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 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
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
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haïti, le 8 juillet 2019 - Les femmes jouent un rôle de plus en plus essentiel dans l'économie haïtienne et sont impliquées dans tous les aspects du secteur agricole très important pour le pays, qui emploie la majorité ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, EVENTS, UF/IFAS Extension
Set to graduate on Aug. 10, Riphine Mainviel told us what it was like to grow up in Haiti, reflected on her studies as a University of Florida horticulture master's student and gave us us a glimpse of what she will do when she returns to her ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Horticulture, UF/IFAS ResearchPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, July 9, 2019 — Women play an increasingly vital role in Haiti’s economy and are engaged in all aspects of the all-important agricultural sector, which employs the majority of women and accounts for one-quarter of country’s ... READ MORE
Category: Academics, Agriculture, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Teaching
Owners and operators of small food companies in Haiti say they face many challenges to get their products to market. There are shortages of raw materials, a scarcity of equipment, a lack of proper packaging and limited access to financing. No ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research,