Congrats to two Meds & Food for Kids interns, Gary Benoit and Exan Desamours, who have successfully defended their thesis. The Université Roi Henri Christophe students now will make modifications to their final document before submitting it. 
MFK, the Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab’s partner in Haiti, provides students research opportunities on its campus in Cap-Haïtien. In exchange, MFK uses the research findings to help smallholder farmers produce a larger, safer crop of peanuts.
Benoit and Desamours studied timing of fungicide application.
Administrators at the university said the internship program through MFK has been an integral part of the agronomy program and important in helping students gain research experience and complete their end-of-studies theses.
Pictured here are Benoit and Desamours, along with current students Rodnie Valmy and Rodemane Saint Louis, who are currently preparing for their thesis defense.