Mar 27, 2024 · Haiti is in the middle of one of its worst crises in decades. The central government has effectively collapsed, with the prime minister unable to return to the country and gangs marauding through...

Apr 8, 2024 · IFAD has been supporting rural Haitians since the 1980s, reaching over 100,000 rural families so far. We implement irrigation systems, improve agricultural production and productivity, provide inputs and technical assistance, and …

Rural population (% of total population) - Haiti World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision. License : CC BY-4.0

The gap between the urban and rural populations in Haiti is stark: almost 70% of rural households are considered chronically poor, against a little over 20% in cities. That means they live below Haiti’s poverty line on less than $2 a day and lack access to basic goods and services.

Mar 27, 2024 · Haiti is on the verge of collapse — with little to no government — but many have already learned to live without the support of the state.

We work with rural based organizations in Haiti to strengthen local cultural, social, and environmental assets for building sustainable community. We help make it possible for rural people to work together to prioritize, plan, and carry out their own solutions to poverty, hunger, environmental degradation and social and economic injustice.

Haiti’s rural population suffers from a vicious cycle of low agricultural productivity, high environmental degradation and poor nutrition. The project aims to break this cycle and help smallholder farming families improve their productivity, food security and income levels. To address these challenges, PITAG is equipping Haitian

Mar 6, 2023 · There is a pathway to creating a regenerative model of agricultural and rural development in Haiti that can replace the extractive model that has long afflicted the country. The evidence is clear.

Nov 28, 2023 · Gang violence in Haiti is on the rise with new alliances being forged and expansion into rural areas previously considered safe, warns a new UN report.

Sep 6, 2022 · IFAD is a key partner in Haiti’s rural development. Its series of strategies, projects and programmes since 1978 testify to its long-standing commitment against rural poverty, with the active participation and inclusion of the Haitian rural population.