Twenty-one agronomy students, veterinary agents and supervisors spent three weeks in Fonds-des-Blancs, in the South department, learning artificial insemination for livestock, HaitiLibre reported. The training ran from October 12 to 30 under the Agriculture Ministry.

It is part of the animal-production component of the Resilient Agriculture for Food Security Project (PARSA), carried out by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the Haitian NGO GIRADEL.

Agronomist Michelet Mascary, the consortium's coordinator, and small-ruminant specialist Ronelson Stinfil led the course. Participants practiced on goats and learned every step, from assessing animals and synchronizing heat cycles to insemination, health follow-up and reading ultrasound scans.

The project aims to carry out 50 inseminations in each of its intervention areas. Trainers said the technique can gradually improve herds' genetics, but results depend on equipment, health monitoring, technical skill and support for farmers.