Jean-Baptiste Chavannes (born 1947 in
Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
), educated as an
agronomist.
Biography
Chavannes founded the
Papaye Peasant Movement (MPP) in 1973 to teach Haitian principles of
sustainable agriculture.
Jean Baptiste Chavanne
/ref> 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.[ Death threats have forced into exile between 1993 and 1994. He received the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2005.]
See also
* Haitian Heritage Museum
* Papaye peasant movement
* Sustainable development
Sustainable development is an organizing principle for meeting human development goals while also sustaining the ability of natural systems to provide the natural resources and ecosystem services on which the economy and society depend. The des ...
* Sustainable food system
* Sustainable landscaping
References
External links
The MPP
"Haiti Is Going From Catastrophe to Catastrophe": Michael Deibert interviews Chavannes Jean-Baptiste, Inter Press Service, September 2008
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Living people
Haitian agronomists
Haitian environmentalists
History of Haiti
Sustainable agriculture
Agroecology
Sustainable food system
1947 births
Goldman Environmental Prize awardees