As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.

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As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. *

(A Proverb)

Dr. VALCIN Rival has had the privilege of contributing to several international scientific activities. His efforts have been greatly encouraged by his superiors and peers. Below are some examples of the community's generosity towards his work.

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Since April 2026, Dr. VALCIN has been serving as the Executive Secretary of the International Society of Environmental and Rural Development. (Ref_HERE)

Since May 2025, Dr. VALCIN has been serving as the Secretariat Manager of the ERECON Institute Research Center in Machida, Tokyo, Japan. (Ref_HERE)

Since March 2025, Dr. VALCIN has taught online undergraduate courses at Qusqueya University in Haiti, and graduate-level courses (from Sept. 2026) (Ref_HERE)

From July 2018 to March 2029, Dr. VALCIN served as a Junior at the Organization for the Rehabilitation of the Environment (ORE)

HONORS AND AWARDS

  1. Agribusiness Management Department, Tokyo University of Agriculture Alumni, Award for Remarkable Academic Achievements (2025)

  2. Outstanding Paper Award at IWRIS, Mie University, Japan (2024): https://www.mie-u.ac.jp/innovation/iwris/award/. This paper suggests a Framework for Rural Revitalization in Japan. (The presentation is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTSNjAT53eI&t=18s

  3. Best Presenter Award at SEARCA Graduate Academic Conference: https://www.nodai.ac.jp/news/article/1rival-valcinsearca-graduate-forum/

Publications are as follows:

1- Valcin, R., Uchiyama, T., Terano, R., Celestin, D.-S. & Paul, B. (2024) Agricultural Mutual Insurance in Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean: An Integrative Review of the Micro-Level Schemes, Études caribéennes, 59, 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/132zb

2- Valcin, R., Uchiyama, T., Terano, R., Hatanaka, K., Ohe, Y., & Shimoguchi, N. (2024). Ex-Ante Evaluation of a Cross-Sectorial Business Model for Risk Management in New Product Development: The Case of Haitian Farming. Review of Agricultural, Food and

Environmental Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41130-024-00220-1

3- Valcin, R., Uchiyama, T., Hatanaka, K., Ohe, Y., & Paul, B. (2023). Assessing the Acceptability and the Feasibility of an Agricultural Package of Technologies for Risk Management in Southern Haiti. Environmental and Rural Development, 122. December

2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.32115/ijerd.14.2_122

4- Valcin, R., Pierre, A., Uchiyama, T., & Paul, B. (2024). Factors Influencing Entrepreneurial Intention among Agricultural Engineering Students in Adverse Business Environment. Études caribéennes, 57-58, April 2024, https://doi.org/10.4000/etudescaribeennes.31298

5- Paul, B. & Valcin, R. (2023). Chapitre 7. La mécanisation agricole : levier de développement de l’agriculture haïtienne. Dans: Bénédique Paul, éd., Innovations agricoles et agroalimentaires en Haïti (pp. 167-183). Presses universitaires des Antilles. https://doi.org/10.3917/pua.bene.2023.01.0167 https://www.cairn.info/innovations-agricoles-et-agroalimentaires-en-haiti--9791095177609-page-167.htm

6- Valcin, R., & Uchiyama, T. (2021). Effective Farm Business Strategy for Local Commodities in Haiti: Case of Maize. Études caribéennes (49). August 2021. https://doi.org/10.4000/etudescaribeennes.21669

7- Daméus, A., &Valcin, R. (2020). The Maize Value Chain in Haiti in a Competitiveness Analysis with Respect to the Imported Milled Corn: A Plural Approach with Stakes of Increasing Consumption and Production of the Local Maize. Études caribéennes (45-46). August 2020. https://doi.org/10.4000/etudescaribeennes.18358

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