FdS Haiti, Stove Emissions Testing: Initial Test Results PM 2.5 a nd CO

FdS Haiti, Stove Emissions Testing: Initial Test Results PM 2.5 a nd CO

Haiti burns over 400,000 tons of charcoal annually (USAID 2011); that amount translates to over 4,000,000 tons of trees destroyed since it takes 10 tons of wood to produce one ton of Haitian charcoal (ESMAP 2007). Regional environmental studies in Haiti, including Ghilardi, et al 2018, have determined that the Haitian charcoal industry has a destructive effect on the trees of Haiti.

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Geospatial Mapping of Charcoal and Fuelwood Renewability in Haiti and Potential Environmental Benefits from Woodfuel Interventions

Geospatial Mapping of Charcoal and Fuelwood Renewability in Haiti and Potential Environmental Benefits from Woodfuel Interventions

This analysis examines woodfuel sustainability in Haiti and explores the impacts of near- term household energy interventions. Woodfuels represent nearly 80% of Haiti’s primary energy supply and the country has long been considered an archetypal case of woodfuel-driven deforestation

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Determinants of Agricultural Extension Services: The Case of Haiti

Determinants of Agricultural Extension Services: The Case of Haiti

This paper extracts relevant lessons from historical data on factors influencing the receipt of extension services in Haiti, taking stock of the use of agricultural extension services prior to the 2010 earthquake. The goal is to influence future policies and development projects involving the provision of extension services as well as the type of extension services offered.

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Haitian Construction Workers in the Dominican Republic: An Exploratory Study on Indicators of Forced Labor

Haitian Construction Workers in the Dominican Republic: An Exploratory Study on Indicators of Forced Labor

Construction work is the second most important labor sector for Haitian migrant men in the Dominican Republic, following agriculture. Though it is relatively better paid than agricultural work, and therefore a more desirable option for many young Haitian men, construction work is also known for having dangerous and exploitative conditions, including pay far below minimum wage, longer working hours, and no days off.

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Haiti : Etude de la Filière Banane

Haiti : Etude de la Filière Banane

Le Gouvernement Haïtien a fait du secteur agricole l’un des piliers de la croissance et de la réduction de la pauvreté dans le pays. Les actions visant à augmenter la capacité productive, recensées dans le Plan national d’investissement agricole du MARNDR sont notamment: améliorer les infrastructures d’irrigation, promouvoir les organisations locales, améliorer les techniques de conservation et de lutte contre les pertes post récolte, améliorer l’accès au crédit, renforcer les services publics agricoles.

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Agroforestry and Sustainable Resource Conservation in Haiti: A case study

Agroforestry and Sustainable Resource Conservation in Haiti: A case study

Soil erosion and deforestation are endemic in Haiti due to centuries of agricultural exploitation, first under the colonial plantation system—intensive monocropping of export commodities such as cotton, indigo, tobacco, sugarcane, and coffee—and later by the widespread harvest of timber for export markets and the expansion of peasant subsistence agriculture on marginal sloping land. A growing urban population and an increasing demand for charcoal and fuel wood have further stressed the environment.

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Haiti Productive Land Use Systems Project

Haiti Productive Land Use Systems Project

Neem (Azadirachta indica Adr. Juss.) is planted in Haiti for its hardiness and multiple purposes of shade, medicinal uses, wood, aesthetics and pest control. A neem trial at Roche Blanche was established in October, 1991 as a collaborative effort of SECID/Auburn University, Agridyne (now Biosys) and Double Harvest.

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