More than half of the population of Haiti suffers from food and nutritional insecurity. To address this challenge, in April 2018 the Haitian Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources (MARNDR) launched the Program for Technological Innovation in Agriculture and Agroforestry (PITAG), which will run until September 2024. PITAG aims to increase agricultural income and food … [Read more...] about Fostering Agriculture Research Talent in Haiti through Scholarships
Jean Denis Sardou
Sardou is a consultant supervising the IDB portfolio in Haiti in the agriculture and rural development sector. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering-Agronomy from the State University of Haiti and a master’s degree in Research in Horticulture and Design of Innovative Cropping Systems (HORTIMET) from Montpellier SupAgro in France. He also holds the Mountain Agriculture chair at Quisquéya University (Uniq) in Haiti.
Empowering Agriculture in Haiti’s Artibonite Department with Solar-Powered Irrigation
[This article is also available in Spanish] The Artibonite Department in Haiti, with its 28,000 hectares of irrigated land in the Artibonite Valley, serves as the breadbasket of the nation for cereal production, including maize, sorghum, and rice. It’s the largest rice-producing region in the country, accounting for more than 50% of the total rice cultivation area. In the … [Read more...] about Empowering Agriculture in Haiti’s Artibonite Department with Solar-Powered Irrigation