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04-20-2009, 04:40 PM
The US and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) have announced US$1.1 million in funding to improve agricultural training, marketing and planning more profitable crops along the Haiti-DR border. The initiative is being implemented by the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF). "This project will improve the lives of thousands of small-plot and subsistence farmers," says John Sanbrailo, Executive Director of PADF. "This new funding builds on PADF's successful record of being a catalyst for sustainable economic development along the border."
With funding from the US Mission to the Organization of American States (OAS) and the IDB, the PADF will teach farmers how to manage and sell more profitable crops, create business plans, to apply for government loans and credits and reach more consumers.
The one-year initiative allows PADF to work with 30 producer groups in seven communities on both sides of the border. In the Dominican Republic, PADF will work in Pedernales, Comendador and Dajabon. In the Haiti, PADF will focus on Anse-a-Pitre, Fonds Verrettes, Belladere and Ouanaminthe. Assistant Secretary General of the OAS and chair of the Haiti Support Group, Ambassador Albert Ramdin, called on other countries to allocate more resources to this border region.
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With funding from the US Mission to the Organization of American States (OAS) and the IDB, the PADF will teach farmers how to manage and sell more profitable crops, create business plans, to apply for government loans and credits and reach more consumers.
The one-year initiative allows PADF to work with 30 producer groups in seven communities on both sides of the border. In the Dominican Republic, PADF will work in Pedernales, Comendador and Dajabon. In the Haiti, PADF will focus on Anse-a-Pitre, Fonds Verrettes, Belladere and Ouanaminthe. Assistant Secretary General of the OAS and chair of the Haiti Support Group, Ambassador Albert Ramdin, called on other countries to allocate more resources to this border region.
www.padf.org (http://www.padf.org)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#3)