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Haiti - Agriculture : Towards the production of 25,000 cocoa seedlings 11/01/2024 08:57:19
The Departmental Directorate of Grande Anse of the Ministry of the Environment and the Directorate of Forests and Renewable Energy (DFER) in partnership with the Climate Adaptation and Valorization of Agricultural Value Chains project in Haiti are continuing production activities of more of 25,000 cocoa tree seedlings at the Grand'Anse Forestry and Fruit Germplasm Center (1) launched in December 2023.
This production will allow the Departmental Directorate to respond to the various requests from the community for the cocoa tree.
Located in the commune of Marfranc, the Grand'Anse Germplasm Center https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-22274-haiti-agriculture-third-plant-propagation-center.html is a technical infrastructure of multiplication of varieties of forest and fruit species intended to positively influence demand and offer you plant material for the production and planting of trees.
Learn more about the Germplasm Centers in Haiti :
The first Center was launched in July 2017 in Camp-Perrin (South department, Les Cayes district)
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-21531-haiti-environment-launch-of-a-central-nursery-in-camp-perrin.html ;
The second was launched in August 2017 at Fonds des Nègres (Nippes department) https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-21931-haiti-agriculture-laying-the-foundation-stone-of-the-plant-propagation-center.html ;
The 3rd was launched at the beginning of October 2017 in Marfranc (Grand'Anse department)
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-22274-haiti-agriculture-third-plant-propagation-center.html ;
The 4th was launched at the 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 ;
The 5th was launched in December 2017 in Levy, first municipal section of Camp-Perrin (South)
https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-22875-icihaiti-environment-inauguration-of-the-plant-propagation-center-south.html ;
The 6th was launched in February 2018 in Grand Pré (Quartier Morin) in the North
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-23471-icihaiti-environment-laying-the-foundation-stone-of-the-6th-plant-propagation-center.html ;
The 7th Ennery for Haut-Artibonite and the 8th Petite Rivière de l’Artibonite for Bas-Artibonite
https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-24034-icihaiti-environment-towards-the-construction-of-the-7th-plant-propagation-center.html ;
7th Germoplasm** and Plant Propagation Center of the upper Artibonite.
(1) Germoplasm: Qualifies any element from the plant capable of giving rise to a new individual (DNA, seeds, cuttings, etc...)
Also read about Haitian chocolate :
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-38180-haiti-agro-industry-haiti-and-the-dr-together-at-the-salon-international-du-chocolat-2022.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-36814-haiti-rd-creation-of-3-chocolate-bars-with-the-tastes-of-the-island.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-33849-haiti-agriculture-5-producers-will-represent-haiti-at-the-international-cocoa-award.html
https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-33838-icihaiti-agriculture-competition-for-the-best-cocoa-based-creole-gardens.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-32645-haiti-agriculture-cocoa-from-haiti-makes-its-mark-internationally.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-32152-haiti-agriculture-usaid-joins-the-launch-of-the-pisa-cocoa-and-vanilla-project.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-28545-haiti-agriculture-the-cocoa-sectors-on-the-island-under-the-threat-of-the-scourge-of-monilia.html
https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-25654-icihaiti-agriculture-haitian-chocolate-under-the-spotlight-in-paris.html
https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-14084-icihaiti-economy-france-talks-about-chocolate-with-haiti.html
https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-13846-icihaiti-agriculture-unilever-wants-to-increase-its-investments-in-haiti.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-12105-haiti-agriculture-the-cocoa-industry-produces-12-times-less-per-hectare-than-the-neighboring-countries.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-11221-haiti-agriculture-towards-a-farmers-private-sector-partnership-in-the-cocoa-and-coffee-sectors.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-9779-haiti-agriculture-the-haitian-cocoa-recognized-as-one-of-the-best-in-the-world.html
HL/ HaitiLibre
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