The Sorghum Value Chain in Haiti: A Mapping and Analysis

The Sorghum Value Chain in Haiti: A Mapping and Analysis

Agricultural value chain development has emerged as a key methodology employed by multi- and bilateral donors, nongovernmental organizations, and research institutions to drive economic development. Value chain upgrading can result in significant economic impact in developing countries, contributing up to 30% of gross domestic product (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, 2013). Through a case study of the Smallholders Alliance for Sorghum in Haiti (SMASH), we examine the process of creating an “inclusive” value chain that seeks to explicitly include smallholder producers to increase incomes while establishing a sustainable sorghum value chain.

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Haiti’s U.S. Rice Imports

Haiti’s U.S. Rice Imports

Haiti is among the largest markets for U.S. Southern long-grain milled rice. It is also the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere and is subject to chronic food insecu- rity. Haiti rst opened its market to rice imports in 1986 and again in 1995, reducing tariffs on rice imports to 3 percent. Haiti’s rice imports now account for 80 percent of consumption. Imports also allowed per capita food availability to rise by 11 percent between 1985 and 2011. Efforts are underway to improve agricultural performance, but even with signi cant productivity gains, Haiti is likely to continue to rely on imports of U.S. rice.

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Pre-crisis Market Mapping and Analysis (PCMMA) Training and Market Assessment Facilitation Beans and Corn Gressier, Haiti

Pre-crisis Market Mapping and Analysis (PCMMA) Training and Market Assessment Facilitation Beans and Corn Gressier, Haiti

This document presents the results of a Pre-Crisis Market Mapping and Analysis (PCMMA) undertaken for GOAL Haiti, focused on seasonal drought affecting the maize and beans market systems. Both products are important in the target region, Gressier, Haiti. On the one hand, they represent a critical source of income for rural producers. Black, red and white beans, in particular, are considered among the most important cash crops in Gressier. Both are also important in terms of consumption.

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Popped Millet and Peanut Butter Market Research

Popped Millet and Peanut Butter Market Research

MFK has developed three types of fortified popped millet food snacks and peanut butter in a sachet that it hopes to distribute on the Haitian market. Regarding the popped millet: one is a sweetened product, the other salty, and a third product is a mixture of the two. The peanut butter is a plain creamy, partly hydrogenated product made from high-grade local peanuts and imported varieties. MFK now wishes to test the products with consumers and develop a business plan for marketing them

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Piman and Pistach Value Chain Analysis

Piman and Pistach Value Chain Analysis

This report presents the findings of the field research conducted in Haiti, primarily in the Central Plateau region, that identified and evaluated the main actors, product flows and opportunities for hot peppers (piman or piman bouk in Creole) and groundnuts (pistach in Creole).

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The Rice Value Chain in Haiti. Policy proposal

The Rice Value Chain in Haiti. Policy proposal

Once a special food consumed on Sunday, rice has become the main staple of the Haitian diet, especially among low-income people. Imported rice accounts for the vast bulk (83 percent) of consumption. Current imports total some 380,000 tons annually, at a cost of $200 million a year. The irrigated Artibonite Valley region is, by far, the main rice production area in Haiti, accounting for up to 80 percent of national production.

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Haïti : Étude de la Filière Riz

Haïti : Étude de la Filière Riz

Le Gouvernement Haïtien a fait du secteur agricole l’un des piliers de la croissance et de la réduction de la pauvreté dans le pays. Les actions visant à augmenter la capacité productive recensées dans le Plan national d’investissement agricole du MARNDR sont notamment : améliorer les infrastructures d’irrigation, promouvoir les organisations locales, améliorer les techniques de conservation et de lutte contre les pertes post récolte, améliorer l’accès au crédit, renforcer les services publics agricoles.

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Haiti : Etude de la Filière Banane

Haiti : Etude de la Filière Banane

Le Gouvernement Haïtien a fait du secteur agricole l’un des piliers de la croissance et de la réduction de la pauvreté dans le pays. Les actions visant à augmenter la capacité productive, recensées dans le Plan national d’investissement agricole du MARNDR sont notamment: améliorer les infrastructures d’irrigation, promouvoir les organisations locales, améliorer les techniques de conservation et de lutte contre les pertes post récolte, améliorer l’accès au crédit, renforcer les services publics agricoles.

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Haiti Rice Value Chain Assessment: Rapid diagnosis and implications for program design

Haiti Rice Value Chain Assessment: Rapid diagnosis and implications for program design

This rapid assessment of the Haitian rice value chain was originally prepared in support of Oxfam America’s livelihoods program, to “develop options for a program to support small-scale rice producers so as to improve household income and enhance the country’s food security” (From the assignment terms of reference).

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Emergency Market Mapping & Analysis (EMMA) report: The Market System for Beans in Haiti

Emergency Market Mapping & Analysis (EMMA) report: The Market System for Beans in Haiti

On average, Haitians consume 70,000-80,000 tons of beans per year. The large majority of beans found in Haitian markets are produced locally. In 2009, Haitian farmers produced approximately 80% of beans consumed. Imports usually account for about 10-15%, and food aid accounts for the remaining 5-10%. Imports and food aid fluctuate depending on national production, for example food aid and imports increased in huge proportions following the 2008 cyclones.

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