Breitbart (AP) article: Haiti President Announces Drop in Rice
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Globally, food prices have risen 40 percent since mid-2007. Haiti, where most people live on less than US$2 (euro1.26) a day, is particularly affected because it imports nearly all of its food, including more than 80 percent of its rice.
Much of Haiti's once-productive farmland has been abandoned as farmers struggle to grow crops in soil decimated by erosion, deforestation, flooding and tropical storms.
Reuters article: Haiti's government falls over food riots
Much of Haiti’s problems are the result of years of corrupt rule. No amount of aid will make any long term difference until that is changed.
Thanx. The vegetable garden is a great idea:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2000185/posts
I wonder what grows best in sandy soil.