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Haiti - WFP wants to buy 1,750 tons of rice locally produced

November 16, 2013 7:16 AM

Some good news for the Haitian farmers - The World Food Programme (WFP) has launched a new competitive tender (appel d'offre) for the supply of 1,750 metric tons of rice locally produced by farmers' organizations for their school feeding program.


Agriculture in Haiti, Very Primitive

Better known in Haiti by it's French acronym, Programme Alimentaire Mondial (PAM), WFP is supporting the Haiti Ministry of Agriculture's call to "kore production nationale la."

The objective of the government of Haiti is to increase local agricultural production in Haiti in order to reduce food insecurity while increasing Haitian farmers' access to markets.

The fact that an organization such as WFP want to buy local food it more than good news. Let's hope other organizations follow in their foot steps

Agriculture is considered the cornerstone of reconstruction in Haiti.

According to news from Radio Metropole in Haiti, WFP is planning to buy more local food next year, and locally produced milk for their "Let Agogo" program.

What do you think about that?

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Sell Rice says...

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Patsey says...

The plan is good and will help many farmers and families in Haiti.

Many of their vegetables and fruit can be grown in Haiti as long as the soil is

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Patrick Gaspard says...

Voila qui contribuera a reduire le deficit progressivement equilibrer la balance commerciale.

Il est souhaitable que cette initiative s'etende a d'autres secteurs de la production

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Turenne Jean-francois says...

Les sceptiques seront confondus

Sak pa kontan...

Fils de la

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Cozy Michaels says...

Speaking as a non Haitian who loves Haiti very much and goes back and forth there I have been seeing wonderful changes there of course there is still a long way to go. having farms in Haiti is very important the soil is good and Haiti is capable of growing its own fruits and vegetables so there will be less hunger.

It will also put people to work. Like I said there is a long way to go but little by little Haiti will do just fine on its

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Wilner Pierre says...

Hi!
I think it is a very good, encouraging plan if the WFP if really means it. partly it will boost the agricultural system in

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