Haiti's food sector recovering

According to a recent report by an FAO-WFP joint assessment mission food production in Haiti is slowly recovering. The FAO Media Centre press release states that production "still remains significantly below the levels that existed prior to the January 2010 earthquake... Haiti's 2010 spring harvest, compared to 2009, saw bean production drop by 17 percent and declines in maize, sorghum and plaintain of eight, four and five percent respectively, it found. Forecasts combining the spring harvest with expected production from the summer season suggest that Haiti's overall crop output for 2010 will be about 1.2 million tonnes of root crops, 503 600 tonnes of cereals, 313 200 tonnes of plantain and 148 000 tonnes of pulses. This represents a reduction of 12 percent, 9 percent, 14 percent and 20 percent, respectively, compared to 2009.." Follow the link to read the full article.