Thursday, President Jovenel Moïse visited the premises of the Brasserie Nationale d'Haïti (BRANA) on the Airport Road. In the presence of the company's managers and employees, he reaffirmed the political will of the Government to accompany not only investors of the brewery by creating the legal and financial framework for the full functioning of the company but also the 18,000 small Sorghum growers https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-9049-haiti-agriculture-important-agreement-between-brana-and-usaid.html for the development of this essential raw material for BRANA (owned by the Heineken Group) https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-4483-haiti-economy-heineken-increases-its-stake-to-95-in-brasserie-nationale-d-haiti.html

"To improve the business climate, I submitted to Parliament more than 6 bills https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-20623-haiti-flash-legislative-agenda-2017-50-draft-laws-and-proposals.html https://www.haitilibre.com/docs/agenda-legislatif-10-04-2017.pdf to facilitate the registration of enterprises (draft law on the reorganization of companies), access to credit, to equipment by SMEs (leasing, new security rights), foreign investments (changes in the merchant's status) and to ensure the respect of the standards and qualities of products in order to protect investors-entrepreneurs," reminded the Head of State to the managers who took the opportunity to make a presentation of the company.

President Moses, who believes that the framework of public bodies is fundamental in increasing domestic production, called for the facilitation of access to water in the main Sorgho production areas and referred to this point, the irrigation works that will be carried out within the framework of the Caravan of Change.

He also indicated that other important measures will be envisaged, such as land consolidation for better production by planters, supervision of planters in the fight against sorghum pests, strengthening of the Plant Protection Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture and also support to the Haitian universities already engaged in the search for scientific solutions to the problems of insects and bacteria, destructors of culture.

The Head of State also announced that a site of the National Directorate of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DINEPA) will be made available to BRANA to allow the company to increase its production capacity.

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-16275-haiti-agriculture-idb-brings-$2-4m-to-the-smash-program-of-the-brana.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-16258-icihaiti-agriculture-idb-engages-in-the-smash-program-of-the-brana.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-11661-haiti-agriculture-brana-and-usaid-celebrate-the-sorghum-harvest.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-10894-haiti-economy-prime-minister-impressed-by-the-national-brewery-plant.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-9941-haiti-economy-brana-is-modernizing-prestige-change-image.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-9049-haiti-agriculture-important-agreement-between-brana-and-usaid.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-4483-haiti-economy-heineken-increases-its-stake-to-95-in-brasserie-nationale-d-haiti.html

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