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.
HONORS AND AWARDS
1 Agribusiness Management Department of 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/
Plublications 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 :
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,
http://journals.openedition.org/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