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Training * (ANY/ALL Types of Instruction) Updated Apr 3, 2012
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Training Classes, Gardening Instruction Updated Apr 3, 2012
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Mission: Kiskeya Aqua Ferme is an integrated organic farm that supplies the local market with superior quality of year round herbicides and pesticides- free herbs and vegetables, fresh tilapia, poultry eggs, Large Black pigs and Boer goats for consumption and reproduction. We conduct our principal operation in Leogane, a town located 25 kilometers west of the Haitian Capital. As a social entrepreneurship venture, we pride ourselves in creating wealth through investment in sustainable agricultural developments that strengthen Haiti’s food security, create job opportunities and reduce poverty.
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Notes

There is extensive evidence that tilapia aquaculture can contribute to healthier communities by increasing available protein, decreasing malnutrition, reducing poverty and creating employment opportunities, especially for women. Those are the reasons why aquaculture is called the blue revolution. If you are part of a church, medical clinic, orphanage, school or of a non-governmental organization operating in Haiti, tilapia farming can bring miracle to your community and make your project more sustainable.

On behalf of Kiskeya Aqua Ferme I am pleased to introduce a tilapia aquaculture short course in Haiti. The objective of this program is to provide intensive tilapia aquaculture training to individuals interested in starting aquaculture farms, representatives of non-profit organizations, churches, schools and orphanages from various part of Haiti who will be ready to implement sustainable tilapia farming projects as well as promote backyard farming of tilapia to reduce poverty and generate revenue.

Faculty includes: Dr. Abe Valentin, Executive Director of Caribbean Harvest, Time Magazine 100 most influential people of 2010 and 2011 Digicel Entrepreneur of the Year, William Mebane, Superintendent of Marine Biological Laboratories’ Marine Resources Center in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Dr. Arielle Adrien, fish farmer and founder of Kiskeya Aqua Ferme and aquaculture staff from the Ministry of Agriculture in Haiti. Program cost if $400 U.S. or 16,000 Haitian gourde. To register, please contact us at kiskeyaferme@yahoo.com for an application. Lodging is available at Kiskeya Guest House located on the farm.