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![]() Haiti - USAID : Inauguration of the the Agricultural Technology Park in Les Cayes 25/05/2023 10:22:52
At the opening ceremony, USAID representative, Reginald Toussaint said, "This activity represents all that is novel and engaging about USAID, as it involves research, teaching, and extension work developed by Haitian faculty and partners, for capacity building at the universities." The American University of the Caribbean (AUC) is one of the southern regions of Haiti's top universities, teaching and conducting research in the agricultural sciences. Funded by USAID, this activity focuses on building institutional and human capacity so that Haiti is able to identify and seek solutions to its agricultural problems in partnership with U.S. universities. This activity will establish an agricultural technology park to showcase high-potential climate smart agriculture technologies and strategies to sustainably intensify smallholder production systems. The park serves as a demonstration and training center for students to conduct applied research and local producers who are interested in learning how to implement modern agricultural techniques, methods for increasing agricultural productivity, and other ways to improve their farming practices. Furthermore, the park will help the university generate additional revenue to sustain its operation. "Developing revenue-generating services and establishing agricultural technology parks to sustainably intensify smallholder production systems is a hallmark of the Sustainable Intensification Innovation Lab (SIIL)'s portfolio," said Vara Prasad, director of the SIIL at Kansas State University. The park, which is located on the American University of the Caribbean (AUC) campus, sits on 6 acres, has water, electricity, and secure fencing. It will be further developed with improved animal housing, new crop production areas, and an updated fishpond facility. The park features a farming systems model that can be adopted by small-scale farmers in the area. The model demonstrates various promising technologies and strategies based on the local context to showcase best management practices of agriculture. The funding provided by USAID through the feed the future initiative will be used to disseminate the following technologies:
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