Welcome To FARM HAITI...
The recent earthquake in Haiti have further determined our efforts
to see Haiti as a country feeding its people by the effective use of
its own land.
We welcome you to join us in our journey. Through diligent
research, hard work, dialogue and determination, come see our
vision...
No Shortage of Blame as Haiti Struggles to Feed Itself
Granmont, Haiti -- with its rich delta soil and year-round growing
season, Haiti's famous agricultural region seems capable of feeding
the entire Caribbean.
But Haiti is a net importer of food, spending about $400 million last
year on purchases from abroad. The World Food Programme runs
child nutrition and "food for work" operation. And fields in the nation's
breadbasket, Artibonite Department, have been periodically swamped
by flash floods and mud washed by troipcal downpours off barren
hillsides.
By NATHANIAL GRONEWOLD
Greenwire
Rural women selling in quake-hit Port-au-Prince
Haiti’s post-earthquake
rehabilitation begins with
farmers
Priority is spring planting season as
thousands flee, food prices rise
Director-General Jacques Diouf said
today that with the first stage of Haiti's
rescue operation now underway the
country and the aid effort should
simultaneously move to the urgent
support of food production, agricultural
rehabilitation and reconstruction.
Haitian farmers must be given
immediate support before the spring
planting season begins in March, said
Diouf. Haiti's consumption of cereals is
estimated at around one million
tonnes, of which about 63 percent are
imported.
"The priority is to supply them with
seeds, fertilisers, livestock feed and
animal vaccines as well as agricultural
tools," he said.
It is of vital importance to boost local
production programmes of quality
seeds, prepare fertilisers suitable for
Haiti's various production zones and
crops.
21 January 2010, Rome - FAO
