulfill. In the…
Haiti Tourism Ministry, Royal Caribbean Hold Working Meeting
Above: Labadee By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s Tourism Ministry held a working meeting Tuesday with officials from Royal Caribbean about the operation of the…
Tropical Storm Dorian to Approach Leewards Sunday
Dorian could bring tropical storm conditions to the Leeward Islands Sunday and may approach the southeastern U.S. late next week. A tropical system that moved…