LSU AgCenter assistant professor David Weindorf visited Haiti in early August as part of a team to provide initial assessment and education to farmers of the area. Weindorf and partner John Kruse, research agronomist with Georgia Pacific in Dacture, Ga.
The men traveled to Bayonnais in an effort to improve the area’s soil and water quality.
Bayonnais is characterized by steep slopes, rocky soils, mixed shrubs and plantain and mango trees. The people don’t have access to commercial fertilizer or electricity.
While there, Weindorf and Kruse identified natural sources of fertilizer from animal manure and set up a composting demonstration.
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