By Marie Marthe Saint Cyr | Executive Director
250 farmers from APGBRM in the commune of Gwomon continue to grow their farming business today. They boast today about FHI A21, a type of plantain robust disease resistant. You see their production of plantain was being destroyed with Sigatoga until the CPP, Center for Plantain Propagation of the Lambi Fund started training farmers in Gwomorn on how to decorticate the roots and wipe out Sigatoga that was destroying their harvest of plantain. CPP has trained over 250 farmers.
They have not only suspended the spread of the disease, but they have together coordinated a cooperative that is producing plantain chips, organic, nutritious. Their goal is to avail these chips to the school yards during recess and in general for snack. Plantain chips provides a better nutrient full snack for children in school. It is a potential sustainable market. A third party evaluation confirms the sustainability of the FH1 A21 and the increase in income and stability of revenue for the farmers. Currenlty, they are also benefiting from the sale of the offshoots plantain trees. Each tree will deliver a minimun of five offshoots.
A recent third party evaluation and surveys by INFODEV confirms that farmers in Gwomorn are improving their lots, the local market is flooded with the type of plantain and the consumer demand continue to increase. The important aspect is that farmers are back to work and they are getting their children an education and health care because their plantain harvest has tripple in revenue since the eradication of the disease in their field.
The Center for Plaintain Propagation continues to support farmers, as they improve and increase their production of plantain, a primary staple in the food consumption! in Haiti. Why not continue to support local farming
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