Using Food Aid to Support, Not Harm, Haitian Agriculture

Mark Weisbrot, Jake Johnston () and Rebecca Ray

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Abstract: This paper proposes that international donors seeking to support Haiti’s agricultural sector and provide food to those in need could help Haiti become more self-sufficient by purchasing the entire Haitian rice crop over the next two years. The paper finds that buying up all of Haiti’s rice should be close to the amount of food aid for rice that the international community is likely to provide this year, and would provide a tremendous boost to Haitian farmers, who currently are unable to compete with low-cost rice imports from the U.S.

Keywords: Haiti; agriculture; exports; subsidy; rice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F F1 O O1 O13 O2 O24 Q Q1 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 5 pages
Date: 2010-04
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