FAO Chief Highlights Agriculture's Role in Haiti Recovery

Food and Agriculture Organization Director-General Jacques Diouf has highlighted the need to

and the agricultural sector of Haiti as the planting season in the quake-hit country approaches. Diouf said Haitian farmers would need help acquiring seeds, fertilizers, animal vaccines, livestock feed and agricultural tools to be able to plant cereal this March. FAO currently has approximately USD50 million worth of agriculture support projects in Haiti.