The document summarizes a USAID project between Meds and Food For Kids (MFK) in Haiti and universities in the US including the University of Georgia and North Carolina State University. The objective is to increase peanut production and quality in northern Haiti through training, applied research, and improving post-harvest storage and handling, including reducing aflatoxin levels. Peanuts are an important cash crop in Haiti but yields are low at 955 pounds per acre on average and quality is poor with issues of aflatoxin contamination.

1. USAID - CRSP
• Collaborative Research Support Programs (CRSP)
• Since 1978
• 21 Active projects
“ CRSPs harness the expertise of U.S. universities in low-
cost, high-impact programs that contribute
knowledge, trained personnel, and technology to agriculture
worldwide in the fight against hunger and poverty.”

2. UF155: Development of the Peanut Sector for
Guyana and Selected Caribbean Countries
Haiti/MFK US
Dr. Patricia Wolfe Tim Brenneman (UGA)
Dumel Louie Bob Kemerait (UGA)
Jaime Rhodes Frank Nolin (GA)
John Damicone (OSU)
Chad Godsey (OSU)
Dave Jordan (NCSU)
Objective:
Increase peanut production and quality in N. Haiti through
• Training and technology transfer
• Applied research
• Post-harvest storage and handling - aflatoxin

3. Peanuts
• Grown throughout country
• 69K acres
• Cash crop – only 5% consumed at home
• Low yields (955 lb/A ???)
• Poor quality / aflatoxin

4. Meds and Food For Kids
Medika Mamba = Peanut butter medicine
RTU Therapeutic Food
http://mfkhaiti.org/

90. Response of Peanut Varieties to Rust
Mazére, 2010
Local Runner b
GA03L c
AP3 b
Local Valencia a
ARSOK-S1 a
Tamspan 90 a
Tamrun OL06 a
Spanco a
1 3 5 7 9
Rust (0-9)

97. Response of 90-d Peanut Varieties to Fungicide
UCNH Limbe’, 2010
Average Fungicide No Fungicide
Average a
b
a
Local Valencia
a
Tamspan 90
a
Pronto
a
Spanco
0 1000 2000 3000
Yield (lb/A)