Wednesday, the Departmental Directorate of Agriculture Northeast (DDANE) and the project Representative of "Strengthening of Agricultural Public Services" (RESEPAG), have accompanied of members of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on a guided tour on the farm AGRITRANS (Trou du Nord) to observe the technology put in place by this company in order to increase domestic production of banana fig. https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-12257-haiti-agriculture-$27m-for-the-production-of-bananas-for-export.html . This plantation covers an area of 1,000 ha.

This visit was designed to encourage representatives of the IDB to finance agricultural projects of this size around the country, to raise the level of domestic production, enable self-sufficiency for local consumption, the export to external markets and foreign exchange earnings.

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