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A Web of Market Days

2018Jul3

A Web of Market Days

From MFK Agriculture Research and Extension Program Specialist Ben Wiseman Peanut trading in Nord (North) and Nord-Est (North-East) Haiti happens informally in weekly community markets.  These markets form webs of trade connecting rural producers with urban consumers.  In July, MFK’s…
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2018Jun18

MFK Construction Update

Construction on our mezzanine in our Cap-Haitien factory is well underway. In January, we provided a blog post about the new machinery coming to MFK’s factory located in Cap-Haitien. If you missed it, click here. So much has happened since this time.…
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2018Jun4

Meet Lèonne! 

From MFK Agriculture Research and Extension Program Specialists Rick Gethro Macajoux, Ryan Welby & Ben Wiseman Lèonne is a peanut farmer in Savane-au-Lait.  Lèonne has two sons and a daughter, and sends them to school using the money she makes…
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2018May7

Focusing on Women Peanut Farmers

From MFK Agriculture Research and Extension Program Specialist, Ben Wiseman In north-east Haiti, the tasks of peanut cultivation are often segregated by gender.  End-of-season production tasks such as peanut harvesting, drying, transporting, and selling are most often women’s tasks. These…
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2018Mar26

CTA Program Final Update: From Chicken Cages to Community Gardens

From MFK Agriculture Research and Extension Program Specialist, Ben Wiseman Farmers in Haiti must grow more than just peanuts.  This was the premise for MFK’s recent project to expand capacity for backyard and community egg production and vegetable gardening in…
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2018Mar19

U.S. Ambassador to Haiti, Michele Sison, Visits MFK Factory

On Monday, March 12th, MFK welcomed the U.S. Ambassador to Haiti, Michele Sison, and a delegate from the US Embassy in Haiti, to its factory in Cap-Haitien. We were excited to have her join us and show her the work…
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2018Feb13

CTA Program Update

From MFK Agriculture Research and Extension Program Specialist, Ryan Welby In October 2017, the MFK Agriculture Team implemented two research projects with its partners the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).…
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2018Jan22

Got Peanut Oil?

From MFK  Agriculture Research and Extension Program Specialist, Ryan Welby MFK’s primary concern with agriculture development is with raising awareness of the dangers of aflatoxin contamination and developing an understanding of how to eradicate aflatoxin from the local food supply.…
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2018Jan12

Continuing to Invest in Haiti – New Machinery Coming to MFK Factory

What is the “First 1,000 Days”? The 1,000 days between a woman’s pregnancy and her child’s 2nd birthday is a critical nutritional period for brain development and health for the rest of one’s life. Poor nutrition in this time period…
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