Founded in 1895, the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association (HSPA), dedicated to improving the sugar industry in Hawaii, has become an internationally recognized research center. Its name change in 1996 to Hawaii Agriculture Research Center (HARC) reflects its expanding scope to encompass research in forestry, coffee, forage, vegetable crops, tropical fruits, and many other diversified crops in addition to sugarcane.
HARC is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. HARC specializes in horticultural crop research including agronomy and plant nutrition, plant physiology, breeding, genetic engineering and tissue culture, and control of diseases and pests through integrated pest management.
HARC is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. HARC specializes in horticultural crop research including agronomy and plant nutrition, plant physiology, breeding, genetic engineering and tissue culture, and control of diseases and pests through integrated pest management.
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Our substations on the island of Oahu is an excellent location for winter nursery growouts and production. HARC supports the breeding programs of seed companies and other agricultural institutions with our research staff trained in horticulture, agronomy, entomology, pathology, genetics, physiology, weed science, and environmental chemistry.
To develop and demonstrate appropriate technologies in support of production agricultural research in order to promote rural community economic vitality through agriculture. To educate the public regarding the scientific research and the practice of agriculture by providing information and training in agricultural and natural resource conservation principles.
Ms. Stephanie A. Whalen has been the president and director, and now the executive director, of the Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, formerly the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association since 1994. The organization is a non-profit research institution formed in 1882 to maintain, advance, improve and protect the sugar industry in Hawaii and to support the development of agriculture in general, including the support of an experiment station.
Your donation will help broaden Hawaii's economic base, preserve open view plains, create a stable agribusiness commercial center, sustain affordable farm labor housing on Oahu, in addition to supporting the objectives listed below. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to HARC, an IRS-qualified 501(c)(3) organization.
Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) is native to Central and South America and has been cultivated since prehistoric times in Mexico. For cacao production to be profitable in Hawaii, high tonnage and superior quality are required. However, Hawaiian cacao plantings are variable in both quality and yield, and are not necessarily adapted to Hawaii's growing conditions.
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Edward Lui
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