Farm Field School Celebration | Haiti | September 2023

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On September 5, 2023, a Field Day was organized as part of the Farmers Field School project at Marmelade. It's an occasion for farmers to exchange information on the technologies with the wider community with the aim of increasing their diffusion and adoption.

This year, eleven (11) stations were built to explain to the guests the different activities carried out on the demonstration plot. Approximately 257 people, including farmers and guests, participated in this event.

Presentations of the explanation stations:
1. Reception and registration of participants
2. Evangelization
3. Presentation of the farmer field school project
4. Technical route of pepper
5. Technical route of leek
6. Technical route of corn
7. Technical route of okra
8. Technical route of cassava
9. Technical route of black beans
10. Technical route of coffee
11. How to establish a fruit and forest tree nursery

In their speech for the occasion, the representative of the facilitation team and the president of the 8th class, took their time to express their gratitude to Mission of Hope (FOME) and The Woodlands Church for their contribution to the development of agriculture in the community of Marmelade. Special prayers were addressed to all the people who contributed to the implementation of the Farmer Field School project at Marmelade.

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