Haiti Hope Project 2015 Annual Survey and Evaluation

Haiti Hope Project 2015 Annual Survey and Evaluation

Haiti Hope was a $10 million mango project sponsored by Coca-Cola Company (TCCC), the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); and the Soros Foundation. The Haiti Hope Project’s primary objective is to raise the income of 25,000 mango farmers. The farmers will increase their income by over 100 percent on average after five years in the program.

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Haiti: Towards a New Narrative. Systematic Country Diagnostic

Haiti: Towards a New Narrative. Systematic Country Diagnostic

Haiti has a vision to become an emerging economy by 2030. Haiti’s geography, resources, and history provide it with opportunities. The country has comparative advantages, including its proximity and access to major markets; a young labor force and a dynamic diaspora; and substantial geographic, historical, and cultural assets.

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“Right to Livelihoods in Haiti” Final Report Phase #1. Focus on egg production and rural household livelihood strategies

“Right to Livelihoods in Haiti” Final Report Phase #1. Focus on egg production and rural household livelihood strategies

This report focuses on egg production in Haiti with an emphasis on popular class rural household livelihood strategies. Data is drawn from a review of the literature and contact with farmers, entrepreneurs, merchants, cooperative leaders, and two surveys: a 382 household “Chicken Survey” and a follow-up telephone sub-survey of 91 of the original respondents. Current value of the Haitian egg market is 36 million USD per annum (MARNDR 2014).

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Assessment of Haitian Mango Value Chain

Assessment of Haitian Mango Value Chain

This document is structured in three main parts. The first part provides an overview of the current mango market at the international and national level, as well as a description of the importance of agriculture and mango in Haiti. The next two parts are products of interviews and workshops with almost all of the actors of the mango chain in southern Haiti. These parts include a description of the mango chain for the region and its actors, constraints analysis and recommendations.

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Peasant Subsistence in Northwestern Haiti: Geography, Cultural Ecology, and Rural Development.

Peasant Subsistence in Northwestern Haiti: Geography, Cultural Ecology, and Rural Development.

Geographers are challenged to explain "the why of where." This study grapples with "whys" of peasant subsistence in contemporary rural Haiti. Cultural ecology, one of the fundamental themes in cultural geography, examines the interplay between cultural traditions and the realities of subsistence in a given physical environment.

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