Category: Ag/Farming
L’état des routes compromet le développement agricole en Haïti
Le Nouvelliste | Publié le : 2013-02-07 Hansy Mars hansymars@lenouvelliste.com Dans le nord du pays, les infrastructures agricoles de base sont en très mauvais état, voire inexistantes….
Haiti Mining Awareness Plus~ Critical Information & Awareness
Posted by miningawareness If you type Morne Bossa, Haiti into Google or other Satellite Maps, you will see, in stark contrast to media reports, what seems to…
Spotlight thrown on opportunities in Haiti
Doing business with Haiti can generate big returns for Irish business, as well as helping the Caribbean nation’s efforts to develop by attracting foreign direct…
Ambitious plan for reforestation and land management
The President of Haiti, Michel Martelly, has announced an ambitious plan for reforestation and land management. This initiative is part of the Year of the…
GOLD RUSH IN HAITI – WHO WILL GET RICH? A FEW HAITIANS AND A BUNCH OF FOREIGNERS, AS HAITI’S PEOPLE LOSE AGAIN
There’s a gold rush in Haiti. But a new investigation from Haiti Grassroots Watch reveals that the public has been mislead by reports in the…
To Control Malaria, We Need DDT!
A malaria-control specialist explains why house spraying with DDT is the only effective method for combatting malaria today. The following is adapted from a presentation…
COULD THIS WORK IN HAITI??:Charles Darwin’s ecological experiment on Ascension isle
By Howard Falcon-Lang Science reporter, BBC News Cloud forest now forms a damp oasis on Ascension’s highest peak A lonely island in the middle of…
World Bank “Success” Came at High Cost in Haiti
This is the first of a two-part series on the PRODEP community development project in Haiti. One of the boats built with the PRODEP money….
Can planting trees make a difference in Haiti 3 years after the quake?-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
In this handout image provided by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), Grave diggers take a break under a group of trees while…
U.S. Government Investments in Haiti’s Rebuilding and Renewal
Fact Sheet Office of the Haiti Special Coordinator January 11, 2013 In early 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made Haiti a foreign policy…
For Haiti’s rice farmers, much depends on the free flow of water
In the rice-growing Artibonite Valley, Oxfam and partners are helping restore a lifeline: irrigation. December 28th, 2012 | by Elizabeth Stevens 131 0 9 When a massive…
Report Urges US Lawmakers to Promote Agricultural Imports from Haiti -Added COMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Caribbean Journal Above: farmers in Haiti (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff The United States Congress should help foster agricultural imports from Haiti,…
Haiti stunned by Fantino plan to freeze aid
Campbell Clark Ottawa — The Globe and Mail Published Friday, Jan. 04 2013, 12:24 PM EST Last updated Friday, Jan. 04 2013, 10:19 PM EST International Co-operation…
Haiti declares Year of Environment
04/01/2013 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – President Michel Martelly has announced that 2013 will be Haiti’s Year of Environment, requesting residents assist the government’s efforts to preserve…
For Haiti’s rice farmers, much depends on the free flow of water
In the rice-growing Artibonite Valley, irrigation channels are a lifeline; Oxfam has been helping restore them to good working order. When a massive earthquake struck…
Companies upbeat on Haiti prospects-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
By: Joachim Bamrud 21st December 2012 SANTO DOMINGO (miningweekly.com) – Foreign mining companies are upbeat on their prospects in Haiti, which offers strong mineral potential…
Bringing Haiti’s Coffee to Market
Caribbean Journal Above: a Cocano office in La Croix, Haiti (Photo: Cafe Cocano) By Alexander Britell While Jamaica’s Blue Mountain coffee has grown in international…
Solar Power Advances in Haiti
Solar Power Advances in Haiti NRG Energy, Inc. has announced the completion of its “The Sun Lights the Way” project in Haiti. The program entailed…
Texas professor teaches rabbit farming in Haiti
By LAKENDRA LEWIS, Corpus Christi Caller-Times ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY DEC. 9 – In this Nov. 14, 2012 photo, a pair of cross bread rabbits sit…