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LSU
and Southern University group visits the home of the leader of the local farmer
cooperative in Cayes-Jacmel. Photo by Carl Motsenbocker.
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BATON
ROUGE, La. – Southern University Ag Center’s research associate, Mila Berhane joined
Carl Motsenbocker and a group from Louisiana State University on trip to Haiti
in January with ideas on how to engage LSU students and the community in
developing sustainable agriculture projects in the Caribbean country.
Motsenbocker,
a horticulture professor in the LSU College of Agriculture, traveled to Haiti
with Ann Savage, an LSU AgCenter sustainable agriculture extension associate, and
Anna Claire Ferchaud, a College of Agriculture senior studying natural resource
ecology and management. The group left Baton Rouge for Haiti on Jan. 1 and was
there for 10 days.
Motsenbocker
describes the trip as a sustainable agriculture excursion to look at the local
food systems in Haiti, assess needs at three Haitian sites and work with
collaborators to support agricultural development. The group was also exploring
opportunities for student and faculty exchanges.
“One
of my goals is to develop a sustainable agriculture and food systems class that
I will teach in spring 2016, with an optional trip to Haiti during spring
break,” Motsenbocker said.
The
Southern University and LSU group visited villagers in three areas of the
country to identify potential projects.
Berhane
and Motsenbocker presented lectures to Centre de Formation Fritz Lafontant
agriculture students. They also worked with the students from the school
and conducted a hands-on lab to plant vegetables using trickle irrigation and
demonstrated a simple bucket irrigation kit.
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