Feb222016

Consultant/e pour la Réalisation d’une ligne de base

La FONHDAD désire recruter un(e) Consultant(e) pour la Réalisation d’une Ligne de base. Profil recherché: Phytotechnie, Economie et Développement rural, sociologie rurale ou autres domaines connexes. Expérience: 5 ans minimum, expérience dans la conception et l’exécution de projets liés au renforcement, à la réforme et à la relance des services de vulgarisation de préférence dans les pays en développement; parfaite maîtrise de la langue française et Créole ainsi qu’une bonne compréhension de l’anglais parlé et écrit. Date limite de réception de dossier: 7 mars 2016.

Feb12016

Responsable de Vulgarisation par SMS

La FONHDAD désire recruter un Responsable de Vulgarisation par SMS. Profil recherché: Phytotechnicien, Ressources Naturelles, Economie et Développement rural, sociologie rurale ou autres domaines connexes. Minimum 5 ans d’expérience et connaissance courante de l’anglais, du français et du créole. Date limite de réception de dossier: 8 février 2016.

Jul102015

FONHDAD: Scientific approaches to improve agricultural production

The Haitian Foundation for Sustainable Agricultural Development (FONHDAD in French), which aims to promote modern agriculture at the Cul-de-Sac, conducted in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and the US Department of Agriculture, a soil pilot project at Bas Boen. Over 3,000 hectares considered, this study reveals eleven soil types just in the area of…

Jun142014

Laboratory Coordinator

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…

Apr32014

Trainings on Canal Irrigation Techniques in Bas Boen

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…

Mar222014
A new approach to planting maize seedlings developed at the CRDD is pictured here, the Center is visible in the background.

Haiti: Saving water & increasing corn plantings by 400 percent

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…

Nov292013

CRDD of Bas Boen joins MARNDR, and the Cooperative of Chanpyon Farmers

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…

Feb182012

Haitian President Sees Agricultural Improvements in Action

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…