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Association Professionnelle pour l'Exploitation de la Mangue
Together, let’s create wealth and protect the environment.
ASPELEM
Welcome
The Association Professionnelle pour l’Exploitation de la Mangue (ASPELEM) is a civic, member-based organization that promotes Haitian mango and supports everyone working in the sector towards better production, processing and marketing.
ASPELEM holds one firm conviction: Haitian mango is a genuine source of wealth, jobs, income and development for the country.
Close to 150 mango varieties have been recorded across Haiti’s agro-ecological zones. Annual production is estimated at between 200,000 and 400,000 metric tons. The Francique variety ranks 5th worldwide among the 10 commercial varieties most in demand on international markets.
Most of the country’s mango is grown on small farms in agro-ecological areas below 800 m in altitude. Mango trees account for 12.3% of all trees recorded nationwide. The five mango-producing regions, all varieties combined, are, in order of importance: the North-East, the Artibonite, the North, the North-West and the South.
Mango is eaten locally and exported mainly as fresh fruit. The United States is the leading export market for Haitian mango, in the Francique variety.
150mango varieties recorded across Haiti
200k–400kmetric tons produced every year
5thworldwide for Francique among the 10 most sought-after varieties
12.3%of all trees recorded in the country are mango trees
About us
The Association Professionnelle pour l’Exploitation de la Mangue (ASPELEM) is a non-profit, non-political civic organization recognized by the Haitian authorities. It was founded in April 2025 by a group of professionals from a range of backgrounds: academics, growers, suppliers, exporters and civil servants.
The association’s purpose is to sustainably promote the production, processing and marketing of mango, in both quantity and quality.
ASPELEM’s core mission is to:
Support growers in improving the productivity and the quality of their mango;
Help make phytosanitary inspection of orchards systematic;
Increase local mango consumption by developing and diversifying processing;
Advance knowledge about mango through research, innovation and training;
Strengthen the economics of the mango sector by diversifying markets and building partnerships at home and abroad.
Our structure
Our governance
ASPELEM works in a participatory and transparent way through four complementary bodies:
The Board of Directors
Provides governance, sees that decisions are carried out and reports to the General Assembly.
The Technical and Administrative Secretariat
Coordinates activities, handles day-to-day management and implements the decisions of the governing bodies.
The Specialized Committees
Contribute their expertise on a voluntary basis, review files and support the design and monitoring of the association’s work.
The association guarantees responsible management of its resources, with regular reporting and independent audits.
Members
ASPELEM has three categories of member.
Founding members
They take part in the life of the association and are bound by its internal rules.
Regular members
They take part in the life of the association and are bound by its internal rules.
Honorary members
Individuals or organizations that contribute to the association’s activities through their backing, their funding or any other form of support.
Our vision
A Haitian mango sector that is competitive, innovative, sustainable and a driver of shared prosperity.
Our priorities
ASPELEM’s work grows out of a firm commitment by its founding members: to bring the sector together, build knowledge, add value to what is produced, develop markets and protect the environment.
01
Build a strong alliance
Build a strong institutional alliance by deepening cooperation with public and private stakeholders, so as to promote well-fitted policies and national advocacy for the mango sector.
02
Strengthen the partnership with universities
Strengthen the partnership with universities by developing applied research and adapting academic training to realities on the ground, with a view to better skills and more innovation.
03
Professionalize the sector
Professionalize the sector and strengthen the phytosanitary system, by improving farming practices, training growers and building an effective inspection system — not least against the fruit fly.
Join us
Joining ASPELEM means joining a network of professionals that opens the door to partnership, builds knowledge, creates wealth and protects the environment.Contact us→
News
Life of the association
Nouveau site live
Nouveau site live
Publication
Ena Ménager Derenoncourt's mango pikliz recipe published by FAO
FAO has published "A taste of SIDS", a recipe book from Small Island Developing States. Haiti is featured with Ena Ménager Derenoncourt's Francique mango pikliz.
Ordinary General Assembly of 12 September 2026
Moral report, financial report, review of the first year of activity and directions for the year ahead — a summary of the association's ordinary general assembly.
In memory of José Pablo Sylvain
A mango exporter, José Pablo Sylvain was murdered in a cowardly attack on 9 September 2021 at Santo. ASPELEM honours the memory of a professional committed to the sector.
Contact
Get in touch
The ASPELEM office is at your disposal for any question about the association or the mango sector.
The office
- Volny PAULTREChair of the Board of Directors
- Pascale DerenoncourtVice-Chair
- Vilaire M. GUERRIERSecretary General
Contact details
Postal address
3, Rue Marcadieu, Bourdon
Port-au-Prince, Haiti