Category: Ag/Farming
Environment : Signature of a MoU with USAID
As part of the International Earth Day, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Government of Haiti have partnered to organize…
Smallholder Farmers gathering INVITE in NY May 3rd
Please join us next Friday, May 3rd in New York so we can share a success story of hope and transformation in Haiti. Attendance…
Mosquito-borne Diseases Cut in Half Due to Prevention Programs in Haiti
WASHINGTON, April 25, 2019/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — On World Malaria Day, The United Nation’s Foundation’s Nothing But Nets campaign celebrates a new milestone in the fight against…
World’s first malaria vaccine to go to 360,000 African children
(CNN)Some 360,000 children a year in three African countries will receive the world’s first malaria vaccine as part of a large-scale pilot project, the World…
The drought hits hard Artibonite for nearly 6 months
Haiti Libre: Farmers in the department of Artibonite are hit hard by a drought that has lasted for almost 6 months and that has already…
HP invests in plastic washing line in Haiti
Investment will allow the company to expand its ocean-bound plastics supply chain. Palo Alto, California-based HP has announced that it will invest $2 million to build…
‘Haiti, give me your gold, not your weak and weary!’
Haiti is back in the news with popular revolts against political corruption. Ordinary Haitians are being frustrated every step of the way as they strive…
Haiti wheat imports to rise 5% in 2019/20 as milling output grows
Wheat consumption in Haiti during Marketing Year (MY) 2019/2020 (July 2019/ June 2020) is forecast at 415,000 metric tons (MT). During MY 2018/19, Haiti is…
Global Haitian Vetiver Oil Market 2019 – Haiti Essential Oil Co. SA, Fleurchem Inc., Floracopeia Inc., Ernesto Ventos SA.
The detailed analysis of Market Overview on Global Haitian Vetiver Oil Market include Drivers & restraints, Trends and Opportunities, Potential Application, competitive landscape and business tactics for…
The Digicel Foundation finances a water catchment project in Cornillon Grand Bois
As part of the 2nd edition of its “Konbit Pou Chanjman” campaign launched in May 2018 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-24455-haiti-digicel-foundation-launch-of-the-2nd-competition-konbit-pou-chanjman.htmlthe Digicel Foundation finances a water catchment project in…
From mud cakes to earthquakes, Haiti faces rising malnutrition
Pictures landed from Haiti the other day showing a woman crouched on the side of a street fashioning clay-like medallions with a spoon. At first…
HAITI 5 FRANCE 0 ON SELF-DESTRUCT SCALE
Over the years, since Duvalier’s departure, in 1986, Haitians have shown an accelerating ability to destroy whatever they have, with absolutely no thought about what…
Haiti is in turmoil as the population struggles with the soaring cost of basics like food and fuel
Haiti is in turmoil as the population struggles with the soaring cost of basics like food and fuel, a situation made worse by the unresolved…
Windmill helps provide irrigation in Haiti
Larry Forsyth has long known there is plenty of fresh water in Haiti, and that it was just a matter of getting to it so…
Trump looks to send food aid to Haiti as violence leads to humanitarian crisis
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is working on a plan to provide a humanitarian aid package to Haiti, where water, medicine and food are…
Displaced farmers’ coalition reclaims their road to sustainable livelihoods 9 years after Haiti’s devastating earthquake
January 12, 2019 marked nine years since the disastrous 7.0 magnitude earthquakethat struck Haiti, levelling much of its infrastructure, crippling its already limping economy, and…
Haiti’s first-ever private nature reserve created to protect imperiled species
Airline CEO, professor, conservation groups join Grand Bois effort Temple University College of Science and Technology In a race against time, an American professor…
Sale Of Massive Spanish Solar Farm Offers Glimpse of Things To Come
Don Parnell: If any project epitomizes the direction of travel of the European solar industry it’s Don Rodrigo. The site in Spain was developed by…
Puerto Rico Cotton Study: Exploring a Smallholder-based Organic Cotton Supply Chain
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, December 20, 2018 — A study released today draws on the recent reintroduction of cotton to Haiti by the Smallholder Farmers Alliance(SFA)…
Jamaica Broilers increases stake in Haiti operation
The Haiti operation of the Jamaica Broilers Group are substantial enough to now be classified as its own geographic segment. That decision was put into…