Browsing College of Agriculture by Author "United States Agency for International Development"

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Report 45. Recherche de variétés de manioc (Manihot esculenta) adaptées aux conditions de la presqu'île de Nord-Ouest d'Haïti

Jean, Yves; Shannon, Dennis A.; Moïse, Julène; Brockman, Frank E. (2019-06-03)

Le niveau du rendement du manioc (Manihot esculenta), dans les aires d'intervention de CARE/PLUS dans la presqu'île du Nord-Ouest d'Haïti, s'est révélé relativement faible. Les facteurs responsables semblent être les ...

Report 46. Recherche de variétés d'arachide (Arachis hypogea) adaptées aux conditions de culture du Nord-Ouest et de la Grande-Anse de Haïti

Jean, Yves; Shannon, Dennis A.; Brockman, Frank E.; Moïse, Julène (2019-06-25)

Dans les aires d'intervention de CARE/PLUS, dans la presqu'île du Nord-Ouest d'Haïti, les agriculteurs sont à la recherche de cultivars précoces et plus productifs que les variétés traditionnelles leur permettant de réaliser ...

Report 47. Technical assessment of the irrigation systems of Marigot and Jacmel and preliminary observations on the Marigot Watershed

Yoo, Kyung H.; Shannon, Dennis A. (2019-06-25)

An irrigation system located near Marigot was damaged by flooding from Hurricane Georges. A water engineer and an agronomist were asked to determine what was needed to rehabilitate the system and to protect the system from ...

Report 48. Technical support to Haitian cacao

Matlick, B. K.; Purdy, L. H.; Stevenson, Christopher (2019-06-25)

This report is a compilation of four reports by cacao specialists, employed to make recommendations on improving production and quality of the cacao produced by farmers working with the Productive Land Use Systems (PLUS) ...

Report 49. Haiti small-scale coffee producers production, processing, quality control and marketing

Amayo, Gilberto; Mencia, Victor E.; Gautier, Patrice; Gemeil, José (2019-06-25)

Coffee is one of the principal agricultural products in international trade volume and value. Haiti and several other producing countries depend to varying degrees on coffee exports. Coffee production is also a major source ...

Report 50. Training manual for improving cocoa production in Haiti

Stevenson, Christopher (2019-06-25)

In early 1999, cacao specialist B. K. Matlick visited Haiti and suggested that farmers could be educated in simple cultural practices that would increase the yield of their trees by 20-30%. At the request of USAID, SECID ...

Report 51. Cowpea variety trials in northwest Haiti

Shannon, Dennis A.; Jean, Yves; Brockman, Frank E. (2019-05-20)

This report summarizes cowpea variety trials conducted in Northwest Haiti between 1993 and 1995 by the Productive Land Use Systems Project. The results of these trials indicate that farmers can substantially increase cowpea ...

Report 52. Findings of surveys on yam (Dioscorea spp.) production in the Grande Anse Department, Haiti

Shannon, Dennis A. (2019-05-24)

Surveys were conducted on yam production in 18 localities in the Moron and Dame Marie regions of the Grande Anse Department of Haiti. The objectives were to identify the areas in which yam is grown, identify and characterize ...

Report, Final. Technical assistance to the PLUS project: Final report of the South-East Consortium for International Development (SECID) and Auburn University

Shannon, Dennis A.; Lea, John Dale (Zach); Isaac, Lionel; Belfort, Sarah (2019-06-25)

SECID provided technical assistance to the Productive Land Use Project (PLUS) by various means, including a tree Germplasm Improvement Program, an Agroforestry Research Program, an On-farm Agronomic Research Program, an ...

Soil profile descriptions for steeplands research sites in Haiti

Guthrie, Richard L.; Shannon, Dennis A. (2019-05-03)

Soils from different locations in Haiti intended as sites for alley cropping trial studies were examined and classified. Because limestone is the parent material associated with a majority of soils of the Steeplands, pH ...