Jean-Baptiste Chavannes (agronomist)

Jean-Baptiste Chavannes (born 1947 in Haiti), educated as an agronomist.

This article is about the modern agronomist. For the colonial-era rebellion abolitionist, see Jean-Baptiste Chavannes.

Biography

Chavannes founded the Papaye Peasant Movement (MPP) in 1973 to teach Haitian principles of sustainable agriculture.[1] The MPP has become one of the most effective peasant movements of Haiti's history, succeeding in terms of economic development, environmental protection and the survival of each.

Chavannes continues his work despite the political climate in Haiti, which remains unstable. He has been exposed to several assassination attempts during periods of political destabilization in Haiti.[2] Death threats have forced into exile between 1993 and 1994. He received the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2005.[2]

gollark: No, I meant most of those things you could probably learn yourself. First aid you would likely benefit from in person teaching in but the rest is just "read the news" or "read a few pages explaining mortgages".
gollark: It is hard to know in advance whether you'll be interested in stuff which needs that several years later.
gollark: Yeees? I mean, I don't know how hard first aid is, but mortgages are trivial.
gollark: Anyway, maths is useful basically anywhere you'll need to analyze stuff quantitatively. Science, programming, engineering, finance, data science. School maths probably less so.
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See also

References
  1. Jean Baptiste Chavanne
  2. "Islands & Island Nations 2005 – Chavannes Jean-Baptiste – Haiti – Sustainable Development". The Goldman Environmental Prize. 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-09-30. Retrieved 2008-11-17.
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