Haiti Farmers Get Quality Seeds and Planting Materials
August 28, 2009| |
Through a $10.2 million loan from the International Fund for Agricultural Development, a program was introduced to distribute and multiply quality seeds of such crops as beans, maize, and sorghum and planting materials for cassava, sweet potato and banana to farmers in Haiti. In addition, 500 tonnes of rice seed will also be distributed.
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization which is implementing the project, the scheme has significantly increased food production, provided cheaper food, and boosted farmers' incomes. Almost 250,000 smallholder and landless farmers are expected to benefit from the program. "We are extremely encouraged by the results we are seeing in this program which, along with favorable weather, has been an important factor in increasing the amount of food available to poor people in Haiti," said FAO Haiti Representative Ari Toubo Ibrahim.
Read the FAO press release at
http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/29457/icode/
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