Category: Ag/Farming
Slow-motion catastrophe: Homes, crops lost as Haitian, Dominican lakes mysteriously expand
By Associated Press, Updated: Monday, September 17, 10:03 AM BOCA DE CACHON, Dominican Republic — No one thought much about it when the largest lake in the…
Haiti – Agriculture : Distribution of young goats to small farmers
Thursday, as part of the program “Aba Grangou” the Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development (MARNDR) has gathered the main local authorities, farmers’…
Haiti making progress on investor-friendly environment-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Haiti lawmakers have passed several laws to make the country more business friendly. More are on the way, head of the Senate tells Greater Miami…
Haiti’s Martelly, Indian Ambassador Hold Talks on Agriculture, Housing -Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly receives funding from India for a new housing project (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel…
Haiti: A viable tourist destination?-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
A joint venture between the Consulate in Miami and the Haitian tourism board advertises the perfect island retreat. But how can Haiti live up to…
Food prices jump will hit poor, World Bank warns
Global food prices have leapt by 10% in the month of July, raising fears of soaring prices for the planet’s poorest, the World Bank has…
University of Cape Town Researchers Believe They Have Found a Single Dose Cure for Malaria
Posted by Steve Boyes of National Geographic Expeditions CAPE TOWN (2012-08-28): The University of Cape Town’s Science Department believes that it has found a single…
Haiti: New Cholera Cases But Not An Outbreak
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Aug 30 (BERNAMA-NNN-AGENCIES) — New cholera cases have been reported in Haiti’s West department where this capital is located but so far it is…
HAITI WITHOUT POWER AS MARTELLY TRIES TO CREATE SCENARIO WHERE PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE ISAAC COST A FORTUNE, BUT MARTELLY WAS TOTALTY UN-PREPARED AND SPENT NOTHING
HAITI WITHOUT POWER AS MARTELLY TRIES TO CREATE SCENARIO WHERE PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE ISAAC COST A FORTUNE, BUT MARTELLY WAS TOTALTY UN-PREPARED AND SPENT NOTHING…
Tropical Storm Isaac batters Haiti
25 August 2012 Last updated at 06:00 ET Tropical Storm Isaac batters Haiti Survivors of the 2010 earthquake still in makeshift camps are particularly vulnerable…
Isaac targets Haiti, Gulf energy rigs begin shutting down
1 of 7. Tropical Storm Isaac is seen in the Caribbean on August 23, 2012. Credit: Reuters/NOAA By Susana Ferreira PORT-AU-PRINCE | Fri Aug 24,…
Isaac threatens to bring more destruction, cholera to Haiti
Tent camps dot the streets in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The shelters, sometimes just draped tarps, are all that stand between residents and Mother Nature. More than 400,000…
Haiti sits in path of strengthening Isaac
(CNN) — As Tropical Storm Isaac swirls in the Caribbean — becoming more powerful mile by mile — it threatens to unleash disaster once again…
Coastal Watches/Warnings and 5-Day Forecast Cone for Storm Center
Coastal Watches/Warnings and 5-Day Forecast Cone for Storm Center Click image to zoom in – Download GIS data Other images: 5-Day track on – 3-Day…
Americans toss out as much as 40% of their food, study says
By Tiffany HsuAugust 21, 2012, 12:07 p.m. Americans are throwing out nearly every other bite of food, wasting up to 40% of the country’s supply…
Tracking Tropical Storm Isaac
Tropical Storm Isaac Arrives in Caribbean The storm is just arriving in the Leeward Islands and the U.S. is in the zone of concern. Everyone…
ISAAC CONTINUES WESTWARD TOWARD THE LEEWARD ISLANDS…TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ISSUED FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS…
Atlantic – Caribbean Sea – Gulf of Mexico Tropical Weather Outlook (en Español*) 800 PM EDT TUE AUG 21 2012 Tropical Weather Discussion 805 PM…
Drought’s impact on food prices could worsen hunger in America
More than 18 percent of Americans say there have been times this year when they couldn’t afford the food they needed, according to a Gallup…
Restoring Haiti’s Farmland More than 4,000 hectares of productive farmland are back in production.-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Photo: U.S. Embassy Haiti Engineer Denis explaining completed works to Mr. Jean Robert Estimé, WINNER COP, Mr. Vernet Joseph, Secretary of State to agriculture renewal…