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PROMOMDEV – Haiti

PROMODEV, which stands for promotion pour le développement, is a non-profit organization that has operated in Haiti since June 2000 and is dedicated to promoting rural development. It is run by an Administration Council and brings together forty one (41) community organizations from the ten regions of the country, representing more than two thousands five hundred (2,500) farmers.

PROMODEV sees itself as contributing to the sustainable development of Haiti in terms of environmental stewardship, education, production and enhancing the country’s international image. Specific programmes are conducted in the areas of:

Agriculture / Agri-business ;
Communication and Extension
Environment
Education
Local Development

Contact information:

49, Rue Chavannes, Pétion-ville, Haïti

Complexe Louverture, Office 24

Tel : (509) 2813-1876

E-mail : promodevhaiti@gmail.com

The Trinidad and Tobago Agribusiness Association (TTABA)

TTABA is a “for development company”. It is not owned by private shareholders but by its current 33 member associations drawn from every level of the agri-business sector.

It cannot disburse dividends/profits to individuals but must reinvest its profits to further its objective of actively leading the development and expansion of the agri-business sector in Trinidad and Tobago. However TTABA can and does undertake joint ventures in ‘for profit’ limited liability companies.

The organization prides itself on having established a buisness model for public/private partnerships in the Caribbean agrifood sector and is seeking to expand its operations. Read full feature here

Low-cost Hydroponics

Hydroponics technology of the kind (low-technology) being promoted in this manual has much relevance for both rural and peri-urban communities. In the case of Guyana, where agriculture has historically been concentrated in low-lying coastal zones, the technology has tremendous potential as a risk mitigating mechanism particularly for the small-scaled cash croppers.

Frequent inundation of crop fields over time exacts a drain both on public resources and on the resolve of farmers to engage in more commercially-scaled operations. The specific benefit that low-technology/low-cost hydroponics offers such farmers is the opportunity to intensively cultivate specific high-value crops with greater potential for extracting scale economies, all in a relatively smaller area than in open field operations. Read full feature here

Previous Features

Caribbean Week of Agriculture, Dominica, October 9-15, 2011

“CARICOM View” publication on food security

UWI Initiatives Boost Agriculture Sector

Global food prices continue to rise

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