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October 5, 2010

Oxfam: Int’l Community Is Undercutting Haitian Agriculture
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In news from Haiti, the aid agency Oxfam says a massive influx of free
foreign food after January’s earthquake helped feed many displaced
people but undercut Haitian agriculture and hurt farmers’ incomes. Oxfam
says the international community needs to help develop Haiti’s
agriculture-based economy. The problem dates back over a decade. Earlier
this year former President Clinton publicly apologized for forcing Haiti
to drop tariffs on imported subsidized US rice during his time in
office. The policy wiped out Haitian rice farming and seriously damaged
Haiti’s ability to be self-sufficient.



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