Category: Ag/Farming
As mosquito season arrives, is the U.S. ready for Zika?
By Dr. Lex O. McMillan III Although Haiti is our near neighbor geographically, its distance from the United States culturally and economically would be difficult…
USDA Provides Nutritious U.S. Peanuts in Humanitarian Effort for Haiti
Posted by Sandra Wood, Deputy Administrator for Commodity Operations, USDA Farm Service Agency, on March 31, 2016 at 4:00 PM U.S. peanut farmers produce more…
Team of Rival Scientists Comes Together to Fight Zika
By AMY HARMONMARCH 30, 2016 A female Aedes aegypti mosquito takes a “blood meal” from Ben Matthews, a postdoctoral fellow at Rockefeller University. Dozens of…
Many Americans are dangerously wrong about Zika virus
Many Americans are woefully misinformed when it comes to understanding the risks of Zika virus, a new Harvard poll has found. The mosquito-borne virus may…
Timberland Commissions Study to Test Feasibility of Reintroducing Cotton as Haitian Export Crop
Timberland Commissions Study to Test Feasibility of Reintroducing Cotton as Haitian Export Crop Timberland, Smallholder Farmers Alliance and Impact Farming Join Forces to Explore Expansion…
Brazil says confirmed and suspected microcephaly cases rise to 5,200
The number of confirmed and suspected cases of microcephaly in Brazil associated with the Zika virus rose to 5,200 in the week through March 19,…
CDC issues a Cuba travel warning over the Zika virus
Ann Swanson- Washington Post Health authorities with the help of the Cuban army fumigate against the Aedes aegypti mosquito to prevent the spread of zika,…
Zika: Panama has ‘first microcephaly case outside Brazil’
Panama has registered a baby born with a brain disorder believed linked to the Zika virus, in what is thought to be the first such…
Zika virus infection could trigger Guillain–Barré syndrome
Observations from French Polynesia during a Zika virus outbreak 2 years ago add the virus to the list of pathogens that can trigger Guillain–Barré syndrome…
Timberland Kicks Off National Tour of Documentary Film “KOMBIT: The Cooperative”
Timberland Kicks Off National Tour of Documentary Film “KOMBIT: The Cooperative” Commitment to plant five million trees sows seeds of hope in Haiti Global outdoor…
Haiti records nearly 100 cholera deaths in first two months of 2016
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — Haiti says it has recorded 96 people have died from cholera during the first two months of this year….
With Each New Discovery, Zika Virus Becomes More Frightening
Carol Pearson VOA News: Scientists are making new discoveries about the Zika virus almost daily, and the more they learn, the more frightening the virus…
Brazil’s mothers left to raise microcephaly babies alone
Ianka Mikaelle Barbosa, 18, poses for a photograph with Sophia, 18 days old, who is her second child and was born with microcephaly, at her…
Haiti: land of the free
Emma Thomson – Financial Times. Long beset by corruption, colonial rule and natural disasters, the nation is at last beginning to attract adventurous travelers Trekking…
Zika Virus May Cause More Problems in Fetuses
Pregnant women who become infected with Zika virus may be at risk for not only having a child with microcephaly, but also having a fetus…
The Relentless Rise of Two Caribbean Lakes Baffles Scientists
By Jacob Kushner PUBLISHED March 3, 2016 LETANT, Haiti—On a recent calm day, the surface of Lake Azuéi has no waves, not even any ripples….
Coffee Company Supports Haiti Farmers By Importing Their Cacao, Selling Island’s Coffee and Artwork
The most famous spots for single-origin chocolate are the countries cacao lovers already know well, like Costa Rica, Columbia, Bolivia and the Dominican Republic. Haiti,…
Sex a bigger problem for Zika than first believed
By Franco Ordoñez fordonez@mcclatchydc.com A dozen new Zika cases are raising worries that the virus may be more easily contracted through unprotected sex than originally…
Flooding kills several and damages thousands of homes in Haiti
By Jacqueline Charles jcharles@miamiherald.com At least one person is dead and four are missing in Haiti after rains triggered mudslides and flooding that damaged more…
As drought hammers countryside, many in Haiti go hungry
Only shriveled carrots and potatoes grow in Carole Joseph’s small vegetable plot. The family’s chickens are long gone. She sold her only tools to buy…