Looking to Agriculture to Help Rebuild in Haiti

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Wanted to make sure you saw this recent post about Haiti and agriculture on the Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing the Planet blog. All the best, Danielle Nierenberg, www.borderjumpers.org

Looking to Agriculture to Help Rebuild in Haiti
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A recent article in the New York Times highlights the critical role that agriculture will play in rebuilding Haiti in the wake of the devastating earthquake of January 2010.

Food security is not a new problem in Haiti, and development organizations such as the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme, as well as nongovernmental organizations like Heifer International and Oxfam, have been forced to halt food programs in the country as these groups themselves attempt to recover from the disaster.

Before the quake, FAO alone was implementing 23 food and agriculture projects in Haiti, hoping to improve access to food in the poorest country in the western hemisphere.

Prior to the disaster, an estimated 46 percent of Haiti's population was undernourished, and chronic malnutrition affected 24 percent of children under five.

Danielle Nierenberg, February 1 2010, 1:15 PM

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