Brazil and the United States donate US$ 500,000.00 to IICA project in Haiti
Washington, U.S.A., March 18, 2010, (IICA). The Brazilian and the U.S. Missions to the OAS announced that their governments, as a sign of their commitment to Haiti, have each donated $250,000.00 to support Haiti 's spring planting season, which begins this March and accounts for 60 percent of Haiti 's food production.
The donation will be used to fund a soil preparation project to help in Haiti 's most immediate and critical planting season, during the next 8 weeks.
The operation, jointly funded by Brazil and the U.S., will be managed by Haiti's Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development, with the technical assistance of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA).
The project will cover 6,000 hectares in the areas of Plaine du Cul de Sac, Plaine Arcahaie , Region Goavienne, Bas Plateau Central and Plaine Gonaïves, and will benefit approximately 12,000 rural families.
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