Workshops and Events
| Date | Subject | Type | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 3, 7, 8, 16 | AREA Virtual Conference on Entrepreneurship and Leadership for Women | Workshop | Remote via Zoom |
| Date | Subject | Type | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 18-19 | Hydrocooling techniques | Workshop | |
| March 18-19 | Nutritional value of various food groups, including amaranth, and the nutritional needs of women and children | Workshop | Montrouis |
| March 10-11 | International Research Conference on Agricultural Research and Innovation | Research conference | Karibe Hotel and Convention Center, Pétioinville, HT |
| Feb. 28-March 5 | Train-the-trainers workshop on the use of the PICSA approach with farmers | Workshop | Catholic Relief Services, Les Cayes |
| Feb. 28 | Importance of integrating gender in advisory services to farmers and rural communities | Workshop | Montrouis |
| Feb. 17-20 | Nonprofit management | Workshop | Kenscoff |
| Feb. 11 | How to build a simple grain dryer | Workshop for AREA team | Bas Boën CRDD |
| Feb. 10-11 | Training to support diagnostic labs | Workshop | AUC, Les Cayes |
| Feb. 6 | Microscope camera installation/calibration at FAMV | Workshop | FAMV |
| Feb. 4-5 | Pesticide training | Workshop | Montrouis |
| Jan. 27 | Presentation of results from climate program to farmers | Presentation | Kenscoff |
| Jan. 22 | Master of Science graduates return to Haiti | Research forum | Pétionville |
| Jan. 15-17, 2020 | Phenotyping training and trial data analysis | Workshop | Pétionville |
| Date | Subject | Type | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 9-10, 2019 | Pesticides and integrated pest management | Workshop | Kenscoff |
| Sept. 2-5, 2019 | R programming | Workshop | Villa Thérèse, Pétioinville |
| Aug. 27, 2019 | Nematode identification | Workshop | AUC, Les Cayes |
| Aug. 27, 2019 | Microscope training for Haitian lab technicians | Workshop | AUC, Les Cayes |
| Aug. 9, 2019 | Master's of Science graduates agricultural research forum | Forum | UF at Gainesville |
| July 16 to Aug. 1, 2019 | Haitian professionals visit soil laboratories to learn about lab operations at the University of Florida | Tour, training | UF at Gainesville, FL |
| July 7-17, 2019 | Haitian technicians visit Florida to learn about assemling, modifying and touring weather station facilities and the National Weather Service | Tour, workshops | UF, Florida |
| July 9-10, 2019 | Women's professional development conference | Workshop materials | Workshop | |
| May 20-22, 2019 | Nutrition training focused on Asian spinach | Workshop materials | Workshop | Kenscoff, Montrouis |
| May 13-16, 2019 | AREA joins Ministry of Agriculture to train extension agents | Workshop materials | Workshop | Port-au-Prince |
| March 28, 2019 | Review maize trials | Workshop | AREA office, Pétionville |
| March 28, 2019 | Soil fertility and tour of research project on optimum fertilizer formulations for maize | Field day, workshop | Bas Boên CRDD |
| March 27-28, 2019 | Fundamentals of starting and running a successful food-processing business in Haiti | Training materials | Workshop | Hotel Montana, Pétionville |
| Dec. 3-7, 2018 | Training on Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) to help farmers to make informed decisions related to climate change. Download training materials. | Workshop | Palm Events Center, Port-au-Prince |
| Nov. 29, 2018 | Transforming climate data into useful information for farmers using R-INSTAT- Refresher Training | Workshop | AREA office, Pétionville |
| Oct. 1-3, 2018 | Addressing Gender in Agricultural Technology Design, Use and Dissemination. Read blog post: Gender matters in Haitian agriculture | Workshop | Hotel Montana, Port-au-Prince |
| Date | Subject | Type | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 9-16, 2018 | Best practices for conducting field trials to produce higher-yielding corn than the varieties now grown in Haiti | Story | Tour and training | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign |
| Aug. 22-23, 2018 | All about maize seeds, maize phenology and agronomic best practices | Workshop | Bas Boën CRDD |
| Aug. 7, 2018 | How to assemble, configure and install second-generation weather stations | Workshop | AREA office, Pétionville |
| July 31- Aug. 1, 2018 | Soil fertility management | Workshop | Bas Boën CRDD |
| June 11-12, 2018 | R Programming | Workshop | Villa Therese, Pétionville |
| June 5-6, 2018 | Transforming climate data into useful information for farmers using R-INSTAT | Workshop | AREA office, Pétionville |
| May 3-4, 2018 | Innovation in Agricultural Education | Conference | Karibe Hotel, Juvenat |
| March 15-16, 2018 | Soil fertility management | Workshop | Bas Boën CRDD |
| Feb. 22-23, 2018 | Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) plans | Training materials | Workshop | Villa Therese, Pétionville |
| Dec. 14-15, 2017 | Postharvest Loss Management | Training materials | Workshop | Villa Therese, Pétionville |
| Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 2017 | Faculty Development Academy, Block 3 | Workshop | FAMV, Damien |
| Nov. 29, 2017 | Faculty Development Academy, Refresher, Train the Trainers |
Workshop | AREA office, Pétionville |
| Nov. 24, 2017 | Faculty Development Academy, Block 1 | Workshop | Caribbean University, Delmas |
| Oct. 26-27, 2017 | Weather Station Programming | Workshop | Hotel Montana, Pétionville |
| Oct. 23-26, 2017 | Faculty Development Academy, Blocks 1-2 State University of Haiti (UEH), Limonade campus |
Workshop | UEH, Limonde |
FY 2016-2017 and earlier
- July 17-21, 2017, Weather station builder workshop
- Feb. 27-March 10, 2017, Mais Plus CIMMYT Train the Trainer
- May 15, 2017, Send-off for graduate students in Haiti
- Jan. 26-27, 2017, Microscope care and plant diagnostics, Bas Boën CRDD
Faculty Development Academy - June 22-23, 2017, Training by Trainer, Teaching Methods and Techniques
- June 20-21, 2017, Training by Trainees, Universite Episcopale
- April 22, 2017, Training by Trainees, American University of the Caribbean
- Feb 23-24, 2017, Training by Trainers, FAMV
- Feb. 21-22, 2017, Train the Trainers Syllabus Development
- Feb. 15-16, 2017, Train the Trainers
Support to Higher Education - Dec. 14-15, 2016, Scientific Research and Grant Writing
- May 23-25, 2016, Theory of Change and Innovation, Palm Events Center, Pétionville
- March 9-11, 2016, Ethics in Research, Montrouis, Bas Boën and Pétionville
Acronyms:
CRDD: Rural Center for Sustainable Development
FAMV: Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine of the State University of Haiti
UHM: Haiti’s Unité Hydrométéorologique, or Haiti’s Hydrometeorological Unit
