Category: Ag/Farming
Towards the total closure of illegal quarries
As part of the Decree of January 2006 laying down the conditions for the exploitation of quarries, an operation conducted by the Minister of the…
Food packing party at North Naples Middle School prepares 75,000 meals for Haiti
Assembling 75,000 meals in the span of a morning takes hundreds of volunteers, a whole lot of food and maybe even some Christmas cheer. At…
With pre-fab hempcrete house, Dun Agro sets another milestone
Posted By: HempToday November 29, 2018 By Brian Houlinan| HempToday– Legacy European hemp firm Dun Agro will mark another industry milestone tomorrow (Nov. 30) at a…
Global Haitian Vetiver Oil Market Chain Analysis, Concentration Rate of Raw Materials and Forecast to 2023
Haitian Vetiver Oil Market Report provides detailed insight, industry knowledge, market forecasts, and analytics. Report on Haitian Vetiver Oil Industry also illuminates economic risk and environmental…
Timberland Receives Best Economic Empowerment Program Award for Work in Haiti
Timberland’s work to reintroduce cotton farming to Haitiwas honored recently with the US Chamber of Commerce Citizenship Award for the Best Economic Empowerment Program. In…
Haiti may lose all primary forest by 2035, mass extinction underway
Analysis of satellite imagery and aerial photographs indicate that all of Haiti’s remaining primary forest will disappear in less than two decades if current…
Cooking with Djon-Djon, Haiti’s Coveted Black Mushroom
At first glance, this shriveled, funky, black mushroom—known as djon-djon in Haiti—might not seem like much. But after one taste, you’ll understand why I almost…
Haiti is now almost completely deforested
If you want to see just how destructive runaway deforestation can be to a major landmass, you need look no further than Haiti. The Caribbean…
Animal species becoming extinct in Haiti as deforestation nearly complete
Species of reptiles, amphibians and other vertebrates are becoming extinct in Haiti as deforestation has claimed more than 99 percent of the country’s original wooded…
Viv Jovenel Moise, viv progres, viv Haiti!
Oct 17, 2018 Se dwa tout moun pou mande re-edisyon kont sou dosye petro-karibe. Men bat pou n pa manyen Excellence President Jovenel Moise. Yon…
PRESIDENT MOISE PROJECT CREATES 200,000 GOYAVIERS PRETS POUR TRANSPLANTATION
Oct 10, 2018 Nous avons 200,000 goyaviers prêts pour la transplantation au Centre de Germoplasme de Fond-des-Nègres. Une autre bonne nouvelle pour le pays en…
Buffalo bone fertilizer — forgotten days of agriculture
There was once a source of agricultural fertilizer considered too abundant to ever run out. It lasted all of 20 years. When America’s first…
‘Weather models have flipped the switch’: Hurricane season coming to life in the Atlantic
The sleeping giant may be about to awaken. Hurricane activity in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico is forecast to ramp up…
Bois-Caïman, a beautiful show to remember
The Ministry of Culture, together with the National Bureau of Ethnology (BNE) and the National School of Arts (ENARTS) organized a great show on the…
Jovenel Moïse s’est engagé à accompagner les planteurs de l’Artibonite
Le président Jovenel Moïse a procédé, ce dimanche, à la distribution d’un lot de matériels dans la vallée de l’Artibonite. Ces matériels agricoles doivent permettre…
Cotton Export Tutorial in Haiti
Smallholder farmers near Gonaives, Haiti, are in the midst of planting the first commercial cotton crop this country has seen since 1987. Last Thursday, some…
What Connects Prince Charles, Jane Goodall and Haiti? Answer: TREES
A book being published in October with a foreward by HRH The Prince of Wales and an introduction by Jane Goodall will be designated “tree…
Putting Haiti’s Unrest in Context
To understand the riots in Haiti in response to last Friday’s announcement of fuel price increases, you have to go back to 1815 when Simón…
Rotarians from some 175 countries who gathered for their annual international convention last week in Toronto
It would be hard to find a more diverse group than the 25,000 Rotarians from some 175 countries who gathered for their annual international conventionlast week…