Emergency Food Production in Haiti : Getting it Right

By : Mervyn Claxton

PAPDA’s critique of the Haitian Government’s Emergency Food Production programme is correct : the programme will worsen the very problems it is supposed to address. Concerned Caricom citizens, with assistance from Bolivia and ALBA, can support Haitian farmers and grassroots organisations to build food production capacity while empowering people at the base and protecting Haiti’s soil, forests and water resources.