The 5-year USAID-funded project sparked collaboration to help strengthen the capacity of Haitians to improve the country’s critical agricultural sector French version (PDF) It is an international project created with the belief that U.S. ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
French version U.S. and Haitian researchers team up to breed high-yielding bean varieties adapted to Haiti’s environment Beans are one of the most widely consumed foods in Haiti, providing an inexpensive source of essential nutrients and ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
French version U.S. and Haitian researchers team up to diagnose and manage plant pests and diseases We live in an increasingly interconnected and changing world. Plant diseases and pests that destroy crops don’t respect the borders of ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
French version USAID program supports university scholars investigating ways to make Haiti agriculture more productive and inclusive In Haiti, the research and development pipeline is curtailed by a lack of funding. This is a big challenge ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
French version Haiti’s academic community well knows that to improve its critical agricultural sector Haiti needs to upgrade its institutions of higher education and to train more agricultural professionals in modern research and teaching ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
French version The future looks promising for a crop of Haitian scholars who recently earned advanced degrees from U.S. universities and returned to Haiti with the support of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Armed with ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS
French version Training helps Haitian farmers adapt to increasingly variable weather and climate conditions Travel to Haiti’s countryside and you’ll inevitably hear farmers express worry about the changing climate and increasingly variable ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Florida farmers are used to uncertainty. Usually, this uncertainty has to do with producing the crop itself. Freezes and hurricanes can wipe out a year’s investment overnight, while longer-term scourges like drought, disease and pest infestations ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, SFYL Hot Topic
See English press release PÉTION-VILLE — Le projet Feed the Future « Appui à la Recherche et au Développement Agricole (AREA) » organise une conférence internationale sur la Recherche et l’Innovation Agricole les mardi 10 et ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
En français PÉTION-VILLE, Haiti, March 10, 2020 - More than 140 scholars, researchers and Haiti agricultural experts gathered to share knowledge and build relationships at the first day of an international conference on agricultural research ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS Research