As part of its plan to promote fruit and vegetable production in Haiti, the Mouvement paysan Papaye (Papaye Peasant Movement, MPP) is setting up training sessions in grafting techniques. Fruit tree grafting techniques make it possible to improve so-called “local” species that are often drought and disease resistant, but poor in nutritional and gustative qualities. Grafting consists of planting a branch (the graft) of a good fruit species on to a trunk that is sturdy but with poor (...) Next ...

As part of the project promoting the production of fruit trees and gardens, explore through photos the activities being put into place in Haïti. To learn more about the program Haiti - Family agriculture on the High Central Plateau. This project is conducted with funding from the European Union. Next ...

What is the space required between two rows of cabbage? How do you make compost? What is a drip irrigation system? For one week, thirty peasants of Losapat and Marmont, on the Haitian High Central Plateau, were trained in the different planting, soil preparation and irrigation techniques by agronomists. They were brought together for a training session set up by the Papaye Peasant Movement (MPP) and Frères des Hommes, to improve the fruit and market gardening production of poor families in (...) Next ...

Every week on Mondays and Thursdays, sixty families work together on community gardens irrigated by artificial lakes in Haiti’s Central Province. The Papaye Peasant Movement” (MPP), a Frères des Hommes’ partner association runs two lakes : Lake Orobe and Lake Bassin Bœuf. These lakes are used for the irrigation of banana, sugar cane, cabbage, pepper and potato plantations so that farmers can enjoy the benefits of rainfall over a longer period of time. Most of the harvests from these community (...) Next ...

With the support of the Freres des Hommes, the Papaya Peasant Movement (MPP) have created three orchards and demonstration land parcels devoted to the production of mangos and citrus fruits in Hinche, Maissade and Thomade on the Haitian Central High Plateau. Fruit plants are inexpensive and therefore within easy reach of the population. The plants will then be given to more than a thousand families from April 2009 along with training and technical advice on the planting and maintenance of (...) Next ...

Here is an update on activities for promoting fruit and vegetable crops, developed by Frères des Hommes and MPP: mango season is approaching, and vegetables are growing in demonstration plots! Farmers are currently preparing the next mango harvest, which will take place between June and August. At the end of April, 6 farmers were trained in techniques of picking, selecting and packaging fresh mangoes for local markets and exportation. The process of drying mangos, at one time under (...) Next ...

At just 26 years old, Moslin Saintilmon has been a member of the peasant movement Papaya for over 20 years. Like most members of his family, he has always identified with the values of the organization, which are based on respect for the peasantry and their livelihood. General Secretary since March 2008 of the Young Peasant Workers, the youth section of Papaya (MPP), he trains thousands of youths who are committed to helping their communities. He described his life to us on a visit to Paris (...) Next ...

A disastrous socio-economic situation Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world. Its main economic resource is agriculture. However, small agricultural plantations (about 2000m2 per plantation) and poor productivity are not enough to satisfy the needs of the population. Poverty levels are therefore alarming: more than 50% of the population today survives on less than 0.70 euro cents per day. Although the country originally had an incredibly rich botanical heritage (more than (...) Next ...