Project Name：2025 Rice Production Enhancement Project in South, Haiti

Project status：Projects in Operation

Cooperating Country：Caribbean, Haiti

Project Description：

The project aims to build upon the achievements of the "2024 Rice Production Enhancement Project in South, Haiti", to stabilize national rice production of Haiti and to improve food security as a priority. Project implementation will involve: 1. the production of 350 metric tons of various grades of M8 rice seed; 2. the production of 1,050 metric tons of various grades of paddy rice; 3. maintaining agricultural irrigation and drainage systems; 4. and, assisting 14 Joint Service Centers with their operations.

Implementation Start Date：2025-01-01

Implementation End Date：2025-12-31

Project Objectives：

1. Production of 350 metric tons of various grades of M8 rice seed;
2. Production of 1,050 metric tons of paddy rice;
3. Maintenance of agricultural irrigation and drainage systems; 
4. Support for the operation of 14 small-scale rice Joint Service Centers for farmers' organizations;
5. Training of 240 farmers and organization of two field demonstration sessions; 
6. Technical assistance for 14 agricultural machinery service teams (contract plowing teams); 
7. Data development and application of an agricultural product traceability system.

Executing Agency：

Technical Mission of The Republic of China (Taiwan) in the Republic of Haiti / Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development of Haiti/ Agriculture Bureau of South province.

Current Progress：

As of the end of June 2025, the following has been completed:

1. Land preparation, seedling cultivation, transplanting, rogue removal, and field inspection for 0.02 hectares of breeder seed fields (first season crop).
2. Land preparation, seedling cultivation, transplanting, pest and disease control, rogue removal, and field inspection for 1 hectare of foundation seed fields (first season crop).
3. Land preparation, seedling cultivation, transplanting, pest and disease control, rogue removal, and field inspection of 50 hectares of contract farming households producing registered seeds (first season crop).
4. Land preparation, seedling cultivation, transplanting, topdressing, panicle fertilization, pest and disease control, and rogue removal for 150 hectares of commercial rice production (first season crop).
5. Production of 225.726 metric tons of rice seed for the first season crop; technical assistance provided for the production of 606.718 metric tons of paddy rice.
6. Provision of technical guidance to 14 farmer organizations on land preparation, seedling cultivation, transplanting, and pest and disease control for rice production.
7. Development training material compilation and organization of two farmer training sessions, with a total of 125 farmers trained.
8. Provision of 200 hectares of contract plowing services during the first crop season, two sessions of operational guidance for agricultural machinery centers, and one power tiller training session, with a total of 15 participants.
9. Survey on the maintenance and repair needs of the agricultural irrigation and drainage system, and clearing of 2,000 meters of irrigation canals.
10. Registration of farmland as part of the production traceability system for 200 hectares of rice fields for the first season crop.

Project Contact：TienYu Chiang

Phone：+886-2-28886046

E-mail：t.y.chiang@icdf.org.tw