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Richard Fethiere is an agronomist with over 30 years’ experience in international development and environmental agriculture, agricultural extension, program assessment and evaluation, staff training and higher education. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Engineering at the University of Haiti and his master’s degree at the University of Florida in Animal Nutrition. He began his career as a researcher at the poultry production unit of the University of Haiti and continued at the Agronomy Department of the University of Florida as a Research Coordinator and Forage Lab Manager. He spent much of his profession consulting on development projects in Haiti, the West Indies, South America, and Africa. Significant accomplishments in expense reduction have led to Mr. Fethiere receiving a Superior accomplishment award from the University of Florida. Mr. Fethiere has done consulting work in Spain for the Office of the Prime Minister of Haiti in 2013; for USAID in Haiti from 2009 to 2016; in Africa (Niger and Burkina faso) and Guyana in 2019 and 2020. Mr. Fethiere has been one of the founding members of Club Creole at the University of Florida and has served as a Faculty Advisor. Mr. Fethiere has been a football soccer coach for many years and was named The Gainesville Sun 2007 Coach of the year when he took P.K. Yonge H.S. to the Class 3A Florida High School Activities Association Final Four.

Specialties: agronomy, agricultural extension, animal nutritionist, cut flower production, high value vegetable production, protected agriculture, environmental protection, laboratory management and administration.

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