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iciHaiti - Agriculture : IDB engages in the SMASH program of the BRANA
07/01/2016 07:58:36

Friday, January 8, 2016, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Haitian National Brewery SA (BRANA) will proceed during a ceremony to the ntegration of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to SMASH program (Alliance for Smallholders Sorghum in Haiti).

Will participate in the the ceremony: a senior official of the US Embassy in Haiti, Jose Matthijsse the Director General of BRANA, Damais Gilles, the Chief of Operations of the IDB, Lyonel Vabrun, the Minister of Agriculture, Resources natural and Rural Development and Jude Hervé Day, Minister of Trade and Industry.

Recall that the SMASH project aims to increase the income of up to 18,000 small Haitian farmers selling local sorghum improved to the BRANA for the manufacture and marketing of Malta H. https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-9049-haiti-agriculture-important-agreement-between-brana-and-usaid.html

The ceremony will emphasize on the joint commitment of a bilateral donor, a multilateral lender, a multinational company and a local company to improve the Haitian value chain and consequently increase the income of farmers.

See also :
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-11661-haiti-agriculture-brana-and-usaid-celebrate-the-sorghum-harvest.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-9049-haiti-agriculture-important-agreement-between-brana-and-usaid.html

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