On Saturday, President Jovenel Moïse accompanied by his wife Marine, Minister of the Environment Abner December and several state executives inaugurated the Center for plant propagation in the North, in Grand-Pré commune Quartier Morin launched end of October 2017 in the 3rd section Aubert commune of Port-de-Paix (North) https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-22550-icihaiti-agriculture-laying-of-the-first-stone-of-the-4th-plant-propagation-center.html ;

After the Marfranc Center (Grand'Anse Dept., launched in October 2017 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-22274-haiti-agriculture-third-plant-propagation-center.html ; that of Levy, first communal section of Camp-Perrin (South Dept, launched in December 2017 in Levy https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-22875-icihaiti-environment-inauguration-of-the-plant-propagation-center-south.html ; that of Fonds des Nègres (Dept of Nippes, launched in August 2017) https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-21931-haiti-agriculture-laying-the-foundation-stone-of-the-plant-propagation-center.html ; and that of Aubert commune of Port-de-Paix (North-West Dept. launched at the end of October 2017) https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-22550-icihaiti-agriculturelaying-of-the-first-stone-of-the-4th-plant-propagation-center.html ; the Center for Plant Propagation of Grand Pré is the 5th which was inaugurated.

This installation, with a production capacity of 4.5 million seedlings per year, comprising 70% fruit trees and 30% forest trees, will be used to replant mountain peaks, rehabilitate watersheds, create a habitat for animals, to protect springs and groundwater and to make the fruits available to the inhabitants of the Nord department and other neighboring regions.

Taking advantage of his trip, the Head of State took the opportunity to visit the site of the La Tannerie irrigation dam works located between Quartier-Morin and Rivière du Nord, in order to see the progress of the work https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-31319-haiti-agriculture-president-moise-visits-the-construction-site-of-the-tannerie-irrigation-dam.html and encourage the teams Cubans and Haitians who have been working on this site for several months.

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