1. Food Aid Undermines Local Producers
(Matching tags: usaid, fao, food crisis, chemonics, agriculture, comet rice, us rice, food aid)

*This post has been edited slightly for accuracy. The AP reports today on the effects of US rice on Haitian farmers: Subsidized U.S. rice has flooded Haiti for decades. Now, after the Jan. 12 quake, ...

2. UN "alarmed" at Lack of Support for Agricultural Needs
(Matching tags: fao, food crisis)

As UN agencies met in Rome to discuss the response to the earthquake in Haiti, General Jacques Diouf, of the Food and Agriculture Organization issued a stark warning: “At a time when Haiti is facing ...

3. World Bank Report Finds Allocation of Emergency Food Aid Not Effective in Targeting Most Vulnerable
(Matching tags: aid distribution, usaid, food crisis, food aid, world bank, rice)

After the January earthquake, a number of donors and NGOs began large scale food distribution programs. Post earthquake surveys had found a large spike in food insecure households directly after the earthquake. ...

4. Exodus From PaP Puts Pressure on Rural Communities
(Matching tags: partners in health, fao, food crisis, agriculture, planting season, zanmi agrikol)

The Los Angeles Times reports on the stress that the exodus of hundreds of thousands of Haitians from Port-au-Prince has put on rural communities. This is especially significant with the planting season ...

5. Earthquake Causing Another Food Crisis?
(Matching tags: fao, food crisis)

Last week the FAO announced its worry that immediate agriculture needs were not being adequately funded, there is also evidence of rising prices for basic foods such as rice. Following up on these reports, ...