Posted in Ag/Farming DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti FRENCH/CREOLE Articles

Participation du Président de la République à la remise officielle d’un premier lot d’équipements agricoles à Haïti

Participation du Président de la République à la remise officielle d’un premier lot d’équipements agricoles à Haïti par le Venezuela Quarante-quatre (44) tracteurs, trente-cinq (35)…

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As Haiti awaits confirmation, a quickly spreading mosquito-borne virus in Caribbean sparks concern

With more than 4,000 cases and six deaths in the Caribbean, a mosquito-borne virus that is similar to dengue fever is stirring concerns. Craig Riviere,…

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International Recycling Helps Clean up Haiti, Create New Income

By TRENTON DANIEL Associated Press Haiti’s central government collects only about 40 percent of the capital’s garbage, leaving the rest to pile up in streets…

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Perfumers promote fair trade for Haiti’s ‘super-crop’

(Reuters) – With the sun barely up, beads of sweat already dot the brow of a barefoot farmer as he hacks at the soil with…

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Haiti’s current drought: An opportunity to build climate change resilience?

April 22, 2014 Posted by Guest Blogger The mayor of Grande-Saline in rural Artibonite, Haiti enlisted support from Oxfam in 2011 to address flood control….

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Les agriculteurs du haut Artibonite s’alarment face à la secheresse-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Le Nouvelliste | Publié le : 16 avril 2014 Les autorités agricoles sont dans la ligne de mire des planteurs de la plaine des Gonaïves…

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U.S. Embassy Port-au-Prince Chikungunya Fever Health Alert

U.S. Embassy Port-au-Prince Health Message for U.S. Citizens April 16, 2014 Chikungunya Fever Health Alert The U.S. Embassy has received reports that chikungunya fever has…

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USDA Helps Haiti Measure Agricultural Production

Posted by Victoria Calderon, International Programs Office, National Agricultural Statistics Service, on April 15, 2014 at 11:00 AM Haitian farmer taking produce to the market….

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Un message aux canadiens en Haiti concernant le Chikunkunya /// A Message to Canadians in Haiti regarding Chikungunya

FRANCAIS Vous recevez ce message puisque vous vous êtes inscrits auprès du MAECD à l’aide du système d’inscription des Canadiens à l’étranger. Nous vous saurions…

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Projet pilote de production de briquettes de charbon vert à Bernagousse-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Suite à la mission exploratoire que le Gouvernement a réalisé à Bernagousse (Grand’Anse), via le Bureau de la Ministre Déléguée auprès du Premier Ministre Chargée…

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TIME 100: The Fish That Could Feed Haiti

TIME 100 honoree Valentin Abe directs a fish farming project in Haiti that serves as a model for development in the quake-ravaged country. This VIDEO…

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Drought worsens food crisis in poverty-stricken Haiti

By Agence France-Presse Friday, April 4, 2014 17:07 EDT The World Food Program sounded an alarm Friday over arid conditions in northwest Haiti that have…

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Heineken: $100Mm investment in Haiti brewery

By TRENTON DANIEL PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The Dutch brewer Heineken announced Friday that it is investing $100 million in its Haiti production plant that…

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Bill Clinton and Tanya Taylor: Changing the World, One Coffee at a Time

by Tanya Edwards Last month, designer Tanya Taylor traveled to Haiti with President Bill Clinton to visit the Haiti Coffee Academy (yum!) she built in…

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Haiti’s problems continue

Jamaica Observer For the Haitian small farmer involved in poultry and egg production the future, considering possible unfair trade practices being employed, is bleak and…

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Humanity’s global battle with mosquitoes

By Lizzie Crouch and Paula McGrath Health check, BBC World Service Yellow fever mosquito All over the world we cannot escape mosquito bites – and…

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Families Going Hungry as Drought Hits Haiti

BOMBARDOPOLIS, Haiti (AP) — Jean-Romain Beltinor plunged a hoe into the rocky dirt on his parched hillside to prepare for planting seeds he does not…

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Drought in Haiti ravages crops for farmers

By Associated Press, Published: March 27 BOMBARDOPOLIS, Haiti — Jean-Romain Beltinor plunged a hoe into the rocky dirt on his parched hillside to prepare for planting…

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FAMINE THREATENS NORTHWEST AS UN DISTRIBUTES FOOD… MANY PEASANTS HAVE ALREADY EATEN THEIR SEED STOCKS AND HAVE NOTHING TO PLANT… GOVERNMENT CANNOT FIND CORN SEEDS TO REPLACE THOSE ALREADY LOST-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

By TRENTON DANIEL Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Aid workers in Haiti have begun distributing food to help some of the Caribbean nation’s poorest people…

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PHL seeks labor pact with Haiti

GMA NEWS.COM The Philippines is seeking a bilateral labor agreement with Haiti to ensure that Filipinos working in the Caribbean nation would enjoy adequate protection….