Good practices for hazard risk management in agriculture: summary report Haiti

Assistance to improve local agricultural emergency preparedness in Caribbean countries highly prone to hurricane related disasters

The document addresses the problems faced by Haiti, a country with an agro-based economy whose general livelihood systems have been seriously affected by recurrent onslaught of weather-related disasters. It discuss the FAO's projects in the region to support food security of small farmers operating in the most hazard prone areas by improving institutional frameworks and technical options for hurricane-related disaster preparedness, emergency response and post-emergency agricultural assistance