Haiti inspired by the Mexican producers and exporters of mangoes
19/07/2013 11:01:02 Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development (MARNDR), in collaboration with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and...
View ArticleTropical Storm Dorian to Approach Leewards Sunday
Dorian could bring tropical storm conditions to the Leeward Islands Sunday and may approach the southeastern U.S. late next week. A tropical system that moved off the coast of Africa last weekend...
View ArticleHaiti Tourism Ministry, Royal Caribbean Hold Working Meeting
Above: Labadee By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s Tourism Ministry held a working meeting Tuesday with officials from Royal Caribbean about the operation of the latter’s resort in the town of...
View ArticleAlba alliance ambitions lay bare Latin trade confusion
By Robert Plummer Business reporter, BBC News The Alba group of nations has ambitious economic plans that it may find hard to fulfill. In the bewildering array of Latin American and Caribbean trade...
View ArticleHuge crowds for Haitian Project sale in Portland
Posted on August 2, 2013 at 3:14 PM Updated yesterday at 7:15 PM PORTLAND – People lined up all the way around the block Friday for the Haitian Project Garage Sale at Northeast Portland’s Madeleine...
View ArticleTravel Diary | Aaron Sanchez and John Besh Discover Haiti’s Evolving Food...
Shiloh Strong/OxfamAn urban farmer in Haiti. Earlier this week, the TV personalities and James Beard Award-winning chefs Aarón Sánchez and John Besh headed to Haiti on behalf of Oxfam’s GROW program,...
View ArticleNGO warns upcoming mining law in Haiti will leave $20bn of mineral wealth in...
Over three years after an earthquake devastated Haiti, killing more than 300,000, the country is banking on its mineral wealth to help take it off the poorest countries in the world list. Since...
View ArticleSmart Water: Tech guarding our most precious resource
By Matthew Wall Business reporter, BBC News Constant craving: Global water demand is projected to increase by 55% between 2000 and 2050 – without new technology, drought-ravaged fields of crops like...
View ArticleWorld Bank: Mining Can Help Haiti Reduce Poverty
Mining is one way to reduce poverty and promote economic growth in Haiti. This is according to the World Bank that states that while mining is a “complex sector,” when managed in a transparent and...
View ArticleCNN Coverage of Tree Planting With Farmers in Haiti
Watch CNN International’s recent coverage of our work in Haiti on YouTube. It includes some truly amazing images of hope for our country! The broadcast follows the Smallholder Farmers Alliance (SFA)...
View ArticlePIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN FOCUS ON HAITI’S TREASURE-Added COMMENTARY By...
globalresearch.ca As the government works on preparing “an attractive law that will entice investors,” Haitian popular organizations are mobilizing and forming networks to resist mining in their...
View ArticleMalaria vaccine shows early promise in clinical trials
By Rebecca Morelle Science reporter, BBC World Service Living but weakened forms of the parasites were used in the new vaccine A malaria vaccine has shown promising results in early stage clinical...
View ArticleHow should the US deliver food aid?
By David Loyn International development correspondent, BBC News BBC News: Food shipped from America has saved the lives of millions of people since the Food for Peace programme was set up in 1954, but...
View ArticleRon Morgan’s quest to feed Haiti
By Elizabeth Leland eleland@charlotteobserver.com Posted: Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013 TODD SUMLIN – tsumlin@charlotteobserver.com Ron Morgan works outside the greenhouse at the Stonewall Jackson Training...
View ArticleWay Clear for Dominincan Poultry Exports to Haiti-Added COMMENTARY By...
HAITI – The ban on the import of Dominican poultry products looks likely soon to be lifted. Michel Chancy, Secretary of State of Haiti to animal production indicated that the Dominican authorities has...
View ArticleTwo USAID awards for innovative projects in Haiti
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) recently announced the granting of two Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) awards in Haiti. USAID’s DIV is an investment program that supports...
View ArticleHaiti police raid warehouses in plastics ban crackdown-Added COMMENTARY By...
Rashmee Roshan Lall in Port-au-Prince theguardian.com, Thursday 15 August 2013 15.09 EDT A boy searches through plastic rubbish in a sewage canal for items to sell in Port-au-Prince, Haiti....
View ArticleAqua-based gardening method to help Haiti
TODD SUMLIN Out of the soil Instructor Gregg Alford works in the greenhouse at the Stonewall Jackson Training School in Concord, North Carolina, on August 2, 2013. The garden is part of a project to...
View ArticleHaiti trade mission a success
DELEGATES from the recent trade mission to Haiti have touted it a success and have promised to explore options for trade and investment in the country. The team headed by Minister of Education, Akierra...
View ArticleHaiti Originale, LLC Launching Haitian Banana Program-Added COMMENTARY By...
CORAL GABLES, Fla., Aug. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Agri-Success, SA, a majority owned Haitian subsidiary of Florida-based Haiti Originale, LLC, is launching an intensive program to develop sustainable...
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