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…