Category: Ag/Farming
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…
Haiti inspired by the Mexican producers and exporters of mangoes
19/07/2013 11:01:02 Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development (MARNDR), in collaboration with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and…
Predatory lionfish now a confirmed invader in the deep Atlantic
Scientists have confirmed that the hardy, Indo-Pacific fish that has invaded waters off the US East Coast and the Caribbean is now living deep in the Atlantic, possibly…
Tropical Storm Chantal Aims for Caribbean
By Kristina Pydynowski, Senior Meteorologist July 08, 2013; 9:03 PM Newly formed Tropical Storm Chantal is taking aim at the Caribbean this week. The Atlantic…
Tropical Storm Chantal forms in Atlantic
The storm’s winds early Monday are near 40 mph. (Photo: National Hurricane Center) Story Highlights A tropical storm warning is in effect for Barbados, Dominica,…
Urban oasis offers hope to Haiti’s poorest
Going Green is a series of special programs that air on CNN International reporting on some of the world’s most pressing environmental issues. In July…
 





