Category: Ag/Farming
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
UN Agency in Haiti Distributes Food Amid Drought
By TRENTON DANIEL Associated Press Aid workers in Haiti have begun distributing food to help some of the Caribbean nation’s poorest people cope with a…
Dominicans must invest in Haiti to avert a catastrophe
Investment opportunity: Artibonito river basin… Santo Domingo.- Vicini Group CEO Juan Vicini on Tuesday proposed dividing the power grid into two systems: profitable and unprofitable,…
Charcoal cutting project failing in Haiti: audit
Trenton Daniel Associated Press, Published on Fri Mar 14 2014 PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI—A U.S. program that seeks to save Haiti’s forests by shifting people away from…
Senior UN official calls for Haiti cholera compensation-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
BBC- A senior United Nations official has broken ranks with his organisation and called for “full compensation” for the victims of a cholera epidemic in…
A foot injury? Give me your machete!
By Mark Plotkin CNN Editor’s note: Dr. Mark Plotkin is president of Amazon Conservation Team, a nonprofit organization that partners with indigenous people of South…
Measles back again in US, experts call for vaccination
Measles are back again in America with two highly contagious cases popping up in the Bay State from Trader Joe’s and a sushi bar in…
Deforestation Serious Problem
Deforestation is one of many issues that plague the world’s environment today. Some potential environmental problems, such as climate change, are difficult to evaluate. Vanishing…











