Introduction The Fondation Haïtienne de Développement Agricole Durable whose acronym is FONHDAD is a nonprofit organization composed by National School of Agronomy (FAMV),Quisqueya University (UNIQ), Episcopal University (UNEPH), private sector and producers’ associations in the Cul-de-Sac. It aimed at modernizing Haitian agriculture through the introduction of modern agricultural practices, improved inputs and innovative equipments in…
In March 2014, Feed the Future West/WINNER organized a training for farmers associations in the Cul-de-Sac plain on the use of irrigation canals with floodgates, flow measurement, flow calculation methods, and other irrigation techniques at its Rural Center for Sustainable Development (CRDD) in Bas-Boen. The objective of the two-day training, held on March 10-11 andled…
USAID has high hopes the Rural Center for Sustainable Development (CRDD) will one day become the flagship soils analysis research and extension facility for the Haitian Ministry of Agriculture. A group of USAID and Center for Disease Control (CDC) officials, including the Agency’s Global Water Coordinator Christian Holmes, recently visited the CRDD agriculture extension and…
The Rural Center for Sustainable Development (CRDD) of Bas Boen joins the West Departmental Direction of MARNDR, and the Cooperative of Chanpyon Farmers of the Cul-de-Sac plain to launch the 2013-2014 winter bean planting season The Rural Center for Sustainable Development (CRDD) of Bas Boen, implemented by the Feed the Future West/WINNER project, funded by…
Demonstrating his commitment to improving agriculture in Haiti, on February 16, 2012, Haitian President Michel Joseph Martelly toured local farmers’ associations to see first-hand the positive impact farmer training and new irrigation systems are having on Haitian farmers. Haitian President Michel Joseph Martelly and members of his cabinet recently visited farmer groups to see how…
President Martelly visits the Bas Boen CRDD and the Rivière Grise irrigation system rehabilitated by USAID/WINNER On February 16, 2012 Mr. Michel Joseph Martelly, President of the Republic of Haiti, visited the Rivière Grise irrigation system and the Rural Center for Sustainable Development (CRDD) at Bas Boen. The President visited the Bassin General dam which…
On Tuesday, December 20, 2011, during a ceremony held at the Rural Center for Sustainable Development (CRDD) of Bas Boen, the U.S. government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), provided nine tractors to Haitian farmers’ associations of the region around Saint Marc. This initiative is part of WINNER (Watershed Initiative for National…
