In the valley of Nan Carré in the north-west department of Haiti, water flows rapidly through concrete channels and can be quickly diverted into adjacent plots. Everywhere the eye travels, healthy plants are pushing up in neat rows. Here Derelus Clercilien farms a small plot of about an eighth of a hectare and helps run the association that manages the new irrigation system. His enthusiasm is contagious. "Once the irrigation system was in place I planted carrots," he says. "The project staff kept telling me to keep watering. I made 10,000 gourdes (about US$236). I had never seen that much money before, I had never even seen 5,000 gourdes."

"Before we would plant and if there wasn't enough rain – which was often – we lost everything," explains fellow-farmer Oltin Saint Filet. "Now water is plentiful year-round. The project taught us new production techniques and how to prepare soils, and has  encouraged us to try cash crops," he says.

"I planted two plots with onions and when the time came to sell, I realized I had achieved the impossible. Even after I gave away some of my harvest, I made 7,500 gourdes . I also made 2,500 gourdes with a few carrots and 1,500 gourdes with tomatoes."For Saint Filet, Clercilien and other farmers in Nan Carré, the sudden increase in productivity and income has been almost unimaginable. Having started with 15 test plantations a year and a half ago in 2011, 150 farmers have now joined the association. With the right inputs, they can produce three or even four harvests a year."We are just now realizing how hard our lives were," says Clercilien. "Before the irrigation system was installed, we would often plant one marmite of seeds (about 2.5 kilograms) and reap less or barely the same amount at harvest."


Acting in unison for rapid results

The irrigated systems have been either built from scratch or improved and extended by the IFAD-funded Small-scale Irrigation Development Project. The project's goal is to create and rehabilitate watersheds in disadvantaged areas of the north-west, north-east and central departments of Haiti. It is estimated that a staggering 80 per cent of Haitian farmers are unable to produce enough to feed their households. The severely deforested and eroded hillsides have become arid and increasingly difficult to farm. When the rains come they sweep away soils and crops, and silt up the dams and valley areas downstream. Farmers contend with drought, cyclones and other extreme weather conditions that are becoming more frequent with climate change. 







Source: IFAD





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تاريخ : یکشنبه بیست و پنجم فروردین ۱۳۹۲ | 12:8 | نویسنده : مسعود حکمت |
 

جهت دریافت لیست مجلات نامعتبر از سوی وزارت علوم در اسفند ماه ۱۳۹۱ اینجا را کلیک نمایید.

 

جهت دریافت لیست مجلات معتبر از سوی وزارت علوم در اسفند ماه ۱۳۹۱ اینجا را کلیک نمایید.

 

جهت دریافت لیست مجلات معتبر نمایه شده در ای اس سی اینجا را کلیک نمایید.

 



تاريخ : سه شنبه سیزدهم فروردین ۱۳۹۲ | 9:18 | نویسنده : مسعود حکمت |

یکی از بزرگترین چالشهای روبروی جامعه بشری ، در دهه های اخیر ،مسئله امنیت و سلامت غذا ی جمیعت رو به افزایش دنیا است. بحران جمعیت از یک طرف و محدودیت منابع اولیه تولید از طرف دیگر ،باعث حرکت کشاورزی سنتی به سمت کشاورزی صنعتی و تکنولوژی با عنوان انقلاب سبز کشاورزی در دهه پنجاه میلادی گردید . انقلاب سبز در کشاورزی با ورود تکنولوری هایی نظیر نهاده های شیمیایی ، ارقام پر بازده ، روشهای نوین آبیاری و ماشین آلات جدید و غیره همراه گردید. اهداف مورد انتظار از انقلاب سبز ، تولید بالای محصولات کشاورزی با هدف تامین غذای مردم دنیا بود. اما تنها کمتر از دو دهه از ورود نهاده های شیمیایی در فرایند تولید محصولات کشاورزی ،به دلیل کاربرد بی رویه و نامناسب نهاده های شیمیایی و برخی تکنولوری های دیگر ، فرایند تولید با مشکلات و بحرانهای جدیدی مواجه شد که تبعات آن خیلی بیشتر و حادتر از شرایط عدم دسترسی به تکنولوژی بوده است .



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تاريخ : شنبه دهم فروردین ۱۳۹۲ | 19:8 | نویسنده : مسعود حکمت |
 

جهت دریافت اطلاعاتی در ارتباط با نحوه انجام رگرسیون لجستیک از طریق نرم افزار اس پی اس اس اینجا را کلیک نمایید.

 

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